KVM/MOUSE/KEYBOARD/LAPTOP PROBLEM

Ok, just plugged in my KVM switch. I am using a PS2 p&p keyboars and a Microsoft tracker ball USB mouse that i have connected with a USB to PS2 adapter.
It all works fine when using the shortcuts, swapping between laptop and computer. But when it comes to moving the mouse on my other computer or using the keyboard i get no response at all.
I am at my wits end, after using the Live help and Phoning the company itself running a up a phone bill, they have not resolved the issue.
This is my final hope before chucking the annoying thing out my window.
Puppiie

I have a similar problem with a mouse that almost works. My model no is PS2KVM2 Linksys 2-Port KVM Switch. the mouse is a Microsoft Wheel Mouse Optical. It will move the cursor and click, but won't scroll with the wheel. Nor does my laptop recognize that I have a USB mouse plugged in (and disable the touch pad). If I plug the mouse directly into the laptop it works fine. There is no PS2 port on the laptop, but I have to use a PS2 adapter to plug into the KVM switch.
Also, it used to work before I had my laptop restaged and works on my other laptop. Both laptops are Dell D630s runing Windows XP SP2. I have downloaded the Microsoft Mouse driver but that didn't help. Is there a driver for the KVM switch?

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Mouse & keyboard input problem.

Hello there.
I have recently started using a Mac Mini for music live performance.
I am using programs like Ableton Live & Apple's MainStage.
I am experiencing problems with the input coming from the mouse and keyboard. After startup everything works perfectly fine. I am using Apple's Magic Mouse and Apple's wireless bluetooth keyboard now, but I have also experienced the same with a simple cheap usb mouse.
Let me explain, what happens:
From time to time, the input coming from both the keyboard and the mouse stops. The keyboards is not responding at all. The mouse can move the coursor around, but the buttons are not responding. When I for example move the coursor on an icon in the dock, the name does not pop up, as it would do normally.
From that point my rescue is a restart (hard one) or a screen sharing login from another mac on the network to do a normal restart.
Is anyone experiencing something similar? Any tips to help me out?

