THE BUTTON... help!

[wowguides4u]

on a old computer i salvaged i found a old buttom that was used to turn it on, i want to hook it up to my computer via usb, but how do i do it?

thanks


Sam

[thewise1]

You want to be able to turn your computer off and on using a usb button?

[wowguides4u]

no, just want to use it, say... to open a browser or something

[limpport]

Yeah....no. That's not gonna happen.

You could turn your computer off through USB my touching the +5v pin to the ground pin. But that is probably the worst possible way to turn it off.

[bicostp]

no, just want to use it, say... to open a browser or something

Use the guts from an old USB game controller and an automation tool like AutoHotKey, and you'll have a button you can program to do anything. (I did something like this with an Easy Button from Staples and made a floor button for Ventrilo's push-to-talk key.)