From: "Robert Comer" 

> How do USB Keyboards and Mice pass through?

That works, the host passes along keyboard and mouse events through the OS,
rather than the VM's capturing the devices itself. (in other words, the it
emulates the keyboard and mouse, no matter what the physical PC has.)

--
Bob Comer


"Gary Britt"  wrote in message
news:43822c5a$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> How do USB Keyboards and Mice pass through?
>
> Gary
>
>
> "Robert Comer" 
wrote in message
> news:43822513{at}w3.nls.net...
>> VMWare does (somewhat, it's not perfect) Virtual PC and Virtual Server do
>> not.
>>
>> --
>> Bob Comer
>>
>>
>> "Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
>> news:4382232a$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> >
>> > "Robert Comer"
 wrote in message
>> > news:43821bcd{at}w3.nls.net...
>> >>> What do you think of the practicality of the above?
>> >>
>> >> Unless you play some serious games or heavy multimedia
stuff, it's a
> very
>> >> practical thing to do.  It is a bit slower as Geo
implies, but it sure
> is
>> >> a good way to have a consistent OS with different hardware.
>> >>
>> >> Just remember that a virtual machine has access to only
devices that
> are
>> >> emulated, so any special stuff on the host isn't going to pass
>> >> through.
>> >> (no TV tuners, no 3D video cards, no PCMCIA, no USB.)
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Bob Comer
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> > no usb? I thought vmware and others supported usb
>> >
>>
>>
>
>

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