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So I have, for the first time, seen how dual monitors work. Currently, I am using extended display because I need two or three separate things visible to me at a time. The system works perfect for me and it will increase my efficiency. But a kind of question comes into my mind. Is it possible that we make dual monitors work like two entirely different computers. Let me elaborate on this. Suppose there are two friends in a room and only one CPU. But there are two monitors, two keyboards and two mouses (or mice!) available. Can we make some sort of arrangement for them so that each of them can use the processing power of the same CPU to do their own work separate from one another. I spent some time thinking about the problem but unfortunately, I don't have enough technical skills to get the job done. So I am posting my observations and theories and proposals and etc etc here so that technical people may contribute to it and help me make this possible. I hope there is already some solution available, in shape of a software pack. But if there is any, I don't know about it and somebody had to tell me. When we connect both the monitors to the computer. What options do we have? According to my knowledge, we have the following options Duplicate view Primary only Secondary only Extended View When we go to the extended view, there appears some hope that yes, the system can be developed. When look into the details, the following problems need to be solved. Keyboards and Mice to work separately from one another: Normally, when you connect two or more keyborads to a single computer, hitting capslock on any of them will lightup the capslock light on all the keyboards. This means that the keyboards behave as one single. But in this problem, we need to make the keyboards work separately. The only solution (or idea of solution) that I can think of is making usb settings in such a way that specific USB hubs work with specific applications. I don't know whether it is possible or whether there are other better ways of doing this but this definitely can create a way of solving the problem. For example, suppose we set USB1 to work with firefox and USB2 to work with internet explorer. So that peripherals attached to USB1 will not work with IE and peripherals attached to USB2 will not work with firefox. In this way the first person can attach his keyboard to USB1 and stick to firefox for his browsing needs while the second person will attach his keyboard to USB2 and stick to IE for browsing. In this way they can do their stuff separately from one another without interfering. Marking screen boundaries: It is another major problem which needs to be solved. In normal extended display, the mouse can easily go from one screen to other, and this is necessary for working with extended displays. But in our case, we need to separate the displays in such a way that interference does not occur and cursor on a screen remains on that screen. I cannot think of any solution to this problem, so folks, its time to test your creativity. Because I haven't been able to use such a system, so for now, I can't think of any other issue. Anyone is welcome to contribute to this topic in a constructive way. Thanks!