New - not sure if Dualboxing is what I need

[MiRai]

I want to put my gf on one screen, me on the other, each with our own keyboard/mouse, all off 1 computer.

I want 2 users controlling 2 instances, off 1 computer.

Windows, by default, isn't going to interpret multiple keyboards and mice as separate devices and I don't know if such software exists.

[Homer]

Windows, by default, isn't going to interpret multiple keyboards and mice as separate devices and I don't know if such software exists.

Was this changed in the past half decade or so? I remember in school crawling under desks in IT to plug a second mouse into my friends computer to fuck with him. They both would work.

[Svpernova09]

Was this changed in the past half decade or so? I remember in school crawling under desks in IT to plug a second mouse into my friends computer to fuck with him. They both would work.

By separate devices I believe he means 2 mouse cursors. You've been able to use multiple input devices for a good while in Windows. However there isn't any software (that I'm aware of) that will allow each device to have its input focused as if it was it's own computer. I vaguely remember (late 90s) such a device that claimed to do this however it wasn't something I would have recommended.

[MiRai]

Was this changed in the past half decade or so? I remember in school crawling under desks in IT to plug a second mouse into my friends computer to fuck with him. They both would work.

Of course they both work, but you can't assign one device to one game window and a second device to another game window without third party software.

[Ughmahedhurtz]

Was this changed in the past half decade or so? I remember in school crawling under desks in IT to plug a second mouse into my friends computer to fuck with him. They both would work.

Two mice can control one cursor, which is how Windows works today and why you could screw with your friend's head.

The problem regarding the OP's desire is that Windows by itself cannot maintain focus to more than one app at a time. The window/app that has focus is where all mouse clicks and keyboard keystrokes are sent unless you have specific software/hardware set up to route those differently. I'm presuming it would also require some hefty modifications to the Windows GUI as well, as there are video rendering (DirectX) complications when that window does not have focus (see the "Audio in background" option in WoW, for example). The fact that there are so few reliable multiboxing applications (which work around a lot of these issues) is further evidence of the complexity of this type of use case.