Boot without keyboard

[Peter K]

Hi, I have a Windows XP Pro machine running as a host which I can connect
to with "remote desktop". In fact, I never use this machine except from
another remote computer.

So I want to know if I can just have the host machine running without
screen, keyboard, or mouse? How can I get the host to boot up without a
keyboard for instance? The boot process never completes because the
computer complains there is no keyboard.

Thanks,
Peter

 

[Sooner Al [MVP]]

Hi, I have a Windows XP Pro machine running as a host which I can connect
to with "remote desktop". In fact, I never use this machine except from
another remote computer.

So I want to know if I can just have the host machine running without
screen, keyboard, or mouse? How can I get the host to boot up without a
keyboard for instance? The boot process never completes because the
computer complains there is no keyboard.

Thanks,
Peter

You need to go into the computer BIOS settings and configure it to ignore or
not stop on errors during startup.

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[Peter K]

You need to go into the computer BIOS settings and configure it to
ignore or not stop on errors during startup.

Great, thanks. I did look in the bios, but was trying to find "ignore
keyboard" or "boot without keyboard" or something....

Working fine now!

Peter