help with VMWare fusion

2015-06-08 Thread Littlefield, Tyler
Hello all, I was trying to use VMWare fusion recently on my Macbook and ran into a few issues I was hoping someone can help me with. I know to get out of the VM I need to use cm+control, but I was having issues getting the vm to capture my input so I could work on the windows side—any help the

Re: help with vmware

2013-11-07 Thread matthew dyer
Hi, Using it here with no problems. JMT though. Matthew On Nov 7, 2013, at 2:19 PM, Sandi Jazmin Kruse wrote: > hi all, anyone who can tell me if using fusion 5 under mavericks is a > go, or not? > thanks sandi > > > On 8/16/13, Sandi Jazmin Kruse wrote: >> what i like about fusion is

Re: help with vmware

2013-11-07 Thread Sandi Jazmin Kruse
hi all, anyone who can tell me if using fusion 5 under mavericks is a go, or not? thanks sandi On 8/16/13, Sandi Jazmin Kruse wrote: > what i like about fusion is actually that i can have the mac do its > thing in windows, totally secured from the rest of the computers > files. > Sure we can sca

Re: help with vmware

2013-08-16 Thread Sandi Jazmin Kruse
what i like about fusion is actually that i can have the mac do its thing in windows, totally secured from the rest of the computers files. Sure we can scan books and all that under osx, but i have never ever found a way to make my book-scanner work as i wanted it under native osx. my next project

Re: help with vmware

2013-08-16 Thread Jonathan Mosen
I like Key Remap for Macbook. It allows me to use caps lock as the VO key in OS X, and the JAWS key in Windows in Fusion. The one down side to this is that you lose caps lock functionality, but I can live with that. Jonathan Mosen Mosen Consulting Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and traini

RE: help with vmware

2013-08-13 Thread wayne17a
[mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sandi Jazmin Kruse Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2013 6:19 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: help with vmware hi all, so after buying a full version key for fusion, how do i go about changing it ? thanks sandi On 8/12/13, Sandi Jazmin Kruse wrote

Re: help with vmware

2013-08-13 Thread Sandi Jazmin Kruse
hi all, so after buying a full version key for fusion, how do i go about changing it ? thanks sandi On 8/12/13, Sandi Jazmin Kruse wrote: > personally i would never use jaws, the reason for that is it is too > costly, so what i do is to fire up the vm and use nvda and the book > scanner from in

Re: help with vmware

2013-08-12 Thread Sandi Jazmin Kruse
personally i would never use jaws, the reason for that is it is too costly, so what i do is to fire up the vm and use nvda and the book scanner from in there:) and it works beautifully. As for hacking the windows registry, that is usually quite easy, at least it was last i had to do that, was a lon

Re: help with vmware

2013-08-12 Thread Phil Halton
I set fusion to remap grave accent key to insert and undid the Sharpkeys remap from within windows. All went well until I discovered that using the insert as the jaws modifier key with a laptop keyboard caused some conflicts with existing jaws shortcut keys. The first conflict I found was the "r

Re: help with vmware

2013-08-11 Thread Maria and Joe Chapman
HI. I haven't needed the grave or accent key yet. I can still use it on the mac side but don't really need it there either. Cheers Maria sent from mac mini email, & fb bubbygirl1...@gmail.com skype bubbygirl1972 twitter same as skype without the numbers. On 10/08/2013, at 7:28 AM,

Re: help with vmware

2013-08-09 Thread Phil Halton
Kawal, I have two VM's running win7 with JAWS and have them set to use the SharpKeys solution where sharpKeys swaps the capslock and the grave accent functions from within windows. I just set one of my VM's to do it the other way mentioned here using fusion keymapping to set the grave accent key to

Re: help with vmware

2013-08-09 Thread Sandi Jazmin Kruse
nice! :) On 8/9/13, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: > The advantage of doing it Paul's way is that it doesn't matter how many VM > Machines you have with Windows, you can always have an insert key that way > paul says in his message below. One of the reasons why I only use VM > preferences. > > Kawal. > >

Re: help with vmware

2013-08-09 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
The advantage of doing it Paul's way is that it doesn't matter how many VM Machines you have with Windows, you can always have an insert key that way paul says in his message below. One of the reasons why I only use VM preferences. Kawal. On 9 Aug 2013, at 11:38 AM, Paul Erkens wrote: > Sand

