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Trouble with "Keyboard Failure" on Dell PowerEdge R410

I own some Dell PowerEdge Servers. One of these servers is a R410 which has some problems at the moment. I have already sent the server in the datacenter and tried to make a remote installation via Lantronix KVM. The first time, all ran fine. I…
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Share one monitor and input devices (mouse & keyborad) between two different computers

Is it possible to share a monitor and the input devices (keyboard & mouse) between two different machines? For the monitor case, I believe the answer could be straightforward: connect two different input cables, attach a cable to each of the…
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Keyboard oddities: backspace creating block square, H key deleting, most keys not working

I had 5 servers where the keyboard was not responding correctly. If I remember I seemingly had the most trouble in Windows, I don't remember if the linux or ESXi server was having troubles. I had two cheap KVM's daisy-chained together, recipe for…
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Telnet Terminal F3 Key Transmit

I am creating a new install image for deployment, upgrading from a previous deployment of Fedora Core 4 to Linux Mint 15. I have the telnet session to the server working and all keys are operating as expected, with one exception and that is the F3…
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Having a hardware problem with USB & Keyboard on machine, need some ideas?

I would have posted this on superuser but I can't get into it since it is still in private beta. I have a Dell sc400 at a remote location running SBS 2003 that is having some issues. The usb ports don't work and the keyboard will not type the letter…
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Vista 64 not working after using Norton Ghost

We just acquired 7 new Dell Optiplex machines with Vista 64 bit installed. We installed all of our tools and applications on one of the machines and then used Norton Ghost to deploy to the other 6 machines. We have found that the ghosted machines do…
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Debian server freezes at random times until key is pressed

When booting my personal code server (Debian Squeeze), the boot screen freezes almost immediately, but when I press a random key (including useless keys such as NumLock) the boot process continues. This happens several times during boot - a random…
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Windows Server 2003 Server Edition - inside of Virtual PC 2007 SP1 - lost keyboard repeat, want it back

I am using Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 SP1. Inside this VM is Windows Server 2003 Server Edition. I use it every day. When I came into work, first day after the New Year's, and without changing any Windows settings, I lost the ability for my…
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disable osk (onscreen virtual keyboard) in windows 7 (or vista) OR customize osk layout

I use windows 7 as host for touchscreen PC in public environment. I would like to prevent the OS being controled by a user. With a physical keyboard, you would remove the control and alt keys. But with the built-in on-screen keyboard? does anybody…
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Ubuntu: remap single key to keys combination

Is it a way in ubuntu linux to remap single key (for example, Alt_R) to keys combination (for example, Up)?
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Headless server has stuck "del" key, making it unmanageable. How can I disable keyboard via VBS?

I have a headless Windows 2008 R2 box that seems to have a keyboard plugged in and something is pressing on the delete key. I'm using GotoMypc to access the box and am unable to click on device manager, or use the command line (backspace is quite…
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Key press emulator

Is there utility for linux which emulates keyboard? I want to record(or type script) some keyboard actions and send it to window in infinity cycle.
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Windows Server 2008 R2 and Keyboards

I have a machine with WIN server 2008 R2 installed, when the machine boots up, it says keyboard failure. The keyboard I had was from an older machine and was PS/2, I got a PS/2 to USB converter in order for it to work, but it says keyboard failure…
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Linux randomly & uncontrollably changes tabs infinitely

For sometimes now my Ubuntu Linux machine with OS Ubuntu 18.04 suddenly, randomly & uncontrollably changes tabs. Imagine when you press the TAB key on your computer without releasing, the blinking pointer on the computer will infinitely keep…
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Startech SVx41HDI Series Server Remote Control Usage Question - How do I switch away from a dead port?

We have a Startech KVM over IP model SV841HDI and it was stuck pointing a port where the machine has been removed. We ended up having to physically plug something into that port in order to switch ports again, meaning that if someone in support…
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