How do I simultaneously use two keyboards?

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How can I use two keyboards simultaneously on a single computer with Windows?

I prefer to type with one keyboard per hand. In my last job, I had a setup that worked using a MacBook Pro and the Apple external keyboard plugged into a big Apple monitor, which then plugged into a special non-USB port on the MacBook Pro. Now I'm using a regular monitor and keyboard, but I can't use Shift across the keyboards.

For example, I want to type a capital A. I hold down the Shift key on one keyboard, and I press the a key on the other. The result is a lower case a. It was by far the most comfortable typing I've ever done and I want to figure out how to continue to do it.

Answer 1

Simply connecting two keyboards should do it. On my notebook, I got a secondary USB keyboard connected. I just tried and pressed Shift on the built-in keyboard and another literal on the USB keyboard. It seems to work exactly as you described.

What does not work across keyboards is state changing keys, for example, pressing Caps Lock on one keyboard will only affect that keyboard (this might vary by OS though).