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akore   07-27-2008 at 08:46:03 PM

I have a pretty powerful computer, and have an extra monitor, mouse, keyboard, and wacom tablet. I want to connect those to the computer and have two people using the same computer at once. How can I do this? BTW I have Vista Home Premium

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notherdude   07-28-2008 at 12:14:14 AM
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Interesting, you can have separate desktops on dual monitors as long as your video card supports this and you can hook up extra mice and keyboards but only problem I see is that even with two mice you will only have one cursor and the keyboard will have same issue - is there is some way around this maybe by assigning one set to one monitor and other set to the other? Never looked into it and never heard of it either.


Message edited by notherdude on 07-28-2008 at 12:14:47 AM
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notherdude u have an old hand. Having an old hand doesnt make sence. Cuz its old. get a new one.. seems like ur hand doesnt understand what it is writing. So placve it in ur rig instead of vista human orgnoids will amke more sense
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exit2dos   07-28-2008 at 05:32:54 AM
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In theory, you could try running a Virtual Machine fullscreen on the second monitor. Then disable (via Device Manager) the second keyboard & mouse on the host OS, then disable the first on the Guest OS.

I don't know if disabling the second keyboard & mouse in the Host will make them unavailible on the Guest OS, but might be worth a try.



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akore   07-28-2008 at 09:21:59 PM
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It looks like it (should) work, but, i have an asus eah4850. How can I set it so the two monitors have two different displays.
Here is what I saw. http://communities.vmware.com/message/691755


Message edited by akore on 07-28-2008 at 09:49:33 PM
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akore   07-28-2008 at 11:36:31 PM
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I found this. http://www.missingremote.com/index [...] lly+saved. . Question is, when I log into the second account, does the main user on the first account still have mouse control, and whatnot? Also, if I just get a very cheap pc (what would you get? cheap as possible) would the performance be dictated by the main pc(fast one) or remote pc (slow one)?

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notherdude   07-29-2008 at 12:03:28 AM
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Also, if I just get a very cheap pc (what would you get? cheap as possible) would the performance be dictated by the main pc(fast one) or remote pc (slow one)?



Hmmm, you mean to make a remote desktop connection from the cheap PC to the faster one? Never tried this as a way to share a fast PC. I have serious doubts about the extra speed transferring in a way that would actually beat the speed of even a slower, cheap PC.

I know on Server you can remote desktop connect and have multiple sessions running which would get you what you want, generally, if too slowly to make it worthwhile. You would have separate mouse, keyboard and dsktops etc. But as the guy points out this does not seem to be possible in Vista unless a. you have ultimate and b. you hack it

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notherdude u have an old hand. Having an old hand doesnt make sence. Cuz its old. get a new one.. seems like ur hand doesnt understand what it is writing. So placve it in ur rig instead of vista human orgnoids will amke more sense
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roadrunner197069   07-29-2008 at 04:54:00 AM
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This is what you need, to do it hassle free and get it done right.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817795002

Theres othe products from the same company. You might check their website for Vista compatibility.

Update: No ista yet but if you have xp you can try it free 30 days.

http://www.ncomputing.com/try-it-now.aspx


Message edited by roadrunner197069 on 07-29-2008 at 05:07:43 AM
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akore   07-29-2008 at 05:26:32 AM
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roadrunner, please see reply in "New System Build"

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akore   07-29-2008 at 11:19:48 PM
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Well, remote desktop wont work since RDP doesnt supports pressure sensitivity. Anyone know about using vmware to run two users at the same time? I can't just buy another compy :( Also, with vmware with two vista installs on it, can you run apps from the host os on the guest os? Or do you need to have double of everything?

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akore   07-30-2008 at 10:09:54 PM
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SUCCESS!!! I have accomplished a feat wanted by many, I am running two users on one PC--both with full support and no performance loss. I can't say however, that the two users are on the same Vista. Neither can I say it was free. The cost in the end was about 1/5 the cost of a new PC. I will post a separate thread in these forums with a detailed tutorial. In general, I ran an instance of vmWare with virtual vista, put that app on fullscreen to the second monitor, and then the fun part--usb connections.
Stay-tuned, it may be up by the end of the day!

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