We are running Ableton Live for running backtracks.
Here is the part of the log. There is more log about the system startup, if needed.
18/06/14 16:27:54,000
kernel[0]
Sandbox: ntpd(375) deny file-read-data /private/var/run/resolv.conf
18/06/14 16:27:54,000
kernel[0]
Sandbox: ntpd(375) deny file-read-data /private/var/run/resolv.conf
18/06/14 16:33:05,371
WindowServer[103]
Warning: Program "Live" posted a mouse-down, blocking hardware events, but did no further mouse activity
18/06/14 16:35:17,000
kernel[0]
[AppleMultitouchDevice::willTerminate] entered
18/06/14 16:35:17,000
kernel[0]
[AppleMultitouchDevice::stop] entered
18/06/14 16:35:17,000
kernel[0]
[0xffffff8018afd600][free]()
18/06/14 16:35:17,804
loginwindow[68]
Preferred Localizations total: 1 contents ( English )
18/06/14 16:35:24,412
WindowServer[103]
Warning: Program "Live" posted a mouse-down, blocking hardware events, but did no further mouse activity
18/06/14 16:35:24,428
WindowServer[103]
Warning: Program "Live" posted a mouse-down, blocking hardware events, but did no further mouse activity
18/06/14 16:35:59,916
digest-service[514]
label: default
18/06/14 16:35:59,916
digest-service[514]
dbname: od:/Local/Default
18/06/14 16:35:59,916
digest-service[514]
mkey_file: /var/db/krb5kdc/m-key
18/06/14 16:35:59,916
digest-service[514]
acl_file: /var/db/krb5kdc/kadmind.acl
18/06/14 16:35:59,917
digest-service[514]
digest-request: uid=0
18/06/14 16:35:59,918
digest-service[514]
digest-request: netr probe 0
18/06/14 16:35:59,919
digest-service[514]
digest-request: init request
18/06/14 16:35:59,922
digest-service[514]
digest-request: init return domain: DUNES-MAC-MINI server: DUNES-MAC-MINI indomain was: <NULL>
18/06/14 16:36:00,010
digest-service[514]
digest-request: uid=0
18/06/14 16:36:00,010
digest-service[514]
digest-request: init request
18/06/14 16:36:00,013
digest-service[514]
digest-request: init return domain: DUNES-MAC-MINI server: DUNES-MAC-MINI indomain was: <NULL>
18/06/14 16:36:00,175
digest-service[514]
digest-request: uid=0
18/06/14 16:36:00,175
digest-service[514]
digest-request: init request
18/06/14 16:36:00,178
digest-service[514]
digest-request: init return domain: DUNES-MAC-MINI server: DUNES-MAC-MINI indomain was: <NULL>
18/06/14 16:36:00,204
digest-service[514]
digest-request: uid=0
18/06/14 16:36:00,204
digest-service[514]
digest-request: init request
18/06/14 16:36:00,207
digest-service[514]
digest-request: init return domain: DUNES-MAC-MINI server: DUNES-MAC-MINI indomain was: <NULL>
18/06/14 16:36:00,210
digest-service[514]
digest-request: uid=0
18/06/14 16:36:00,212
digest-service[514]
digest-request: od failed with 2 proto=ntlmv2
18/06/14 16:36:00,212
digest-service[514]
digest-request: user=\GUEST
18/06/14 16:36:00,215
digest-service[514]
digest-request: kdc failed with -1765328234 proto=unknown
18/06/14 16:36:00,215
digest-service[514]
digest-request guest: ok user=DUNES-MAC-MINI\GUEST proto=ntlmv2 flags: NEG_KEYEX, ENC_128, NEG_VERSION, NEG_TARGET_INFO, NEG_NTLM2, NEG_NTLM, NEG_TARGET, NEG_UNICODE
18/06/14 16:36:01,567
kdc[72]
Got a canonicalize request for a LKDC realm from 192.168.1.101:51637
18/06/14 16:36:01,567
kdc[72]
LKDC referral to the real LKDC realm name
18/06/14 16:36:01,570
kdc[72]
BUG in libdispatch client: kevent[EVFILT_READ] delete: "Bad file descriptor" - 0x9
