Disable the cursor in my win10 hvm

B_ryr · May 15, 2022, 8:40am

Good morning everyone,
So I want to disable the cursor in my win10 hvm.
I am following this process…

Qubes-Community/Contents/blob/master/docs/os/windows/windows-tools.md

:warning: *The content below describes Qubes Windows Tools installation in Qubes R4.0. The text has been updated to reflect the newer R4.1 release and QWT recent development. Please see [this updated document](https://github.com/Qubes-Community/Contents/blob/master/docs/os/windows/windows-tools41.md) for instructions for Qubes R4.1 and the updated version of Qubes Windows Tools.*

Qubes Windows Tools
===================

Qubes Windows Tools are a set of programs and drivers that provide integration of Windows AppVMs with the rest of the Qubes system. Currently the following features are available for Windows VMs after installation of those tools:

-   **Qubes Video Driver** - provides for the Seamless GUI mode that integrates apps windows onto the common Qubes trusted desktop
-   **File sender/receiver** - Support for [secure clipboard copy/paste](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/copy-paste/) between the Windows VM and other AppVMs
-   **File sender/receiver** - Support for [secure file exchange](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/copying-files/) between the Windows VM and other AppVMs
-   **Copy/Edit in Disposable VM** - Support for editing files in DisposableVMs as well as for qvm-run and generic qrexec for the Windows VM (e.g. ability to run custom service within/from the Windows VM)
-   **Xen PV drivers** for Windows that increase performance compared to qemu emulated devices

Below is a breakdown of the feature availability depending on the windows version:

|             Feature                  |  Windows 7 x64 | Windows 10 x64 |
| ------------------------------------ | :------------: | :------------: |
| Qubes Video Driver                   |        +       |       -        |
| Qubes Network Setup                  |        +       |       +        |
| Private Volume Setup (move profiles) |        +       |       +        |

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Towards the bottom of this page it speaks about
“Disable cursor in the VM. Useful for integration with Qubes desktop so you don’t see two cursors”

But I don’t see where to add this “regedit” in my win10hvm to incorporate the DWORD.

Can someone help out?

B_ryr · May 15, 2022, 7:48pm

Ok, I was looking at the wrong page…Here’s the right page

github.com

Qubes-Community/Contents/blob/master/docs/os/windows/windows-tools41.md

Qubes Windows Tools
===================

Qubes Windows Tools (QWT) are a set of programs and drivers that provide integration of Windows 7, 10 and 11 Standalone, TemplateVMs and AppVMs with the rest of the Qubes system. They contain several components than can be enabled or disabled during installation:

- **Shared components (required)** - common libraries used by QWT components
- **Qubes Core Agent** - qrexec agent and services. Needed for proper integration with Qubes
- **Qubes GUI Agent** - video driver and GUI agent that enable the seamless GUI mode that integrates windows apps onto the common Qubes trusted desktop (currently only for Windows 7)
- **Disable UAC** - User Account Control may interfere with QWT and doesn't really provide any additional benefits in Qubes environment
- **Clipboard sender/receiver** - Support for [secure clipboard copy/paste](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/copy-paste/) between the Windows VM and other AppVMs
- **File sender/receiver** - Support for [secure file exchange](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/copying-files/) between the Windows VM and other AppVMs
- **Copy/Edit in Disposable VM** - Support for editing files in DisposableVMs as well as for `qvm-run` and generic `qrexec` for the Windows VM (e.g. ability to run custom service within/from the Windows VM)
- **Audio** - Audio support requires R4.1 and is available even without QWT installation if `qvm-features audio-model` is set as `ich6`
- **Xen PV drivers** - drivers for the virtual hardware exposed by Xen for Windows that increase performance compared to QEMU emulated devices and are required for attaching USB devices
   - Base Xen PV Drivers (required): paravirtual bus and interface drivers
   - Xen PV Disk Drivers: paravirtual storage drivers
   - Xen PV Network Drivers: paravirtual network drivers
   - Move user profiles: user profile directory (`C:\users`) is moved to VM's private disk backed by `private.img file` in `dom0` (useful mainly for HVM templates).
	
	> **Note**: Xen PV disk drivers are not installed by default. This is because they seem to cause problems (BSOD = Blue Screen Of Death). We're working with upstream devs to fix this. *However*, the BSOD seems to only occur after the first boot and everything works fine after that. **Enable the drivers at your own risk** of course, but we welcome reports of success/failure in any case (backup your VM first!). With disk PV drivers absent `qvm-block` will not work for the VM, but you can still use standard Qubes inter-VM file copying mechanisms. On the other hand, the Xen PV drivers allow USB device access even without QWT installation if `qvm-features stubdom-qrexec` is set as `1`

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I add DWORD to this path…
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Invisible Things Lab\Qubes Tools
named it DisablbeCursor
set it to 1
shut down and powered back up and my cursor is still there in WIn10.When I leave my WIn10 hvm the cursor right on the edge.
Am I missing something?