win95 without keyboard

[bobstar]

Can I get a win95 machine to boot completely without any input devices installed? I want to set it up as a printer server on a network and want to be able to boot it without having to babysit it's boot process. Not to mention the peripherals I don't have. (monitor mouse keyboard)

[shmark]

I don't think you can boot a Win95 machine withouht a peripheal device,
you have to at least have a keyboard or a mouse.

anyway thats what i know,

so i hope this helps..

[Paleo Pete]

I think you can turn off the keyboard in BIOS, that might work. That is sometimes useful for purposes such as this or servers, where the system administrator doesn't want people tinkering with the machine once it's set up. You should still be able to use keyboard in BIOS, since it has to be available to change settings if necessary.

To run without a mouse, uninstall it and disable COM1 or PS/2 mouse in BIOS, should work.

A monitor during boot would be a good idea, you can come back and check in a few minutes to be sure it's working, then just turn it off or unplug it.

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