18/06/14 16:36:01,698
kdc[72]
AS-REQ dune@LKDC:SHA1.D06C7456A2943F6790428F4FC70E766BF0D80FB1 from 192.168.1.101:51638 for krbtgt/LKDC:SHA1.D06C7456A2943F6790428F4FC70E766BF0D80FB1@LKDC:SHA1.D06C7456A29 43F6790428F4FC70E766BF0D80FB1
18/06/14 16:36:01,702
kdc[72]
AS-REQ dune@LKDC:SHA1.D06C7456A2943F6790428F4FC70E766BF0D80FB1 from 192.168.1.101:51638 for krbtgt/LKDC:SHA1.D06C7456A2943F6790428F4FC70E766BF0D80FB1@LKDC:SHA1.D06C7456A29 43F6790428F4FC70E766BF0D80FB1
18/06/14 16:36:01,703
kdc[72]
Need to use PA-ENC-TIMESTAMP/PA-PK-AS-REQ
18/06/14 16:36:01,713
kdc[72]
AS-REQ dune@LKDC:SHA1.D06C7456A2943F6790428F4FC70E766BF0D80FB1 from 192.168.1.101:51639 for krbtgt/LKDC:SHA1.D06C7456A2943F6790428F4FC70E766BF0D80FB1@LKDC:SHA1.D06C7456A29 43F6790428F4FC70E766BF0D80FB1
18/06/14 16:36:01,717
kdc[72]
AS-REQ dune@LKDC:SHA1.D06C7456A2943F6790428F4FC70E766BF0D80FB1 from 192.168.1.101:51639 for krbtgt/LKDC:SHA1.D06C7456A2943F6790428F4FC70E766BF0D80FB1@LKDC:SHA1.D06C7456A29 43F6790428F4FC70E766BF0D80FB1
18/06/14 16:36:01,718
kdc[72]
Client sent patypes: ENC-TS
18/06/14 16:36:01,718
kdc[72]
ENC-TS pre-authentication succeeded -- dune@LKDC:SHA1.D06C7456A2943F6790428F4FC70E766BF0D80FB1
18/06/14 16:36:01,719
kdc[72]
Client supported enctypes: aes256-cts-hmac-sha1-96, aes128-cts-hmac-sha1-96, des3-cbc-sha1, arcfour-hmac-md5, using aes256-cts-hmac-sha1-96/aes256-cts-hmac-sha1-96
18/06/14 16:36:01,719
kdc[72]
Requested flags: canonicalize
18/06/14 16:36:01,867
kdc[72]
TGS-REQ dune@LKDC:SHA1.D06C7456A2943F6790428F4FC70E766BF0D80FB1 from 192.168.1.101:51640 for vnc/LKDC:SHA1.D06C7456A2943F6790428F4FC70E766BF0D80FB1@LKDC:SHA1.D06C7456A2943F 6790428F4FC70E766BF0D80FB1 [canonicalize]
18/06/14 16:36:01,887
screensharingd[516]
Authentication: SUCCEEDED :: User Name: dune :: Viewer Address: 192.168.1.101 :: Type: Kerberos
18/06/14 16:36:27,000
kernel[0]
Sandbox: ntpd(375) deny file-read-data /private/var/run/resolv.conf
18/06/14 16:36:27,000
kernel[0]
Sandbox: ntpd(375) deny file-read-data /private/var/run/resolv.conf
18/06/14 16:36:29,000
kernel[0]
[BNBMouseDevice::init][80.14] init is complete
18/06/14 16:36:29,000
kernel[0]
[BNBMouseDevice::handleStart][80.14] returning 1
18/06/14 16:36:29,000
kernel[0]
[AppleMultitouchHIDEventDriver::start] entered
18/06/14 16:36:29,883
loginwindow[68]
Preferred Localizations total: 1 contents (
English
18/06/14 16:36:30,000
kernel[0]
[AppleMultitouchDevice::start] entered
18/06/14 16:37:08,196
WindowServer[103]
Warning: Program "Live" posted a mouse-down, blocking hardware events, but did no further mouse activity
18/06/14 16:37:18,214
Console[524]
setPresentationOptions called with NSApplicationPresentationFullScreen when there is no visible fullscreen window; this call will be ignored.
18/06/14 16:39:41,000
kernel[0]
process ScreensharingAge[517] caught causing excessive wakeups. EXC_RESOURCE supressed due to audio playback
18/06/14 16:39:59,731
com.apple.IconServicesAgent[249]
main Failed to composit image for binding VariantBinding [0x3b1] flags: 0x8 binding: FileInfoBinding [0x2bb] - extension: log, UTI: com.apple.log, fileType: ????.
18/06/14 16:39:59,732
quicklookd[521]
Warning: Cache image returned by the server has size range covering all valid image sizes. Binding: VariantBinding [0x403] flags: 0x8 binding: FileInfoBinding [0x303] - extension: log, UTI: com.apple.log, fileType: ???? request size:48 scale: 1
