Re: How can I control a PC from a USB cable; think KVM to USB?

This is an expensive route but the only one that I've seen so far. There are
single port KVM's that work over IP (KVM/IP) that plug into the
monitor/mouse/keyboard ports from a tiny box that has a ether port on it. You
can then plug a cross-over patch cable into it and a laptop and control that
machine from your laptop. They run around $300 though.

David.

"SuperGumby [SBS MVP]" wrote:

if it's XP Pro and particularly on an SBS network, use http://server/remote
and take control that way.

On a non-SBS XP Pro you would first need to enable remote desktop. Do this
while the user still has a screen/KB.

XP Home or 2K you can install and configure VNC, leave the service set to
manual start, as long as you can get network connectivity to the PC this can
be used to start the service and take control.

"dsatchell" <support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I guess I'm not being clear so let me give an example.

I go to a clients that has a blown monitor. S/He doesn't have an extra
monitor and I don't carry one with me. I want to be able to connect my
laptop
to the clients PC and control it with my laptop like Remote Desktop or
GoToMyPC. A KVM doesn't allow one PC to control the other unless they are
connected via a cable and software.

David.

"Doug" wrote:

With a KVM switch you only need 1 keyboard, mouse and monitor. They plug
into
the KVM switch and then you have cables running from the KVM switch to
each
pc. IOGear makes some reasonably priced KVM switches, both USB and PS2.

"dsatchell" wrote:

I want to use the keyboard, monitor, and mouse on my laptop to control
another PC rather than have to carry around an extra keyboard, mouse,
and
monitor.

I think I'm out of luck also.

Dave.

"Charlie Russel - MVP" wrote:

why not just get a straight USB KVM? A 2 unit one should do
everything you
need and they're not expensive. If you need video over the USB, I
think
you're out of luck. I haven't see one.

--
Charlie.
http://msmvps.com/xperts64


dsatchell wrote:
(Sorry if this is a double post, I got an error message the first
post
attempt)

I need to find a cable/box that will plug into a PC's keyboard
mouse and
video port on the slave PC and then plug into to a USB on the
master PC.

Here's the part that makes this hard to find; I want the master PC
(USB
side) to display a screen similar to remote desktop so that I can
control
the slave PC. This is like the KVM over IP units but over USB.

Anybody know where I can get this?

Thanx, David.






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