Run Windows 2000 with a mouse, without a keyboard

[bebbo]

I have a stand aloan system running on Win 2000. On this standaloan system there are two buttons which represent mouse clicks. There is no keyboard attached. Unfortunately when there is no keyboard attached the mouse clciks do not work. Should there be a keyboard attached the mouse clicks work.

Is there a way to get the mouse to work without a keyboard. Or should the mouse work anyway if the keyboard is not plugged in?

Thanks

 

[Grenage]

Well you really want a keyboard plugged in, they are rather essential to the machine.

 

[bebbo]

A keyboard is not esstential for my application. I was wondering if there was a way to get a mouse to work without having a keyboard.

Thanks

 

[Grenage]

It should not affect the mouse when you unplug the keyboard, at least it does not here.

If your application crashes or you need to restart the computer, you will need a keyboard plugged in though.

 

[bebbo]

Thanks

The problem is our application is on a kiosk. There is no room for a keyboard. Should the kiosk be rebooted the two click events no longer work. Perhaps there is something i can plug into the keyboard port to make it think a keyboard is attached?

 

[kosekjm]

Hi there,

Not sure what type of machine you are running on, but some machines that are designed for headless operation have a setting in bios to disable the keyboard or the mouse. Have you checked there?

We have a few machines at work that are designed for this type of operation, and we have to set tthem in bios for no Keyboard/mouse.

kosekjm

 

[bebbo]

Thanks, I'll have a look.

 

[Ringers]

We sell kiosks with pc installed in them what we do is buy a mini keyboard, it's about half the size of the normal keyboard.