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Keyboard Not Working after VMWare Conversion

Na conversie van een machine met VMware vCenter Converter Standalone werkt het keyboard van de VM niet.

Symptoom:
* Ctrl-Alt-Del werk niet
* Inlogscherm accepteert geen toetsaanslagen
* Muis werkt wel

Oplossing:
* In originele machine “Require Users to press Ctrl+Alt+Del” uitzetten: Control Panel -> User Accounts -> Manage User Accounts -> Secure Logon [] Require Users to press Ctrl+Alt+Del
* Converteer machine
* Start VM
* Op inlog scherm start je het On Screen keyboard.
* Inloggen met on screen keyboard
* regedit

Click Hkey_Local_Machine on Remote_Computer_Name on the Window menu, and then navigate to the following key:
SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E96B-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
Double-click the UpperFilters:REG_MULTI_SZ: and then remove everything but kbdclass

Navigate to the following registry location:
SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E96F-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
Double-click the UpperFilters:REG_MULTI_SZ: and then remove everything but mouclass

* Restart the computer with the mouse/keyboard problems. After the computer
restarts, the mouse and keyboard should be functional.

Source: https://communities.vmware.com/message/2341273