VMWare, Spaces, and F8
Starting writing with the new publisher’s template and found that I couldn’t use Word 2007 or Word 2008. I ran into a neat twist with the F8 key when building a Windows XP virtual machine for Word 2003. Whether inside or outside the virtual machine, the focus for the F8 key always stayed with Mac OS X. That meant F8 launches Spaces instead of letting the Windows XP install proceed.
The fix was simple enough, I disabled F8 as the launch key for Spaces. Then, it let the Windows XP install work.
Should that work around be there? It’s probably a bug in VMWare Fusion, Version 2.0 (116369). If you know for sure, let me and other readers know.
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