Sharing one keyboard and mouse on multiple computers makes sense. Many of us have more than 1 computers but don’t want too many mess cables around or multiple mouses and keyboards that can confuse us. That’s why there are free software such as Input Director and Synergy that allows you to easily share a single mouse and keyboard between multiple computers with different operating systems, each with its own display, without special hardware.
Well what about installing multiple mouse and keyboard on one computer? I’ve tried installing 2 mouse on my laptop and it doesn’t make a difference because both mouse shares the same cursor. However, when doing presentation or brainstorming on one computer with a few people, having multiple mouse and keyboard really helps. Check out the flash animation below and you’ll get the idea.
As you can see, the job gets done much faster. Here’s a software called TeamPlayer that allows you to use multiple mouse and keyboard on one single computer.
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TeamPlayer allows you to connect multiple mouse and keyboards to one PC. You will now be able to share your computer with a number of people. This will be a new experience and will require some getting used to. After you’ve done so, you will probably not want to go back. As you can see at the screenshot below, I have 3 mouse installed on my laptop and each mouse has its own cursor.
You might be surprised how EASY it is to get this working. Only requires 3 simple step without any configuration.
1. Connect your extra mice and keyboards
Plug in your extra USB mice and keyboards. Add a USB hub if you don’t have enough USB ports.2. Install the software
Locate your TeamPlayer set up file and double click it. Then follow the on-screen instructions. TeamPlayer will start right after installation. During start up, in the right hand bottom of your screen, you will see how many devices TeamPlayer has discovered.3. Take control by clicking your Left Mouse Button
Move your mice around. The mouse with a white cursor (and a little colored square) has windows control. If someone else wants to take control, he or she can simply click his left mouse button to take control.
TeamPlayer is free for personal and educational use for a maximum of 3 users. More than that, you’ll have to purchase their license. According to the research and experience of TeamPlayer developers, they recommend a limitation of participation to 30 users. This number enables optimized group dynamics. More than that, it’s going to be chaotic.
TeamPlayer is too simple that it has some limitations. TeamPlayer doesn’t detect new devices in real-time. So if you’ve added any mouse or keyboard, you’ll have to close TeamPlayer and run it again. It is also a known issue that the screen flickers when you use TeamPlayer on application/game that uses OpenGL and also videos / codec settings. In Photoshop, Alt + KEY and CTRL + Key hotkeys won’t work when TeamPlayer is running. Switching between users on a Vista or XP machine causes the mice to lock. (logout and login resolves the problem for now)
In general tablets and whiteboards work fine – in some cases you may need to disable the driver. Finally, every keyboard will be active all the time. So make sure you only type text after you’ve agreed to this with the others in your group. Well, TeamPlayer 2.0 is still in beta. This is mainly done because they develop new features all the time. We can can surely expect more features for TeamPlayer in future.
Nice tip thanks
Comments to “Install Multiple Mouse and Keyboard on One Computer
OMG ! What a grate idea :)
Microsoft is also doing simular things with their Multi Mouse.
I would like to use this on a Dual Screen Media Centre system. Media Centre on the Secondary Screen and Win7 on the Primary..
Where do I download this one from?
All I get are adverts!
I would like to avoid MS because its only released as a SDK (for Developers)
Cheers,
Wodonga Chooks
Gr8 Stuff….
Can u help me on the following..
am using split monitor…
am able to use two mouses in one monitor…
BUT whether i can arrest one mouse in one monitor and another in other monitor…
Same for the Keyboard also…
more urgent requirement.. kindly help on this….
Nice program. It doesn’t work very well but the idea is there. I wonder if anybody has made a lighter version of this.
Hey this is not a very responsive program. Runs VERY slowly. I would like to see improvements on speed and responsiveness before I considered using this program.
give directions for connecting fourr cash counters (each counter consists of one monitor, keyboard and mouse) from one server.
Error Message Shown :
16 bit MS-DOS Subsystem
The NTVDN CPU has encountered an illegal instruction.
CS:0df6 IP:0310 OP:63 6f 6d 6d 6f Choose ‘Close’ to teminate the application.
thxs fr sharing. i was wondering can this temasetup can be setup for monitors(display) as well.
Would this work if one keyboard and mouse is wireless and the other one is a crayola keyboard for kids?
Thank you.
thanks raymund, i can use this during conference meeting. Very useful.
2 years ago i was looking something like this to play PES.now i found this on your blog.thanks raymond.Gotta try PES2009 right now!
has anyone tried to play any games maybe something simple to play with two keyboards just to see how it works
let me know thx
I recently came accross your blog and have been reading along. I thought I would leave my first comment. I dont know what to say except that I have enjoyed reading. Nice blog. I will keep visiting this blog very often.
Barbara
This helps a lot…much thanks…
hi to all…thank you very much Raymond, this is good stuff…we are all greatful to you how u stiving with us to be a good IT learners …..bye
thanks u raymond.. for teaching how to work teamplayer…
Whoa!! Holy! This is brilliant! Just the thing I need, when I encountered this problem just yesterday; and I didnt know how to solve it. Thanx Ray!!
Thanks Rymond ..it’s very helpful
lol this was the software i was lookin 4! Thanks a lot man!
wow, nice i want that too
haha
thanks raymond
thanks raymond…i have full proud of you and your struggle for us..dear friend do u have any program related to hide ip or change ip…??please share us…..??
useful program! thnx raymond
Two months ago i was looking for something similar that can run multiple mouse, keyboard and also monitor but nothing found.
i.e. each user can open its own application on one monitor, handle it with one set of mouse and keyboard without any intruption with other users.
In short a PC with multiple nodes. Is there one?
thank u very much
another great stuff and the animation is also fine
great tip ray but at the end where it says
We can can surely expect more features for TeamPlayer in future. you can see two cans
SERIOUS SAM split screen mutilplayer…finallyyyyy
Looks good
Wow!
This is Awesome! Thanks Raymond!
Excellent tip. Thanks Raymond