18/06/14 16:41:13,236
MainStage[448]
NIAUCocoaApplicationEvents: unregistration (0x3bdf2ca0)
18/06/14 16:41:15,842
WindowServer[103]
_CGXSetWindowBackgroundBlurRadius: Invalid window 0xffffffff
18/06/14 16:41:15,849
WindowServer[103]
_CGXSetWindowBackgroundBlurRadius: Invalid window 0xffffffff
18/06/14 16:41:27,386
com.apple.SecurityServer[15]
Session 100017 created
18/06/14 16:41:27,403
com.apple.SecurityServer[15]
Killing auth hosts
18/06/14 16:41:27,403
com.apple.SecurityServer[15]
Session 100016 destroyed
18/06/14 16:41:27,544
com.apple.IconServicesAgent[249]
main Failed to composit image for binding VariantBinding [0x3b3] flags: 0x8 binding: FileInfoBinding [0x4b3] - extension: caf, UTI: com.apple.coreaudio-format, fileType: ????.
18/06/14 16:41:27,544
quicklookd[521]
Warning: Cache image returned by the server has size range covering all valid image sizes. Binding: VariantBinding [0x803] flags: 0x8 binding: FileInfoBinding [0x703] - extension: caf, UTI: com.apple.coreaudio-format, fileType: ???? request size:16 scale: 1
18/06/14 16:41:28,451
Console[547]
setPresentationOptions called with NSApplicationPresentationFullScreen when there is no visible fullscreen window; this call will be ignored.
18/06/14 16:41:41,991
Console[547]
Marker - 18 Jun 2014 16:41:41
18/06/14 16:41:44,520
Console[547]
Marker - 18 Jun 2014 16:41:44
18/06/14 16:42:05,640
com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[174]
(com.apple.PackageKit.InstallStatus) Throttling respawn: Will start in 9 seconds
18/06/14 16:42:05,689
WindowServer[103]
CGXGetConnectionProperty: Invalid connection 49155
18/06/14 16:42:05,690
WindowServer[103]
CGXGetConnectionProperty: Invalid connection 49155
18/06/14 16:42:05,690
WindowServer[103]
CGXGetConnectionProperty: Invalid connection 49155
18/06/14 16:42:05,690
WindowServer[103]
CGXGetConnectionProperty: Invalid connection 49155
18/06/14 16:42:05,690
WindowServer[103]
CGXGetConnectionProperty: Invalid connection 49155
18/06/14 16:42:05,705
com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[174]
(com.apple.universalaccessAuthWarn[280]) Exited: Killed: 9
18/06/14 16:42:05,705
com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[174]
(com.apple.AirPlayUIAgent[316]) Exited: Killed: 9
18/06/14 16:42:05,707
com.apple.launchd[1]
(com.apple.ShareKitHelper[255]) Exited: Killed: 9
18/06/14 16:42:05,709
com.apple.launchd[1]
(com.apple.internetaccounts[246]) Exited: Killed: 9
18/06/14 16:42:05,722
com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[174]
([0x0-0x1b01b].com.apple.AppleSpell[305]) Exited: Killed: 9
18/06/14 16:42:05,723
com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[174]
(com.apple.gamed[215]) Exited: Killed: 9
18/06/14 16:42:15,741
loginwindow[68]
ERROR | -[ApplicationManager quitPrivateProcesses] | Private process did not quit
18/06/14 16:42:15,773
sessionlogoutd[560]
sessionlogoutd Launched
18/06/14 16:42:15,779
sessionlogoutd[560]
DEAD_PROCESS: 68 console
18/06/14 16:42:15,807
airportd[90]
_doAutoJoin: Already associated to “DuneLive2014”. Bailing on auto-join.
18/06/14 16:42:15,812
shutdown[561]
reboot by _softwareupdate:
18/06/14 16:42:15,813
shutdown[561]
SHUTDOWN_TIME: 1403102535 812435

