All mouse and keyboard input stopped working
- Thread starter patc4
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Hello,
As a possible solution, kindly follow the below steps:
0. Shut down the affected virtual machine.
1. While the Virtual Machine is running, from the Top menu bar, click Actions > select Reset.
2. Perform this action 3 times consecutively. This will boot your Windows into recovery mode.
3. Once in recovery mode, Click on Troubleshoot > Advanced options > Startup settings > Restart > Press 4.
4. Once in Safe Mode,try reinstalling Parallels Tools ?
Let us know if you have been able to do it ?
Thank you.
Hello,
As a possible solution, kindly follow the below steps:
1. Launch your Windows 11 Virtual Machine.
2. Click on Actions Menu on top of the mac menu bar > Select Reinstall Parallels Tools > You will get a Prompt where you need to select "Yes" to proceed.
If Installation of Parallels Tools is greyed out, please provide us with a screenshot.
3. Restart the Windows 11 and verify if the issue is persists ?
If the issue persists, for us to further investigate this issue, kindly reproduce the issue and collect a technical report (right-click Parallels icon in Dock > Help > Send technical data > check "Attach screenshots..." > press Send Report) and provide us with the report's 9-digit ID in reply to this post.
Thank you.
Hello Pramesh,
I'm having the same issue - also having Steam installed on my Windows VM.
I tried everything you suggested but it didn't work, even in safe mode.
I just sent the Technical report #439759728.
Please help.
Best regards,
Eva
The good news is that this is a known issue related to Steam's "Xbox extended feature support", you can read about it here: https://kb.parallels.com/129438
The bad news is that you need a Parallels Pro or Business edition to solve the problem. If you're stuck to a Standard edition, the only thing you can do is reset your Windows (with Parallels you can do this without mouse).
I would kindly request that Parallels gives us an option to delete the Windows Registry Key for that Steam checkbox even for Standard versions.
The bad news is that you need a Parallels Pro or Business edition to solve the problem. If you're stuck to a Standard edition, the only thing you can do is reset your Windows (with Parallels you can do this without mouse).
I would kindly request that Parallels gives us an option to delete the Windows Registry Key for that Steam checkbox even for Standard versions.
But that only works if you have either Parallels Desktop Pro Edition or Business Edition.
It's 2025. I'm on an M1 MacBook Pro with Parallels 18 Standard installed running Windows 11 Pro. Everything has been working great up until tonight. I don't know what happened. It may have been Steam updating, but I no longer have the a mouse pointer or the ability to navigate Windows with the keyboard. I've tried suggestions in this thread to no avail.
Anyone ever get this solved?
Guess I had same issue. Non-responsive keyboard both for windows 11 and ubuntu.
My solution was:
- Turn off virtual machine.
- Go to VM Configuration → Hardware → USB & Bluetooth.
- Turn on "Share Bluetooth devices with Windows."
- Turn off "Input devices" inside external devices list.
- Then go to "Mouse & keyboard" section. Set mouse mode as "auto-detect for games" and keyboard keyboard "optimize for games".
- Start virtual machine again.
It solved a problem at least for me.
My solution was:
- Turn off virtual machine.
- Go to VM Configuration → Hardware → USB & Bluetooth.
- Turn on "Share Bluetooth devices with Windows."
- Turn off "Input devices" inside external devices list.
- Then go to "Mouse & keyboard" section. Set mouse mode as "auto-detect for games" and keyboard keyboard "optimize for games".
- Start virtual machine again.
It solved a problem at least for me.
Noraaa
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Hi all, I had the same struggles, and nothing in this thread helped me, however this helped:
run this command:
this will let you send command lines to the VM, "Windows 11" is your VMs name, then execute these:
then reboot the VM, I then reinstalled parallels tools, not sure if that was necessary
run this command:
Code:
prlctl enter "Windows 11"
Code:
reg delete HKLM\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Class\{745a17a0-74d3-11d0-b6fe-00a0c90f57da} /v LowerFilters /f
reg delete HKLM\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Class\{4d36e96b-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318} /v UpperFilters /f
reg add HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4d36e96b-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318} /v UpperFilters /t REG_MULTI_SZ /d kbdclass /f
reg delete "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Parallels\Parallels Tools" /fthen reboot the VM, I then reinstalled parallels tools, not sure if that was necessary