Almost Ready to Swear Off Virtual PC 2004
I know it's not just me. Security expert Keith Brown has also had this problem, and it's currently driving me nuts. Many others have complained about this online, and I'm adding my vote to the others.
The problem? Virtual PCs created using Virtual PC 2004 randomly start refusing keyboard input. I'll be working along for an hour or two, and suddenly, the keyboard is dead. Sometimes, it starts working again a few minutes later. Other times, it simply doesn't. The only solution I've found is to reboot the VPC.
I've seen suggestions from people talking about changing key mappings, using Virtual Server, or using Remote Desktop Connection to get into the VPC. These either didn't help, or won't work (I need to be able to cut and paste content from the VPC into my writing, and would like to continue to be able to drag and drop items from my "real" desktop into the VPC.
VMWare Workstation is looking very attractive, right now.
If you know a solution to this problem, or if you've seen it yourself, please respond. I'd like to try to get at least a few people who have seen this, so that business partner Brian Randell (who has never had this particular problem come up) can pass it along to the team.