JComboBox fails to popup list - mouse/keyboard coordinate problem?

Have discovered the following phenomenon:
my JComboBox is placed in a hierarchy of panels, the top of which
is packaged via sun.beans.ole.Packager as ActiveX. THe ActiveX'ed
bean is used in an MFC application, which uses the plugin as VM.
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clicked on the popup button or used the appropriate key combination.
I found out, that if the application is resized/moved so that the JComboBox
is not in the upper left quarter of the screen, then it can display its popup list
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also means "including popup bounds", but it seems like it.
Happens only in the plugin, not within regular Java application.
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And, of course, I am desperate for a solution! (Project release date lurking...)
Sylvia

Nubz,
actually I'm still using a standard wired apple keyboard, wt the magic mouse, because the wire goes under my desk, and I was actually considering getting a trackpad. Still since my Yosemite upgrade, I'm having problem after problem, so I'm not sure I will even stay wt Mac. Honestly I've examined any and all solutions, in that support article, but none of them were relevant to my problem.
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Yeah I did that. Waiting for a response.
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Bluetooth mouse & keyboard login problem

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Bluetooth software is Apple ver 1.6.6f22
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Battery's are new in both devices and I've deleted and re-added the mouse and keyboard.
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Wireless mouse/keyboard intermittent dis-connects

In the last three days, I have looked at over 20 different posts regarding wireless mouse/keyboard disconnect problems. Thew fixes ranged all over the board and NONE fixed it. And, none of these problems matched mine exactly, except for one other. I too, have two iMacs and this problem has over the last few days gotten increasingly worse and irritating. Regardless of what you're doing, whether it is actual productive work, or playing a stupid game on your computer, when your mouse quits responding, and the graphic flashed on the screen "MOUSE DISCONNECTED", it irritates.
I think a senior apple tech finally pin-pointed the problem, at least for my two systems. It has nothing at all to do with Bluetooth or Wireless networking. I tried ALL of those fixes including resetting the SMC. None fixed it.
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I would always have a wired keyboard and mouse on hand (need not be expensive ... any cheap wired devices will work). "Emergency recovery" procedures can activate features in random order, so the opportunity to select a recovery partition may pass before the wireless devices are recognized.
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Mouse/keyboard problem.

I am running 32-bit Adobe Photoshop 12.1 as part of CS 5.5 on a Windows 7 Ultimate box. I have been running into a strange problem that I can't seem to figure out. There seems to be some problem with the keyboard/mouse and how it operates. If I reboot my machine, Open PS, and then a file, I can use the select tool as normal. However, once I press the Alt-Key....everything goes haywire. I can no longer select anything. Changing tools is also screwy, as in I can change top-level tools, or right-click and see the sub choices (such as which type of select tool), but cannot left click on the sub-tool to choose it. I originally thought it may be a problem with my Logitech wireless keyboard, but am typing this froma plain wired keyboard and mouse and the problem is still occuring.
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I think there is something wrong with the firmware of my G5!
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Even when startingup with the 'alt' key pressed to choose my backup drive it seems that the mouse already starts acting weard. Before OSX is started up
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Can't get new MBA 13"to work with KVM - mouse/kb freeze after 3s.

As title states, every time I plug in my USB KVM to my brand new macbook air OS X 10.8.4 (12E3067) the external kvm mouse and keyboard will both work for exactly the same short period of time, about three seconds, then stop responding.
The Air's touchpad / keyboard stay working.
Disconnnecting and reconnecting the KVM does the exact same thing every time, 100% repeatable. The external mouse work fine for about three seconds, then no response.
It's infuriating. The KVM / mouse are all fine, and I've just verified they're still all working flawlessly on my old Macbook Pro (on 10.4?) that I'm planning to sell soon.

All these IOGear autoswitching KVMs share the same logic, so this method should work for all. The manual for one of the simpler models of IOGear KVM is available at www.iogear.com/support/manual/GCS634U.pdf
First switch your KVM so it shows the screen of the Mac where you are having keyboard recognition problems: the correct port will now be "active" on the KVM. Put the KVM into hotkey mode and press F2 -- this will override the default autodetect setting for this port, and will set it directly to Macintosh mode. Your keyboard will immediately be recogized (and the capslock light will work!). The KVM will remember this until you change it or reset it to its factory configuration.
If you need to troubleshoot you can use another hotkey combination to print out the current settings of the KVM: open a text editor and position the cursor inside it for typing, then execute (HKM)(F4) -- the KVM will "type" its current settings. Here are mine on a 2-port KVM immediately after setting my Mac Mini port
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
hotkey:
(num lock)+(-) and (ctrl),(ctrl)
os setting:
port1 pc
port2 mac
kb:
port1 english
port2 english

