keyboard broken

[goldenvirginia]

hi, my keyboard ports are broken for my desktop, ill sort them out later, is there a way to hook m,y laptop to my dektop to to use my lptop to control my desktop

also is there a caple/program i can use to take control of my desktop using my laptop,

[smearbrick1]

No... you can't connect your laptop keyboard to your desktop.

You can install VNC or use remote desktop (if you are running windows XP) to take control of your desktop from the laptop. You would, of course, have to install it (VNC) on both machines.

I personally use Kaboodle. It's a pretty easy setup and easy to use.

[jimmalenko]

VNC, Remote Desktop (Win XP), PCAnywhere, GoToMyPC .... to name but a few ...


BTW, weren't you banned ?

[goldenvirginia]

hi, thanks for the great replies, i dont think i was banned, i dont think i have broken any rules except for a few mistakes, i dont mean anyone any harm

[goldenvirginia]

oh, in a message about my i,p showing i was in tehs tates when i am actually in the uk, the cobra moderator thought i was trying to be someone elss (dave i think?) so he banned my but then another moderator stepped in and explained it was common with aol users so i guess he unbanned me

[jimmalenko]

Forgive the possibly stupid question, but why does your location in your profile say US ?

[ROF]

oh, in a message about my i,p showing i was in tehs tates when i am actually in the uk, the cobra moderator thought i was trying to be someone elss (dave i think?) so he banned my but then another moderator stepped in and explained it was common with aol users so i guess he unbanned me

I love my AOL.

Remote desktop should work.

[goldenvirginia]

jimelanko, i really dont know, maybe cos when i did my initial computer setup i clicked the u.s.a, my keyboard is still set to u.s.a settings, that might be it, i really dont know, its never been an issue except when sky said i couldnt use their service cos my i.p said i was in the states

[jimmalenko]

Dude, it's nothing to do with your keyboard or setting up of XP. It's all to do with your profile on this site. You must have physically typed in "United States" upon registration here

[Baldrick]

You must have physically typed in "United States" upon registration here

Nope, it's added automagically when you register...based on geoip from www.maxmind.com ... you can of course manually change it also...



and this is not video related, moving to the computer forum section.

[SingSing]

hi, my keyboard ports are broken for my desktop, ill sort them out later, is there a way to hook m,y laptop to my dektop to to use my lptop to control my desktop

also is there a caple/program i can use to take control of my desktop using my laptop,

The simple solution is to go get a USB keyoard ( $9.00 ).

[jimmalenko]

You must have physically typed in "United States" upon registration here

Nope, it's added automagically when you register...based on geoip from www.maxmind.com ... you can of course manually change it also...

a-ha !

This would be one situation where automagically could be misleading, no ?