Re: help with vmware

2013-08-09 Thread Paul Erkens
Sandy, Capslock is trickey to do under fusion, so let's just use the insert key. Insert is normally not available on a mac keyboard. There is a key that you could use as insert though, which is the accent key, on US keyboard just below escape. To map the accent key to become the insert key as l

Re: help with vmware

2013-08-09 Thread Sandi Jazmin Kruse
Hi Paul, and first of all thank you for the tidbits, :) it is always wonderful to get help from others who knows more about a given situation than one might. What i have done so far, and it is not given it is the best thing, but more about that later on. Eventually i have a scanner, it won't run un

Re: help with vmware

2013-08-09 Thread Paul Erkens
Hi Sandy and others interested, After you have fusion installed and you have a windows vm running, you can go a few different ways. As it is by default with fusion and windows, the command key next to the spacebar, is not the alt key as you would expect from a windows keyboard. Instead, command

Re: help with vmware

2013-08-08 Thread Sandi Jazmin Kruse
i ended up using windoex xp proff in the mac pro, and after a bit of surprises i was free to go. My eyes could see a heck of text flying over the screen but, that was all really. But after end installation and changed key bindings it all runs as i would expect. thanks for all the help so far sand

Re: help with vmware

2013-08-08 Thread Angus Mackinnon
Installed Sharp Keys 3.5 and then went into VMWare 5 Pro and launched Windows 7 Professional 64bit. I can do Command U for the Utilities Menu and not Option(ALT) N for Narrator. I do not get passed Suspend, Snapshots, Devices and Enter Unity to get to the login box that I have not set up yet. C

Re: help with vmware

2013-08-08 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
To start Narator is command u, as in Windows 7 to start Narator is windows key U. If you want to run it then windows r type Narator. On 8 Aug 2013, at 03:12 PM, Sandi Jazmin Kruse wrote: > i doubt that will start it, but i can imagine that would be cmd +r, > since it is a windows xp installatio

Re: help with vmware

2013-08-08 Thread Sandi Jazmin Kruse
i doubt that will start it, but i can imagine that would be cmd +r, since it is a windows xp installation :) sandi On 8/8/13, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: > Turn Voice over off, press windows key u if you've configured the keys > either with Sharp keys or preferences under fusion mouse and keyboard i

Re: help with vmware

2013-08-08 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Turn Voice over off, press windows key u if you've configured the keys either with Sharp keys or preferences under fusion mouse and keyboard if Window key being the command key on the left of the spacebar is not a windows key already. It should be if Fusion has been set up correctly. Narrator sh

help with vmware

2013-08-08 Thread Sandi Jazmin Kruse
hi, eventually i have at long last got vmware up and run with windows, but can anyone tell me what do i do from there? getting narrator or nvda up and run would be a good thing, but how? all this done with vo, of course :) any help is mostly appreciated sandi -- You received this message becaus

Re: Help with VMWare Fusion

2013-04-22 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
well. > > I admit I don't use the windows installation solely because of the whole > reboot requirement. > > > > - Original Message - From: "Paul Erkens" > To: > Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2013 10:10 AM > Subject: Re: Help with VMWare Fus

Re: Help with VMWare Fusion

2013-04-21 Thread Maria & Joe Chapman
because of the whole > reboot requirement. > > > > - Original Message - From: "Paul Erkens" > To: > Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2013 10:10 AM > Subject: Re: Help with VMWare Fusion > > > Hi Yolanda and Phil, > > Let's not make this more c

Re: Help with VMWare Fusion

2013-04-21 Thread Phil Halton
From: "Paul Erkens" To: Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2013 10:10 AM Subject: Re: Help with VMWare Fusion Hi Yolanda and Phil, Let's not make this more complicated than it is. 1. After having started fusion, you can start windows by opening the normal menubar with vo plus m, m for

Re: Help with VMWare Fusion

2013-04-21 Thread Les Kriegler
I actually did read the entire message. I'll read it again. On Apr 21, 2013, at 11:21 AM, anouk radix wrote: > Dear Les, > He explained this in his message if you read through it. you can disable > fusion sending keys to the mac when windows is turned on. > Greetings, Anouk, > Op 21/04/2013 17:0

Re: Help with VMWare Fusion

2013-04-21 Thread anouk radix
Dear Les, He explained this in his message if you read through it. you can disable fusion sending keys to the mac when windows is turned on. Greetings, Anouk, Op 21/04/2013 17:06, Les Kriegler schreef: Paul, this is very helpful. My question here is if you re-assign the Command key to functio

