Windows 10: Keyboard and mouse not working when I use HDMI cable to connect to my laptop

Hello,I am trying to use my desktop PC as a monitor to connect to my work laptop. I am able to connect my laptop to my desktop using an HDMI cable. I see my laptop screen being displayed on my desktop, but I am not able to use my keyboard and mouse connected to my desktop in this mode. How do I fix this?

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VHS CONNECTED TO MY LAPTOP WITH HDMI CABLE

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Thank you for cheeking on my enquire, here the additional information required:

• SAMSUNG RF511 Laptop
• Runs WINDOWS 10
• LG Digital & Analog DVD recorder player combi
• Connected with HDMI cable
• I believe the laptop's HDMI port plays both ways (input/output)
• The LG Device's HDMI Port is output only
• Attempting to play and convert VHS videos, to be digitally archived in my laptop
• What kind of program would allow me to perform this task

Cheers

Javier

 

[SOLVED] HDMI KVM switch results in loss of keyboard and mouse

I have a Sea Wit 2-port HDMI KVM switch (supports EDID), and at initial startup of my Lenovo T470s laptop everything works perfectly fine. But when I switch to my alternate computer (Samsung laptop running Windows 8.1, and does not experience this issue),
then back I lose keyboard/mouse functionality, display works properly. This is agnostic to whether I use the keyboard hotkey or physical buttons to switch channels. Rebooting, with the Lenovo's channel selected, resolves the issue. Switching KVM channels then
back again loses keyboard/mouse. Since my Windows 8.1 laptop is not experiencing this issue, it would seem to indicate that Windows 10 is somehow the culprit, or possibly something to do with the Lenovo hardware/drivers.

Troubleshooting measures attempted thus far, to no avail:

• update all Lenovo drivers (BIOS, chipset, display, full boat)
• ensure Windows 10 is current with updates
• swap HDMI and USB cables between the 2 KVM channels
• swap KVM channels
• unplug all connections to KVM, plug HDMI/keyboard/mouse out back in, plug Lenovo channel HDMI/USB back in

Once the keyboard/mouse are lost after switching channels, the only way to recover them is to reboot.

Any thoughts are appreciated!

 

Unable to connect TV with HDMI cable from the laptop error didn't detect another display.

Hi Laikenmalgas,

Thank you for posting your question in the Microsoft Community Forums.

Appreciate your efforts to work on this issue.

I can understand the situation must be difficult for you when the system doesn't work as it should.

1. What is the make and model of the laptop and the TV?
   
2. Are you aware of any changes made to the laptop or the TV prior to this issue?
   
3. Are you able to connect to a different TV using the same HDMI cable from the same laptop?
   
4. Are you able to connect to the same TV from a different laptop?
   

Suggest you to follow the suggestion provided by ‘Pawan
Dhondiyal’ from this thread to check if that makes any difference.

Hope this helps and let us know how it goes.

Regards,

Srimadhwa B

Microsoft Community-Moderator