Use laptop as a monitor and keyboard for desktop

[jgirardi]

I have a desktop running Windows 98 SE. I also have an old laptop running Windows 95. Can I connect the laptop to the desktop so that I access the Desktop machine through the laptop? I don’t need any access to the laptop, I just want to use is as a monitor and keyboard for the desktop. In other words, can I use a laptop to serve as a monitor and a keyboard for a desktop machine. If so, how?

[snowmonkey]

Short answer is NO... you can't. If your scenario was the other way around then it would work... you could use an external monitor for the laptop but not use laptop screen for external computer.

Cheers

[jgirardi]

After some more research, I realize that is the case. So this leads to another potential solution. The laptop I was refering to is very old running win 95. Can I hook this up to a wireless network? All I want to use it for it access to the internet. Assuming I have the proper set up and hardware on the other end, can this laptop be used to connect to a home network?

[Kidwithsolder]

Aight guys, I don't know how old u are or how long u've been playin' with 'puters, And i don't mean to insult anyone's intelligence, That's why ur here....to learn. But here ya go. It's Poosible to use your laptop as the monitor AND keyboard but only because you wanna leave it intact, most people wanna "dumb-terminal" the job and remove the LCD panel (not easy) but it is easy if u wanna leave ur laptop running and buy some commercial software.(sry, i hate buying software too) You get your desktop hooked up to ur laptop via cheap old ethernet or wireless or some kinda network then...duh...PcAnywhere that thing. Ya know what? read up, I don't know the specs on ur laptop, but it looks like this should work. really guys come on....this's been around for awhile:
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT...99120913191112

[agr1487]

Kidwithsolder, have you ever used PcAnywhere? For one, it's too slow to actually 'run' (use and run applications like you were at the pc) and it's functionality is limited (you can't do everything that the host pc can do when you are remoted into it - ie. some programs can't be installed). So, yeah the desktop can use the laptop's screen and keyboard, but the laptop cannot replace the desktop's peripherals and 'serve' as the desktop's screen and keyboard and expected to perform like a modern fast pc.

Jgirardi, as far as your second question about hooking up your laptop... the answer is, maybe. To hook up a wireless network, you have to have a wireless router and a wireless NIC for your laptop. Now, that's easy to acquire as all you need to do is buy the hardware and hook it up. The question of working will lie within your laptop. I bought a wireless card that required Win98se or higher. It's possible that any wireless card you can get won't support Win95. You'll just have to do a little research and find that out. If you can find a card that does support Win95, then yes you can hook your laptop up for wireless.

[Disk_Contented]

I agree with kidwithsolder.
Though PCanywhere isn't my choice, and speed is allways going to be a problem shunting all that data over a network.

The choice is down to the lappy spec. What is the spec jgirardi?

[bmolitch]

I have a similar problem except both my laptop and pc are running win 98 se I just don't have the space to set up another monitor and keyboard.