Mouse/keyboard stops responding

When I have stayed logged on, but switch to the login window, I have often experienced the sudden failure of the mouse and keyboard and unable to respond. The mouse does not show the red light and keyboard is unresponsive.
The clock still ticks off the seconds so the system is not totally frozen. No keyboard, mouse click will get the system to respond.
The only way I can get use back is after a forced shutdown. I have checked the connections and it doesn't appear to be a loose keyboard connection (mouse is connected to the keyboard)
I notice the problem more if I use the login option often and let the computer set on the login window for a while with my account still logged in. I keep mail running while in the login window mode. When I log back in the computer functions normally for a while then it stops suddenly while using the mouse or keyboard
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G4 733 Quicksilver Mac OS X (10.3.9) 1.12 GB ram

I'll put my Microsoft Wireless Desktop mouse/keyboard up against the competition any day. I can't say enough good things about the set. Got the pair for $50 at Costco.
My hands are too big for the notebook style keyboards found on macs and laptops and the extra space on the MS board is very welcomed. The function keys and the mouse have control panels of their own for configuring for global or specific application mapping of functions. The keyboard also interfaces with itunes (start/stop, fast forward, volume, pause), there are user selectable buttons for favorite application launchers, screen zoom, .............
The mouse has a toggle wheel that moves left/right which has definable actions for applications. In Mozilla it goes page forward/back. In Illustraor or Photoshop it pans left/right.
I have found that the mouse/keyboard actions work best in Mozilla/Firefox and don't work as well in Safari and, interestingly with Internet Explorer.
In short, I feel crippled by other keyboards.

A possible solution for "foreight language keyboard shortcut" problem...

Hi(Bonjour)!
Everyone know the problem of losy keyboard layout when Final Cut is used with foreight language keyboard. We loose the COMMAND-Q shorcut.
As PieroF suggested in many posts in final cut express forum, there is a workaround:
"+I just installed Leopard and I ran into this keyboard shortcut problem.+
+I can confirm that:+
+a. the problem exists also with the Italian keyboard (in addition to other languages, as pointed by other posters)+
+b. the workaround I described in my previous answer works fine :+
+- close FCE (if open)+
+- open System Preferences/International/Language+
+- drag English to the first place on top of the other languages+
+- drag your own language (Italian in my case) again on top of English (at the end the window will show the same original settings, but something happened in the heart of Leopard...)+
+- close System Preferences+
+- open FCE: now all shortcuts work as expected, and are correctly listed with their corresponding menu commands+
+It's a workaround, it's not convenient (I'd better have this bug fixed), but apparently you have to apply it only once for each system startup.+
Piero "
As stated by Piero, you have to follow this procedure after each computer startup.
I found a way to restore the COMMAND-Q shortcut with the keyboard and mouse system pref panel.
Simply add Final Cut application and add a +custom shotcut+. Be careful to type exactly the "Quit Final Cut Express" menu.
This solution allows to restart the computer.
It's work with Final Cut Express and Final Cut Pro under Leopard 10.5.4.
Michel Boissonneault

Hi Michel,
I like your suggestion because the keyboard shortcuts defined in the system preferences do not require redefinition at each startup. So in theory we could define all missing/wrong shortcuts this way, and not only the cmd-Q as you suggested. Boring, but we could do it once for all.
The only problem is that I don't know how to define shortcuts for submenus, for example "Render Selection/Both": it seems system preferences allows only to define shortcuts for the menu ("Render Selection" - in this case absolutely useless) but not for the submenu.
Do you know a way ? (I looked in the help, which didn't... help).
Piero

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I tried also to do so via the bluetooth preferences but when I ask to open the Bluetooth preference of the mouse a window appears and says that the mouse preferences are not shown because I haven't any mouse connected to my computer.
I remember that when I had access I changed the name of the mouse.
I already deleted the connection and tried to re-install it again. But the mouse appears with the same name, and the problem persists.
Please... Any bright soul?

