Guides

Using one PC for two or more people at once.

One PC, everyone playing and working at once. