An unusual setup

I am thinking of a setup that's pretty unusual. I don't know if it's at all possible. But I want to try it:

I have a Win XP machine at home that's used by me and my bro. Obviously when he is using it, I can't and when I am using it, he can't. I want to set it up so two users can use the machine simultaneously. I know you can connect two monitors to a machine. But two keyboard/mouse pairs? I don't know. Will a USB hub solve this?

And then the actual problem: Does WinXP support two users working with it simultaneously?

I have an Ubuntu installation CD, so if required/possible, I could switch to Ubuntu. I am sure my bro wouldn't care much as Ubuntu has pretty much everything he would like to use.

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Despite 2 mice and 2 keyboards, there's still just one mouse cursor. Yes, you can have many peripheral devices connected to it, though.

Buy a better machine and give him the old one.

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Originally Posted by honeybee

Does WinXP support two users working with it simultaneously?
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Sorry, the answer is "No". You can hook up two screens, and probably get two mice to work, but you will only have one active form with one active control. That means both you and your bro's input will go to the same place, whatever was activated last.

Solution: Get a another PC.

http://www.digitaljournal.com/articl...ompletely_Free

http://www.userful.com/products/userful-multiplier

Nice find abhijit! Guess my "No" is now a "Yes"!

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Originally Posted by mendhak

Despite 2 mice and 2 keyboards, there's still just one mouse cursor. Yes, you can have many peripheral devices connected to it, though.

Buy a better machine and give him the old one.

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Originally Posted by MarMan

Sorry, the answer is "No". You can hook up two screens, and probably get two mice to work, but you will only have one active form with one active control. That means both you and your bro's input will go to the same place, whatever was activated last.

Solution: Get a another PC.

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Is there an (slightly distorted) echo in here?

that "useful" software is only useful if you don't need to run windows...

Moved. Please don't post technical questions in the General Discussion / Chit Chat forum.

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Originally Posted by MarMan

Nice find abhijit! Guess my "No" is now a "Yes"!

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Yes. A long time ago, I remember a setup done where there was just one XBox running two monitors with two keyboards. I don't think this software was used, but something similar was definitely in the works.