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When using virtual machines to be able to have different operating systems within a team, one of the stars is VirtualBox. It is a software without costs from Oracle, through which it is possible to obtain a multitude of features that other programs offer for free, which is a great success within the virtualization landscape.

In spite of everything, despite the fact that from time to time new fully compatible operating systems are updated and incorporated, depending on the system to be installed, it is possible that the complete integration of the mouse is not supported, being necessary to capture it in order to use it. that. Once captured, If you want to return to the computer, you must configure a host or the host key, which when pressed will regain control, so we will show you how you can customize this key.

Then you can change the host or host key in VirtualBox

As we already mentioned, this host key or host this is a way to exit the guest system to go back to the original, so it is quite important. In Windows, it is common to see the default key Right CTRL as configured by default to be able to escape, but the truth is that you can configure the password you want.

To do this, you must first go to "File" at the top and then in the drop-down menu, select the option «Preferences ...». Later, within the configuration menu, you must select the section called «Entrance» on the left side, and then hover over field named "Host Key Combination", where you will only have to do it directly press on the keyboard the key (or combination) you want to set as host and, as soon as you save the changes, it will start to be used.

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Once the change is made, you will see how when capturing the mouse again a notification appears reminding the new host key. If you need to exit and return to your PC at any time, just press it.

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