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VMware has released an update to their wildly popular virtualization software, Fusion. Fusion 1.1.1 is a maintenance release and contains a number of Leopard fixes in addition to some networking, printing, and other fixes. I wouldn’t normally write about a minor release for such a popular software package, but Fusion 1.1.1 fixed perhaps the most annoying “bug” that I’ve come across.

Just after every launch of Fusion prior to 1.1.1, I had to do the most annoying thing. I had to move my mouse to enter in my administrator password. For some reason unknown to humankind, the Fusion password prompt would pop up without being the focus. This meant that after launching Fusion, somehow the application would take focus away from the upcoming password prompt window. Every time I had to move my mouse just to enter in my password to continue booting my XP partition. With the release of Fusion 1.1.1, the password prompt is now the focus and I can continue booting XP without moving my mouse. Hurrah, let us all rejoice!

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