My media PC's video is on a nearby tv, but I need to make the changes without taking the video somewhere else. Is there a way to leave the video and remote my keyboard and mouse only? The media pc is not in a place where i want to plug into it.

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• i'd thought of that, but i plan to make it fully remote control operated, i just need a k/m until i finish the setup and making minor adjustments when adding features later on.

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  by AndaleTheGreat on April 5th, 2009

• also, i'm broke :)

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  by AndaleTheGreat on April 5th, 2009

• If the PC is on your LAN, you could use the remote desktop feature and access the computer from another PC (laptop, etc.).
  
  I think Windows has a remote desktop feature built-in, but I've only used VNC, which is free software you can download off the net. Check out ultravnc as one example: http://www.uvnc.com
  
  You would run the VNC server on your media PC and the client on the system you are using to access it.

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  by yeroco on April 5th, 2009

• "...leave the video and remote my keyboard and mouse only?"
  This is the issue tho. i only want the keyboard and mouse control to go over there. if i move the video i cannot change settings and see their affect on the video out.
  This is only for temporary use, I just need to make system changes with it, which I also can't do to the video if it is remote desktopped.
  Anyway, had to give up at this point and attach a mouse/keyboard.

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  by AndaleTheGreat on April 11th, 2009

• Normally, the way VNC works with Windows, is that the remote desktop just duplicates what's seen on the actual desktop.
  
  So you can have your cake and eat it too. On the other hand, if you are adjusting video settings, I'm not sure the VNC server and client will handle that situation well, though I've never tried that. Maybe it "just works" :-)

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  by yeroco on April 11th, 2009