Sharing my comp with another keyboard,mouse and monitor?
Is there a device out that will allow 2 people to use the same system, using 2 mice, 2 keyboards and two monitors?
Is there a device out that will allow 2 people to use the same system, using 2 mice, 2 keyboards and two monitors?
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Of course there are product like GoToMyPC and PCAnyhwere that allow you to access one PC from another one. PCAnywhere has been around for years. I ran this using Windows for WorkGroups. XP apparently has some of this capability built in, but I don't know how this runs.
I don't think that this is what you want.
I don't think that a monitor, mouse & keyboard are going to be enough to establish as second user. I think that what you need is referred to as a thin client, which is essentially a PC with no hard drive. You boot from the floppy and then connect to the other PC.
The short answer is that I have not heard of drivers/dlls that do what you want and I suspect that they don't exist.
I don't think that this is what you want.
I don't think that a monitor, mouse & keyboard are going to be enough to establish as second user. I think that what you need is referred to as a thin client, which is essentially a PC with no hard drive. You boot from the floppy and then connect to the other PC.
The short answer is that I have not heard of drivers/dlls that do what you want and I suspect that they don't exist.
Yes I'd forgotten about that. With hard disk now much less than a cent for a megabyte why would you bother with a thin client?
It looks like gotomypc or pcanywhere could be closest to an answer that you are going to get.
Or you get get a blade server and then connect both PC's to it. I assume that you want to share data and software between two users. This may be the way to go.
If I knew more about what you have and what you want to do I may be able to come up with a better answer.
It looks like gotomypc or pcanywhere could be closest to an answer that you are going to get.
Or you get get a blade server and then connect both PC's to it. I assume that you want to share data and software between two users. This may be the way to go.
If I knew more about what you have and what you want to do I may be able to come up with a better answer.
If you're looking for a remote access software solution, I recommend VNC.
