Re: Windows Product Activation

From: Pete Stephenson (pete+usenet_at_heypete.com)
Date: 12/21/04 

Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 15:11:54 -0800

In article <BDEDB6B1.2331%howardgriffith@hotmail.com>,
 Howard Griffith <howardgriffith@hotmail.com> wrote:

> If the cursor is black, go up to the PC menu and select Reset. This will
> reboot the Windows machine and this time should give you a white mouse
> cursor and allow you to do everything.

I've had good luck simply waving the mouse around and clicking in the
emulated OS window -- this seems to remind Virtual PC that it needs to
switch to "PC mouse" mode.

Saves a reset too. :) 

-- 
Pete Stephenson
HeyPete.com

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