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okikokie
10-17-2008, 05:08 AM
Guys,

I have checked through the guides however cant seem to find what I am looking for ?

[font='Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif']Basically I have a PC with 2 monitors and 2 keyboard and mice - the mrs is looking at playing WOW and therefore I was wondering rather than setup a complete new system was there a way we could use 2 logins for WOW (paid for of course) and then using the monitors in spanned or extended mode if there was a way to get the 2nd keyboard and mouse not to interfere with the 1st instance of WOW and vice versa

I know I can run 2 instances of WOW from one machine as the PC I have got is more than upto the task :)

Hope this makes sense, any suggestions (rather than buy a new PC)

Fleecy
10-17-2008, 06:00 AM
Interesting concept, to a very limited point you can. But in practacality no you can't.

Even if you completely reassign the keys on the second WoW you still expierence key crossover issues. You might be pressing Ctrl 1 and she might be pressing Shift at the same time so what the system recieves is CTRL Shift 1. You also have the issue of mouse control. You can run multiple mice on a single computer but you only have 1 cursor. You can not have multiple cursors.

okikokie
10-17-2008, 06:16 AM
just as I thought might have 2 build a second pc and just use the cables I already have to the 2nd screen

Kicksome
10-17-2008, 06:21 AM
I remember coming across a product that does this - I forget the name though. I'll look around.

okikokie
10-17-2008, 06:24 AM
thanks :) only product I have seen is one called 2 user iirc, which is a linux o/s which can map different input devices to different logins

Kicksome
10-17-2008, 06:28 AM
here's a product - I don't know the cost - but you can download a free trial.

http://www.miniframe.com/

Tynk
10-17-2008, 06:29 AM
might want to do some research into something like this.
http://techlogique.wordpress.com/2007/05/07/microsoft-india-develops-split-screen-desktop-software/