Servers need to be rebooted to get Video/keyboard

[Guest Andy]

Has anyone ever ran into an issue where if you boot up a Windows 2003

server without a keyboard/monitor attached you must reboot that server after

attaching a keyboard/monitor before you can use the recently attached

keyboard/monitor?

 

It is like something is not being loaded unless you attach the

keyboard/monitor. Does anyone know a way we can force it to load these

components?

 

Our linux machines always respond no matter what the status of the PS/2 or

VGA port is.

 

thanks,

Andy

[Guest Dave Patrick]

Re: Servers need to be rebooted to get Video/keyboard

 

Usually a KVM switch is used to circumvent this problem.

 

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windows2000serv/reskit/core/fnbb_str_njcp.mspx?mfr=true

 

 

 

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"Andy" wrote:

> Has anyone ever ran into an issue where if you boot up a Windows 2003

> server without a keyboard/monitor attached you must reboot that server

> after attaching a keyboard/monitor before you can use the recently

> attached keyboard/monitor?

>

> It is like something is not being loaded unless you attach the

> keyboard/monitor. Does anyone know a way we can force it to load these

> components?

>

> Our linux machines always respond no matter what the status of the PS/2 or

> VGA port is.

>

> thanks,

> Andy

>

>

[Guest Andy]

Re: Servers need to be rebooted to get Video/keyboard

 

That is kind of silly to have to put a KVM on 1300 computers just incase for

some reason you can't remote desktop into one of them.

 

Hm, there is really no way to fix this?

 

Yikes.

 

Well,

 

thanks anywhoo.

 

Andy.

"Dave Patrick" <DSPatrick@nospam.gmail.com> wrote in message

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> Usually a KVM switch is used to circumvent this problem.

>

> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windows2000serv/reskit/core/fnbb_str_njcp.mspx?mfr=true

>

>

>

> --

>

> Regards,

>

> Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.

> Microsoft Certified Professional

> Microsoft MVP [Windows]

> http://www.microsoft.com/protect

>

> "Andy" wrote:

>> Has anyone ever ran into an issue where if you boot up a Windows 2003

>> server without a keyboard/monitor attached you must reboot that server

>> after attaching a keyboard/monitor before you can use the recently

>> attached keyboard/monitor?

>>

>> It is like something is not being loaded unless you attach the

>> keyboard/monitor. Does anyone know a way we can force it to load these

>> components?

>>

>> Our linux machines always respond no matter what the status of the PS/2

>> or VGA port is.

>>

>> thanks,

>> Andy

>>

>>

>

[Guest Simon]

RE: Servers need to be rebooted to get Video/keyboard

 

PS/2 connectors have to be connected at system startup otherwise they are not

detected. Always used to be a real pain when someone managed to kick the

keyboard and mouse cables out of their pcs and they have an 'important'

document to save, the usb versions do not have the same issue. Your monitor

should always be 'live' its just waiting for something to be connected.

 

"Andy" wrote:

> Has anyone ever ran into an issue where if you boot up a Windows 2003

> server without a keyboard/monitor attached you must reboot that server after

> attaching a keyboard/monitor before you can use the recently attached

> keyboard/monitor?

>

> It is like something is not being loaded unless you attach the

> keyboard/monitor. Does anyone know a way we can force it to load these

> components?

>

> Our linux machines always respond no matter what the status of the PS/2 or

> VGA port is.

>

> thanks,

> Andy

>

>

>