Re: Help with VMWare Fusion

2013-04-21 Thread Les Kriegler
Paul, this is very helpful. My question here is if you re-assign the Command key to function as an Alt key, how would you switch between the Mac OS and Windows? Thanks. Les On Apr 21, 2013, at 10:10 AM, Paul Erkens wrote: > Hi Yolanda and Phil, > > Let's not make this more complicated than

Re: Help with VMWare Fusion

2013-04-21 Thread Paul Erkens
Hi Yolanda and Phil, Let's not make this more complicated than it is. 1. After having started fusion, you can start windows by opening the normal menubar with vo plus m, m for menu as a mnemonic. Then, vo arrow right until you find the item called virtual machines. Hit vo space to open this men

Re: Help with VMWare Fusion

2013-04-20 Thread Phil Halton
I was hoping you'd answer onlist as I have long wanted to have those same questions answered. that is, after all, what the list is for. - Original Message - From: Kliphton A M To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, April 20, 2013 8:10 PM Subject: Re: Help

Re: Help with VMWare Fusion

2013-04-20 Thread Kliphton A M
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Help with VMWare Fusion

2013-04-20 Thread Yolanda Thompson
Ok, I got it installed--vmware that is--and I cannot figure out how to launch the window below the toolbar that brings me into windows. Then, when I hit alt-f4 in the windows it throws me out to the mac screen and I cannot get back. And, how on earth dos everyone find out the keystrokes for mac ap

Re: a little help with vmware fusion please?

2012-01-24 Thread David Griffith
I do not have Skype but tell me what you are finding difficult and I may be ab able to help. I ave used Fusion 3 and now 4 with Windows 7 and Jaws. There are a few pitfalls but the main one is that you will only get proper regular keyboard focus if you switch Fusion into full screen mode with co

RE: a little help with vmware fusion please?

2012-01-24 Thread Bill Holton
1:17 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: a little help with vmware fusion please? Hi Folks, hope all are well. just a quick email to ask if there's anyone here using VMWare fusion with JAWS? if so, could someone spare me some time to help me get used to the software and offer

a little help with vmware fusion please?

2012-01-24 Thread Mr. L. Alexander
Hi Folks, hope all are well. just a quick email to ask if there's anyone here using VMWare fusion with JAWS? if so, could someone spare me some time to help me get used to the software and offer some tricks and tips? I'm using it as a test area for software before I move to an official windows

Re: help with vmware fusion 3

2011-07-21 Thread Courtney Curran
Hi, I got it working, thanks for all of your help. Courtney On Jul 21, 2011, at 9:49 PM, Zachary Kline wrote: > Hi Courtney, > Either with vo-shift-space or the physical mouse or trackpad. It doesn't > matter which in this instance. > Best, > Zack. > On Jul 21, 2011, at 6:47 PM, Courtney Curran

Re: help with vmware fusion 3

2011-07-21 Thread Zachary Kline
Hi Courtney, Either with vo-shift-space or the physical mouse or trackpad. It doesn't matter which in this instance. Best, Zack. On Jul 21, 2011, at 6:47 PM, Courtney Curran wrote: > Hi, > One more question, how do I do a "mouse click"? > Courtney > On Jul 21, 2011, at 9:31 PM, Zachary Kline wro

Re: help with vmware fusion 3

2011-07-21 Thread Courtney Curran
Hi, One more question, how do I do a "mouse click"? Courtney On Jul 21, 2011, at 9:31 PM, Zachary Kline wrote: > Hi Courtney, > The way to do this depends on whether you want your VM running full screen or > not. I generally like mine to do so. WHat you want to do is start the VM > and click t

Re: help with vmware fusion 3

2011-07-21 Thread Zachary Kline
Hi Courtney, The way to do this depends on whether you want your VM running full screen or not. I generally like mine to do so. WHat you want to do is start the VM and click the mouse once, in the apparently empty window, to move focus to the full screen area. After this, you can just cmd-tab

help with vmware fusion 3

2011-07-21 Thread Courtney Curran
Hi, I just upgraded to VM ware fusion 3, the latest version, so it would work with lion. But I'm having trouble getting focus into the virtual machine so I can work on it. There's no scroll area like there was in VMware fusion 2. Can anyone please help? Courtney -- You received this message be