Dual head, two keyboards, two mice?

[sillycheesedude]

I am wondering if it possible to run a computer with 2 monitors, each one capable of running a seperate web browser controlled by its own keyboard and mouse? Has anyone ever done this or know where I would need to go to get this to work. I have 4 monitor outs on my computer and 2 keyboards,1 usb and plenty of mice. any sugestions?

 

[pcy]

Hi,


I don't believe that's possible.


It's an interesting idea, and it would be fun to try it; but Windows would need to be changes dramatically to support two mice and two keyboards, each associated with their own monitor.

Get two computers and netwok them....



Peter

 

[sillycheesedude]

I found this online http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=MAGIC-MIRROR-N&cat=NET and I was just trying to see if I could do it without any more hardware. I will plan on getting parts to build a new pc soon. I am juyst trying to see if it is possible for two people to use my pc for now untill finances permit an upgrade. thanks for the post.

 

[elph]

It can be done in linux. Some guy hacked X-windows to get two mouse cursors and stuff.

 

[phisrow]

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Some theory(now rather outdated)

It is occasionally possible in Windows as well; but only with vendor supplied hacks e.g.: Easyclone PC Duplicator

 

[Peter]

Linux can do this. Run independent X sessions for each head, and configure them to use a specific keyboard/mouse pair.

When both heads come from the same graphics chip, only one of them will have a hardware mouse cursor as well as 3D and video acceleration.

With separate graphics cards, this limitation will not happen.

 

[sillycheesedude]

Is there any possibilities to do this with windows?

 

[BrownTown]

could you not just dual boot 2 instances of windows?

 

[icarus4586]

You'd need some kind of 3rd-party software (or write some yourself) for Windows.

Originally posted by: BrownTown
could you not just dual boot 2 instances of windows?

Unless you're running Windows inside a virtual machine on Windows, that doesn't make any sense. If you're running the OS natively, you can't run 2 at the same time.

 

[bsobel]

Originally posted by: sillycheesedude
Is there any possibilities to do this with windows?

Yes, but wrong forum. This in no way belongs in HT.

 

[nova2]

http://www.thinsoftinc.com/support_betwin.aspx#faq

BeTwin XP can allow this. (yes, on winxp)