Solve : One computer with 2 keyboards mice and screens?

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Answer» I'm running windowsXP Home on a 2.1GHZ QuadCore with 2G of RAM I already have two screens plugged into the GRAPHICS card and a third on a USB/screen adaptor. I would like to be able to connect 2 keyboards, mice and screens (one set in one room, the other set in another). The reason for doing this is so I can record into the computer in a separate room away from the computers fans and hard drive noise. The existing key board and mouse are both PS2 . Do I just add a USB key board and mouse? Would another USB screen adapter be the best way to add the extra screen? Regards BishkaThe piratical length of USB cable, if of the highest quality, is about 25 feet. The same could be said about a VGA cable. IMHO extending a PS/2 cable is not a good idea. I could be WRONG, never tried it. Quote from: bishka on January 19, 2011, 07:59:56 AM The existing key board and mouse are both PS2 . Do I just add a USB key board and mouse? Would another USB screen adapter be the best way to add the extra screen? I don't know whether you can connect two different types of mice and keyboards at the same time. I've never done or tried that. I believe a KVM switch is really the best solution here. If you buy one, MAKE sure it can function in reverse - that is, a single PC can be connected to multiple monitors, keyboards, and mice. Sure you can. I have both a bluetooth and a ps2 mouse connected to my primary home system for those rare occasions when the bluetooth fails and I need a working mouse to navigate. And when I used a bluethooth keyboard (which lasted about a week before I tossed it) I also had a wired keyboard connected for the same reason.

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I'm running windowsXP Home on a 2.1GHZ QuadCore with 2G of RAM

I already have two screens plugged into the GRAPHICS card and a third on a USB/screen adaptor.

I would like to be able to connect 2 keyboards, mice and screens (one set in one room, the other set in another). The reason for doing this is so I can record into the computer in a separate room away from the computers fans and hard drive noise.

The existing key board and mouse are both PS2 . Do I just add a USB key board and mouse? Would another USB screen adapter be the best way to add the extra screen?

Regards BishkaThe piratical length of USB cable, if of the highest quality, is about 25 feet. The same could be said about a VGA cable.
IMHO extending a PS/2 cable is not a good idea. I could be WRONG, never tried it. Quote from: bishka on January 19, 2011, 07:59:56 AM

The existing key board and mouse are both PS2 . Do I just add a USB key board and mouse? Would another USB screen adapter be the best way to add the extra screen?

I don't know whether you can connect two different types of mice and keyboards at the same time. I've never done or tried that. I believe a KVM switch is really the best solution here. If you buy one, MAKE sure it can function in reverse - that is, a single PC can be connected to multiple monitors, keyboards, and mice. Sure you can. I have both a bluetooth and a ps2 mouse connected to my primary home system for those rare occasions when the bluetooth fails and I need a working mouse to navigate. And when I used a bluethooth keyboard (which lasted about a week before I tossed it) I also had a wired keyboard connected for the same reason.

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