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Guest machine's own keyboard and mouse

Posted: 11. Oct 2010, 04:40
by Catsrules
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?

Re: Guest machine's own keyboard and mouse

Posted: 11. Oct 2010, 05:14
by Perryg
This has been asked several time. Yes it is possible but complicated. Even when working it causes problems.

Re: Guest machine's own keyboard and mouse

Posted: 11. Oct 2010, 07:11
by Catsrules
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.

Re: Guest machine's own keyboard and mouse

Posted: 11. Oct 2010, 15:04
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.

Re: Guest machine's own keyboard and mouse

Posted: 15. Oct 2010, 02:26
by Catsrules
Ok, Thanks for you help.