Guest machine's own keyboard and mouse

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Catsrules
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Guest machine's own keyboard and mouse

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Is it possible to plug in a separate keyboard and mouse, that only the virtual machine has access to and not the host? So I could have 2 people using the same computer at the same time, with a multi monitor setup?
Perryg
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Re: Guest machine's own keyboard and mouse

Post by Perryg »

This has been asked several time. Yes it is possible but complicated. Even when working it causes problems.
Catsrules
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Re: Guest machine's own keyboard and mouse

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I would like to try it, can you give me a link to a Tutorial or something. I have tried to search my self but I am not really sure what it would be called to search for it.
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Re: Guest machine's own keyboard and mouse

Post by Perryg »

Not really. I can tell you that it involves using a USB mouse and keyboard for the guest and assigning them via the USB settings section of the guest. As I said it is complicated and even though it might work it messes up regularly. I have not tried this myself but have read about it here. Whatever you want to search for you will get better results using you key words followed with site:forums.virtualbox.org in your favorite search engine.
Catsrules
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Re: Guest machine's own keyboard and mouse

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Ok, Thanks for you help.
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