Two Mice, One PC
Posted November 3, 2006
June 4, 2006
Hi again
Just a little question.
Is it possible to use 2 mice with 1 pc without having to shut down every time I want to change?
I'm thinking....I have 1 wireless and 1 with wire.....I'd like to use the one with wire when I'm gaming and the wireless to all the other stuff on my pc.
Carsten Haag
Hi Carsten,
The situation that you describe--using a wireless mouse and a non-wireless mouse, on the same computer--should work, since you use Windows XP.
USB and PS2 mice work together. In fact, you can have multiple USB mice on one machine.
Wireless mice also use USB, even though the mice are wireless, because the wireless transmitters physically attach to the computers.
USB mice, wireless mice, and other USB devices for that matter, are hot-pluggable, meaning that you shouldn't have to reboot for them to work. Windows XP detects the new hardware and auto installs the drivers on the fly. Bingo! It should work.
You can unplug and plug PS2 mice to your heart's content as well, and a PS2 mouse should still work, so long as a PS2 mouse was attached at last reboot.
All the best
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