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KaVoom!
KM
Invisible
Mouse Pointer
The symptoms of this problem are:
1. Your secondary computer is running Windows 8 or later.
2. No mouse is plugged into it.
2. The mouse pointer is invisible, but you
can tell that it's there because things on the screen
get highlighted when you move your mouse around.
The
problem is that since no mouse is plugged in, Windows
thinks that you are using a touch screen, and so it
turns off the mouse pointer.
To
fix the problem, you can plug in a mouse. Alternatively,
some people have reported that turning on the Mouse
Keys feature fixes the problem. Mouse Keys is an accessibility
feature that's available in Windows Control Panel (Ease
of Access). However, it doesn't work for some people.
Perhaps
a better solution is to install a device driver that
tricks Windows into thinking that a mouse is plugged
in. The Wacom Digitizer driver works for this purpose.
On
the Wacom
web page you'll find this file
described as follows:
Wacom Digitizer Driver for Windows 7 (32-bit, 64-bit),
Vista (64-bit), XP (32-bit, 64-bit) - ThinkPad W700,
W700ds, W701, W701ds
Install
this device driver on your secondary computer (the one
that doesn't have the mouse plugged in).
This
driver works on Windows 10 for this purpose.
Remote Installation
You cannot remotely install KaVoom! KM onto a computer
running Windows XP Home Edition. This is a limitation
of the Home Edition. You must install the software locally.
There
is a problem with Windows that might prevent you from
remotely installing KaVoom! KM from a computer
running Windows Server 2003 SP1. Microsoft has a hotfix
available. See Microsoft's Knowledge Base article 913327.
Multiple Users on Windows XP
If you have multiple user accounts on your Windows XP
computer and two or more users are logged on simultaneously,
KaVoom! KM will stop working temporarily after one of
the users logs off. It will resume working once the
next user logs on. This means that you must use the
computer's local keyboard to log on the next user.
One work-around is to use the "Switch User"
feature, rather than logging off. As long as all the
users remain logged on, KaVoom! KM will continue to
work fine.
Another work-around is to just have one user logged
on at a time, and to log off whenever you want to swtich
users.
Reprogrammable Mouse Buttons
Some mice from Microsoft and Logitech have extra buttons
that are reprogrammable (using configuration software
that comes with the mouse). Mouse buttons that have
been reprogrammed do not function when you are operating
a secondary computer.
Problem using Remote Desktop Client
A problem occurs when you are running Remote Desktop
client in full-screen mode on your primary computer.
When you move the mouse pointer to an adjacent monitor,
the mouse works fine and you can click on windows as
expected, but your keypresses continue to go to the
remote computer. The problem does not occur if you are
using Remote Desktop in a window.
To fix the problem, you must use KaVoom! KM 3.22 or
later. Add the following line to the end of the KaVoomKM.ini
file, located in C:\Program Files\KaVoom! KM. Then restart
KaVoom! KM.
CompatibleWithRemoteDesktopClient=1
This fix works only while the KaVoom! KM main window
is hidden. This is okay, since you always want the main
window hidden while you are working.
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