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Re: Networking & sharing input devices
15-10-2013 10:45 AM
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15-10-2013 5:55 PM
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A quick guide from MS... http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/connect-using-remote-desktop-connection#connect-using-rem...
Re: Networking & sharing input devices
15-10-2013 6:11 PM
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Quote from: Razer My XP system is Home
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Re: Networking & sharing input devices
15-10-2013 6:59 PM
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Another alternative is one of the various flavours of VNC (TightVNC, UltraVNC, etc.)
Re: Networking & sharing input devices
15-10-2013 7:04 PM
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Using a TP-Link Archer VR600 modem-router.
Re: Networking & sharing input devices
15-10-2013 8:41 PM
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See http://windows.microsoft.com/en-GB/windows7/products/features/remote-desktop-connection and http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315328
Razer: will the Windows 7 be Home or Professional (or Ulitmate or Enterprise)? If so you would be able to use RDP but the XP Home system would have to be the primary PC and you could use it to open a remote destop on the Windows 7 PC.
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Re: Networking & sharing input devices
16-10-2013 12:29 PM
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I'm not liking the look of this. It's seeming more and more that just so I can copy files between the drives of two computers I'm going to have services running that I normally have disabled. I'd have thought in this day and age that if I can plug an external drive in and copy to/from, there would be a similarly simple process of just connecting two computers without having to have a host of services and programs and passwords all set up on both computers. I'm beginning to wonder if this is not going to be more of a pain in the arse.
Re: Networking & sharing input devices
16-10-2013 1:40 PM
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(a) does not require you to do anything other than make sure both machines belong to the same workgroup and it's best if you set up exactly the same user names and passwords on the two machines.
(b) is the one where you will need to install extra software such as TightVNC which will allow you to access the desktop from the second machine via a window on the first machine.
HTH
PS It may be that you need to have a keyboard plugged in to the second machine as the BIOS won't boot up without one attached. That could be hidden somewhere as you won't be using it when using VNC.
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Re: Networking & sharing input devices
16-10-2013 1:48 PM
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Quote from: Razer Win 7 Home Premium.
I'm not liking the look of this. It's seeming more and more that just so I can copy files between the drives of two computers I'm going to have services running that I normally have disabled. I'd have thought in this day and age that if I can plug an external drive in and copy to/from, there would be a similarly simple process of just connecting two computers without having to have a host of services and programs and passwords all set up on both computers. I'm beginning to wonder if this is not going to be more of a pain in the arse.
Calm down! It's really not that bad!
As Jelv says, you're looking at two seperate issues and getting them slightly muddled.
First of all, on your old machine, setup TightVNC and let it run the server as a system service. Give it a password. Now you can use it on your network remotely without a keyboard, mouse etc attached to it. Job done, you have a software driven equivalent of a KVM!
Now, log in to that machine (or do it before the above) and setup file sharing of the folders you want. Make sure the machine is on the same network workgroup as the other machine and in the same IP range.
Now you can move files from one machine to another.
All this talk of unwanted services, security,passwords... it really isn't a big issue. You have tons of services running on your PC anyway and I'll bet you don't really know what many of them are actually doing! How do you know that AudioSrv service for example doesn't send a file list of your documents to the FBI? - You don't. Has the world come crashing to an end yet because of it? Has your computer blown up? Has your front door been kicked in by the police based on your files? No. Chill out!
Re: Networking & sharing input devices
16-10-2013 2:55 PM
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@ Jelv. Thanks for that. I still have plenty of thinking to do and likely will try networking and see how it is in practice because I REALLY AM fed up with using my external drive as it is ;D. As to the software KVM thing, well it IS looking as I thought, that I'd still need the keyboard, at least, plugged in for boot, which makes me think well I may as well go for the full keyboard/mouse setup anyway - um, if I can.
Re: Networking & sharing input devices
16-10-2013 6:26 PM
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Then no need to have a kb plugged in.
Re: Networking & sharing input devices
16-10-2013 7:53 PM
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The XP BIOS has been told that there is no keyboard, mouse etc attached. In fact, all it does have attached is a USB wifi adapter to the router!
When I want to use the XP box I kick it into action and log in via remote desktop - easy peasy!
Thinking about it, the XP box isn't even in the same room. It's tucked away in a bedroom well out of sight!
York.
Re: Networking & sharing input devices
17-10-2013 12:16 PM
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Quote from: Razer well it IS looking as I thought
Why? - I've had loads of headless machines over the years and never needed a keyboard plugged into any of them. The only time I suffer is when the cmos battery is failing and the bios settings get forgotten - then you need a keyboard plugged in to press F1 and everything else you need to do (somewhat of a pain when the damn thing weighs 30 or so kilos and you have to drag it out to connect a monitor etc)
Re: Networking & sharing input devices
17-10-2013 7:06 PM
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Re: Networking & sharing input devices
18-10-2013 12:51 PM
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Quote from: Hairy In the bios, see if you can set it up to ignore "missing keyboard" errors most recent (>2000) have this.
Then no need to have a kb plugged in.
Ah, very good point there, McB. Thanks for reminding me. I have a vague recollection of something like that in a BIOS. I'll find out when I check if it's this one, or from my previous computer.
Thanks for all the input, gents. I appreciate it.
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