is it possible to use more than one mouse?

[Faux]

is there an application that lets you do this? or is it impossible?

[Mylez]

Yes and no. You can have more than one plugged in. USB/PS2 etc. But I'm not aware of any 2 mouse apps, sorry :)

[eggzs]

you can use two mice but you only have one cursor so effectively, the two mice would conflict with each other.

[Dracion1]

You can have two mice, or a mouse and something else like a drawing pad, but not 2 cursors.

[Nadril]

Just curious, but what use would you have with two mice? (mouse cursors, that is). :lol:

[Doomster]

I had a glidepad (finger pad) and a mouse, and either could shift the pointer or click - you could also use a tracker ball and a mouse, for things that need thrashing speed or finer control.

 

 

 

If an exact postition device (tablet) is active, it will hold the pointer in position - a mistake which can be made if you leave the pen on the tablet and try to use the mouse.

[VARN]

If you use windows 2000 or XP you could try this. Since you can only have one active window at a time I don't see the point.

[dsavi]

I've heard of something like that which works for Linux, but I don't know where to find it and I doubt you're on Linux anyway.

[Errdoth]

lrn2google: http://severtski.com/2006/03/mouse-this.html

 

edit: Whoa, varn ninja'd a post in there, didn't see that :|

[thrash-boy]

you can have 2 mouses plugged in that move the cursor on screen (people do it all the time at school to open up stuff and exit there stuff while there not looking without them noticing), but i dont think you can have 2 cursors.

[BlueLancer]

I plugged in 3 old USB mouses I don't use.. To try this for fun; It does work :lol:

 

 

 

You wont get 3 different cursors though, but every one of them will be capable of moving it. A bit bizarre, but completely useless, as I can't see how it could be an advantage in any work situation or game.

[InkofDeath]

There was a few games that were centred around two mice & two keyboards. I also believe that there wasa Nascar game released and there was a bug that enabled you to have dual keyboards and use them for p1 and p2 (both keyboards would use the arrow keys at the same time, and not just use wasd and arrow keys, lol).

 

 

 

But really with online gameplay nowadays it's not even needed.

[BloodfleshX]

As is said by everyone else, both mice share the one cursor. Reminds me of times back in school when I'd plug wireless mice into other people's computer and start moving it randomly. They'd say 'What the...? Sir I think I have a virus!' Hilarious.

[DaN]

I plugged in 3 old USB mouses I don't use.. To try this for fun; It does work :lol:

 

 

 

You wont get 3 different cursors though, but every one of them will be capable of moving it. A bit bizarre, but completely useless, as I can't see how it could be an advantage in any work situation or game.

 

 

 

Seems like a good office prank.

[dsavi]

I plugged in 3 old USB mouses I don't use.. To try this for fun; It does work :lol:

 

 

 

You wont get 3 different cursors though, but every one of them will be capable of moving it. A bit bizarre, but completely useless, as I can't see how it could be an advantage in any work situation or game.

 

This also works with laptops that have a touchpad and one of those "bellybutton" mice.

[Faux]

yeah, I know how to mouse input works. I got a lappy with a touchpad and I hook a mouse to it. I was just wondering if its possible to get two seperate cursors because it doesn't seem like too big of a deal. I'll look into that CPNmouse link. Thanks to anyone who replied anyways.

[net180]

You can have two mice physically plugged into your computer, but they will both control the same "cursor" if you're on any normal operating system(windows, linux, mac, bsd, etc). I don't know of any OSes that allow you to use multiple cursors, but that sure would be useful!

 

 

 

~Net180