**No keyboard or mouse with VNC**

[Adam Pavelec]

On Tuesday, June 03, 2003 2:49 PM [GMT-5=EST], Dustin Krysak
<DKrysak@inventaworld.com> wrote:

> Does anyone know of a way to get a windows (2000 & xp) machine to boot
> without the mouse or keyboard attached? I want to have a box that has
> nothing more than an Ethernet cable and a power cable attached - and
> remote control it with VNC from another machine..... I know there
> used to be terminators, but I can't find them anywhere....

Set your machine's POST routine to /not/ report keyboard errors - most
newer BIOSes have this option.  Although you will not have keyboard or
mouse functionality at the physical level, you /should/ be able to
control everything though a VNC session.

I have sometimes forgotten to set my KVM appropriately when rebooting -- 
and the KVM I use doesn't have keyboard or mouse emulation -- so in
essence, the machine was booted without a keyboard or mouse.  I actually
had to fire up a VNC session to properly shut it down.  Then again, it
may depend on your hardware -- the best bet is just to give it a try.

--Adam