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The above picture shows the hardware needed for a PC stick computer to work in a
headless mode to display it’s screen on the VNC client. Top a stick computer, attached
to it via HDMI gender changer a HDMI to VGA adapter. Some of the VGA sockets have
resisters pinned into them. This creates a fake virtual VGA monitor for PC stick
computer. See the link below.
Simple Display Emulator with an HDMI-
Centre a small portable router with a power pack attached. This creates a specialised WIFI hotspot specifically for a localized VNC network. The VNC network uses the stick PC’s built in WIFI and needs to be set at startup. The USB WiFI dongle creates a second WIFI access for normal personnel web use.
Using a 5” Android Phone as VNC viewer to be used as the monitor for the stick PC is a bit pointless as the Android Phone has capacitive Touch. Finger touch will not accurately activate the small menu buttons on Windows desk top software.
HDMI to VGA Adapter With Resisters added to Fake a virtual VGA creen
A Cheap Router to create own
wifi network
Other HDMI headless adapters that work.
Improvised wireless display sending made from HDMI to VGA or HDMI to DVI adapters are not good options. When displaying by VNC software the Intel HD graphics adapter uses a some kind of virtual display setting which doesn't alloy custom resolution settings.
ON EBAY listed as 1920x1080 4K Display Emulator Fake Locking Headless VGA Virtual
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Making the Stick PC headless and displaying it’s screen wirelessly on another computer with VNC is not straight forward. Before the VNC server will run and broadcast a display it will need to boot into windows 10 operating system before the VNC server will become active. Until that happens the Window’s boot up procedures will be hidden. Any windows boot up features that can run at boot up requiring user mouse or key board will need to be disabled.
: A Windows 10 PC Stick with a fake HDMI television dongle attached.
:A power pack for the PC stick.
:A portable router with its own battery power supply. OR! Android phone configured as a HotSpot.
:Need two WiFi adapters first to hold and maintain a VNC connection with the router. The second for user personal browsing of the Internet.
: Need a VNC server software installed on the PC Stick with a fake HDMI television dongle.
: Need a fixed known IP address on the headless Windows 10 PC stick for other VNC viewer devices to connect to.
Link Fixed IP Using Windows 10 Settings
Link Fixed IP Using Windows Control Panel
https://www.thewindowsclub.com/set-
Qres Software
Windows 10 Boot up essential preparation.
: Need to establish boot up into windows operating system so to connect to Tight VNC server first without interruptions requiring user input. The Windows Windows boot up process will not be visible on the device being used for a VNC wireless screen. Boot up automatic repair and drive checking needs to be disabled.
: A bat file set to run at startup with command line to connect the WiFi adapter to the portable router used to keep the VNC wire connection.
A command line to initally set a small screen resolution to fit the smallest screen device the user could use.
https://www.itechtics.com/change-
https://winaero.com/change-
Qres
https://www.softpedia.com/dyn-
https://www.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia/Video/Other-
xcopy \\domain.com\scripts\qres.exe c:\users\default
cd c:\Users\DefaultQRes.exe /x:800 /y:600
How to disable automatic repair at Windows 10 boot
https://winaero.com/how-
:Need to automatically boot into Windows 10 with Administrative privileges.
: A Windows 10 PC Stick with a fake HDMI television dongle attached.
:A power pack for the PC stick.
:A portable router with its own battery power supply
:Need two WiFi adapters first to hold and maintain a VNC connection with the router.The second so user can have personal browsing of the internet.
: Need VNC server software installed on the PC Stick with a fake HDMI television dongle.
: Need a fixed ip address on the headless Windows 10 PC stick for other VNC viewer devices to connect to.
Windows 10 Boot up essential preparation.
: Need to establish boot up into windows operating system so to connect to Tight VNC server first without interruption by a requirement for user input which will not be visual. Windows boot up automatic repair and drive checking needs to be disabled.
: A bat file set to run at startup with command line to connect the WiFi adapter to the portable router used to keep the VNC wire connection.
A bat file to stop windows updates requesting user input before VNC is run after bootup
A command line and software to initally set a small screen resolution to fit the smallest screen device the user could use. (QRes)
https://www.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia/Video/Other-
xcopy \\domain.com\scripts\qres.exe c:\users\default
cd c:\Users\DefaultQRes.exe /x:800 /y:600
How to disable automatic repair at Windows 10 boot
https://winaero.com/how-
VNC Mirroring a screen and/or going Headless with portable Windows 10 PCs
A VNC connection between two computers usually means each device having to show the desktop on its own screen. Without the host computer having a screen there is no display the VNC software can mirror reliably on the client.
Removing an HDMI screen from a PC stick computer while booted up will remove the graphics card controller from being loaded in and being accessible for setting screen resolutions from the client computer.