How to Connect two pc's to one monitor?

Answer 1

You are ready to spend some money you can purchase a KVM switch which allows to connect two and more computers to one monitor (before you purchase it read carefully which kind of ports it supports, many of them don't support usb ports).

Answer 2

There are many methods for transferring files between computers:

• Over a network share
• Floppy disks
• USB Flash drives
• External hard drives
• CDs and DVDs
• email
• Laplink cable

Answer 3

First thing you will need to detemine is if your video adapter has two ports. Look on the back of the CPU, your current monitor should be hooked into one port and there may be another port to the right or left of it. If so then turn off computer, plug the second montior into the second port, plug it into the wall and and turn it on. Then turn on your computer and and monitor and it should detect both monitors. Most computers have two ports though they may not look the same. One is the regular VGA port and the other is called a DVI port. You may need an adapter to use the DVI port for the second computer monitor. Hope this helps.

Answer 4

Hi,

You will need a properly configured NIC (Network/LAN adapter)on both the PCs,u can connect their NIC's back to back with a cross cable.Assign the IP addresses in the same network.Thats it...

Answer 5

The easiest way in my opinion is to use an ad hoc connection. It basically lets you connect to each other wirelessly. Instructions to get it running will be right in your operating systems help files. Just search for ad hoc.

Answer 6

if the computer does not have two video outputs, one can always get a video card and install that inside the computer. This will give an additional (or multiple additional) video ports and you can attach a second (and maybe a third and fourth and...) monitor.

Whichever way you go, you have a choice of how to set up the monitors. You can either leave them as duplicating the video (such as a client does in his car dealership: he has one screen for himself and another facing his clients so that it makes it easier for him to see what he is doing rather than turning his monitor back and forth constantly) or you can extend the desktop to the second screen (which is the most common configuration).

Now, if one wanted to invert the question and hook up two computers (or more) to a single screen, that can be accomplished by what is called a Keyboard/Video/Mouse (KVM) switch. This devices allows you to hit a button and have the monitor, mouse, and keyboard connect to and interface with the computer on that set of ports on the back of the switch. In my office, I actually have KVM switches all around for my workbenches, testbed and for my administrative desk. In each case, all that needs to happen is to attach the cables to the back of the computer just as you would for any monitor, mouse, and keyboard and repeat for any additional computers you wish to have share these devices, then hook the aforementioned keyboard, mouse, and monitor to the back of the KVM switch into their appropriate ports. From that point on, all you have to do is hit a switch and it moves the control from one computer to another. I do this frequently with the two computers I use for administrative purposes and even more so when working on various machines at the same time in the repair shop. It definitely saves space and cuts down on the amount of hardware necessary to get everything accomplished.

Answer 7

You would need something like the following which will allow you have two monitors plugged in at once and switch between them http://www.amazon.co.uk/Port-Way-VGA-Monitor-Switch/dp/B000J249JC