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Old June 21, 2012, 07:55 AM
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situation: i have my computer with windows 7 64 bit on it, need dvi for monitor and the keyboard and mouse are wireless.

i also have a server with WHS on it.

i would ike to get a kvm so i dont have to clutter with an extra monitor ( probably be cheaper though)

is there a kvm out there that will work with win7 64 bit and WHS?

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Old June 21, 2012, 08:27 AM
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Wht not a RDP / VNC solution?
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Old June 21, 2012, 11:46 AM
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the porblem way back, with a different MB in the server, was that even though i could access the server through the "console" on my machine, there were sometimes that it would do a hinky shutdown.

i could hear the drives all spin down but the fans were still going.

you are right, if i cant get it to shutdown i will try your solution.

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Old June 21, 2012, 09:24 PM
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yeah, RDP is the way to go. I dunno if you game much or not on your win7 box, but i've tried FPS games through a KVM once and it totally sucked.
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Old June 22, 2012, 04:25 AM
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If it's not over the same network, I'd heavily recommend the free program Team Viewer as it's very straight forward in its setup and use.
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