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Hi there! I'm trying to use an external monitor. I also have a usb mouse and usb keyboard connected to the dock, When the external monitor is connected I have have keyboard and mouse function both external and on the laptop. I also have display on the external monitor. Once I boot windows, I loose function of the mouse and keyboard both externally and on the laptop. It's driving me nuts!! Any ideas??
If I just boot at the dock with only the monitor plugged in, I loose the mouse/keyboard on the laptop. Using the VGA plug.
Any help would be so grand!

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Hi,
I just purshased a brand new MacBook Pro 3 weeks ago and I am experiencing a very annoying troubleshotting :
while using the Mac for standard applications ( Firefox, Thunderbird, MacMessenger ), the system seems block as nothing is responding ( mouse/keyboard ) but in fact only the mouse/KB is block.
I tried plugging a USB mouse on the MAc, and it works perfectly, so the MBP is not freezed.
So I decided to reboot and everything comes back to normal until it blocks again.
I think heating may be the issue as using the MBP again few hours after the issue, all is ok.
Did anyone experience such things ? Did anyone had it and solved it ?
Thanks a lot, this is really annoying.

First, try repairing disk permissions as below.
Repair Permissions:
Go to: Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility
Select: your Hard Drive
Select: the First Aid tab
Select: Repair Permissions
BTW... I can’t keep track of how many owners that have reported anomalies after installing Firefox. Really, problems that you wouldn’t imagine that could be caused by a browser’ seem to manifest when certain conditions arise. Anyway, it’s just an observation and may not be associated with your issue.
Regards,
 MBP-15"/2.16/2GB RAM/7200/W8612... Mac OS X (10.4.9) G4 Tower (OS 9/10), Gateway P4 (XP Home)

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Hello,
I have just installed Windows 7 Home Premium on my late 2012 iMac, the installation seems to have gone well except that after running the Bootcamp setup program Windows restarted and now does not recognize any mouse/keyboard - USB mouse and keyboeard as well as Magic Trackpad/Bluetooth keyboard are unresponsive. They worked before the restart, and also work in Safe mode.
Has anyone had/fixed this issue, or can direct me to instructions to help? I've looked over the forum and not found same issue. I'm assuming any fix would have to work in Safe mode as I can't do anything in Normal mode!
USB port issue?
I'm also assuming I will have to separately fix the Trackpad/Apple Keyboard issue, but first just want to get basic USB devices working.
Thanks!

Good News: I got it working OK. Not sure exactly what fixed it, but will list what was done differently in case it helps someone else.
1. Did a clean install from the Windows 7 Pro x64 disk I had purchased. The first time I had used an ISO image downloaded from the Internet (not MS site) to create the thumb drive installer, per Bootcamp 4 instructions.
2. Updated the Windows install using MS Update. I had to install some drivers I found on the Bootcamp disk I made the previous time. Those drivers were anything relative to Network and WiFi, so I was able to access the Internet. Before that I couldn't connect.
3. After the above, I repeated the download process that downloades the Windows support software for Bootcamp and made a new CD.
It worked.
I still find the service from Microsoft and even Apple to be an exercise polite but useless finger pointing. Neither organization wanted to help me. As with most tech support groups, the object is to get rid of the problem if possible by blaming someone else. Imagine what might have happened if the Apple tech would have actually conferenced me on a call to Microsoft! Tech support is non-existent for Bootcamp.
Drop a line to [email protected] if you need anything explained about the above. Cheers. -John

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