Keyboard passthrough from guest to host

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Christina231
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Keyboard passthrough from guest to host

Post by Christina231 »

Hello, is there a way to do passthrough keyboard commands from a Windows XP guest to Windows7 or newer host?
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Re: Keyboard passthrough from guest to host

Post by mpack »

No. There is very little communication in the guest->host direction catered for by any VM software.

But, if you have a tool that is designed to work across two networked PCs then it will work just as well across a virtual network.
Christina231
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Re: Keyboard passthrough from guest to host

Post by Christina231 »

Is such toolset exist?
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Re: Keyboard passthrough from guest to host

Post by scottgus1 »

If both OS's are Windows, then try Microsoft Sysinternals' PsExec.
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Re: Keyboard passthrough from guest to host

Post by mpack »

Christina231 wrote:Is such toolset exist?
I have no idea, that's why I said "if". ISTM this should be your research topic, not mine!
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