# Multiple computer mice **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 26, 2001, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-computer-mice/55871 "2001-02-26T00:34:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JCL1013](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b9e5f3/32.png) [@JCL1013](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JCL1013)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2001, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-computer-mice/55871/1 "2001-02-26T00:34:05Z")
Does anybody know if it is possible to have more than one computer mouse hooked up to a computer (it’s running Windows '98 btw). The reason I ask is because one of them is wireless and I like to use it from across the room but when I’m at the desk, I really appreciate the third button and the scroll wheel. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2001, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-computer-mice/55871/2 "2001-02-26T00:47:35Z")
Sure, I have hooked up PS-2 and serial com port mice at once and alternatively USB and PS-2 mice at once. You get two mice cursors on the screen at once and both work. ---
**Author:** ![MilTan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@MilTan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MilTan)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2001, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-computer-mice/55871/3 "2001-02-26T02:30:08Z")
**astro:** You get two mouse cursors? That’s odd. I currently have two mice plugged in (USB and PS/2). For me, the two mice control the same cursor. If you try to move them in opposite directions, the cursor pretty much stays still, as the polling software gets conflicting directions. But if you’re only going to use one or the other, as I suspect **JCL1013** is, it’ll work just fine. ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2001, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-computer-mice/55871/4 "2001-02-26T03:56:20Z")
My Thinkpad 600E I’m typing on right now has two mice - the “clitoris” mouse, and a normal one. One cursor, both move it. ---
**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2001, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-computer-mice/55871/5 "2001-02-26T05:03:09Z")
I have both a USB mouse and a PS/2 mouse hooked up: one cursor. I also have a USB keyboard and a PS/2 keyboard installed, as well: no problems. ---
**Author:** ![K3v1n](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@K3v1n](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K3v1n)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2001, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-computer-mice/55871/6 "2001-02-26T05:39:54Z")
One cursor, and two mice moving it. …and the start of a rodent problem. (sorry, couldn’t resist! ;)) ---
**Author:** ![Soul\_of\_the\_Machine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Soul\_of\_the\_Machine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul_of_the_Machine)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2001, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-computer-mice/55871/7 "2001-02-26T05:46:49Z")
If you like, you can also configure your screen to have 2 desktops, and switch between them, with one mouse assigned to each. This is mainly used with a C executable debugger card. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2001, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-computer-mice/55871/8 "2001-02-26T06:46:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MilTan \* > \*\ ***astro:** > > You get two mouse cursors? That’s odd. I currently have two mice plugged in (USB and PS/2). For me, the two mice control the same cursor. If you try to move them in opposite directions, the cursor pretty much stays still, as the polling software gets conflicting directions. But if you’re only going to use one or the other, as I suspect **JCL1013** is, it’ll work just fine. \*\* Yes! You see I’ve got this special system where…Oops! Oh damn! I dropped my crack pipe! OY! How embarrassing!! I don’t know _what_ I was thinking. That’s the only excuse I can come up with for that hallucination. I must have been reading the LSD thread too long. Two mice - only one cursor moves. That’s the way it REALLY worked for me.