Comments on: Pressing F8 during Windows install on Vmware ESX 3.5

By: Russ

Russ — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:41:40 +0000

Thanks for the update!

By: peterzara

peterzara — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:20:47 +0000

It does work and you need to do two things. You need to position the On Screen Key Board so the title bar is just out of the view of the console screen. You then need to click in the VMWare console and then on the On Screen Keyboard.

By: Ravi Shanghavi

Ravi Shanghavi — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:17:27 +0000

On two subsequent installs I ~was~ able to use the OnscreenKeyboard in the same environment. I would attribute my earlier post to a quirk or a user error.

Getting the Onscreenkeyboard to work mind you took a couple moments of clicking in the area, and on the osk. But it does work.

Cheers,
Ravi

By: Russ

Russ — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 11:41:15 +0000

Thanks for the note Ravi, we have not seen this in vsphere yet. Let us know if you get around it.

By: Ravi Shanghavi

Ravi Shanghavi — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:40:24 +0000

Peterzara, I was hoping the OnscreenKeyboard would have sorted this. But it didn’t help. Not on vSphere and a 2k3 install anyhow. I’m experiencing this with a USB logitech keyboard, so sadly there’s also no F-lock function to assist.

Br,
Ravi

By: peterzara

peterzara — Thu, 14 May 2009 22:52:31 +0000

I searched the entire building for a USB keyboard but no luck. Everything these days is wireless……..
No problem. Go Start…. Run…. osk.exe and hit enter. Move the On Screen Keyboard into the console of your XP installation, click within the console area and F8 should work.

By: Carsten Wagner

Carsten Wagner — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 12:57:52 +0000

Many Thanks for the advice!!!

By: Fred Bueno

Fred Bueno — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:51:50 +0000

Hey Elias,

If I may leave one suggestion: Please include hey4andrw’s suggestion in your original text. It works just fine!

By: Xanotos

Xanotos — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 05:07:40 +0000

Great advice Hey4ndrw!!!! Worked like a charm!!!

By: hey4ndrw

hey4ndrw — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 01:17:06 +0000

If you have the Microsoft Wireless Natural Multimedia ergonomic keyboard, and no amount of leaning on the F8 key to select “I Agree” works when reinstalling XP, try tapping once on the F Lock button (one key to the right of F12), then pressing F8. Worked for me.

By: Elias

Elias — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:17:10 +0000

Rick, thank you for giving some feedback. Glad it worked for you.
-Elias

By: Rick Parker

Rick Parker — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:46:41 +0000

Hello,
Have the same problem.
Have the same keyboard plugged into my laptop.
Used the laptops “F8″ and found that it worked.
I probably should install the disk that came with the keyboard to see if there is something missing from the “F” keys.
Rick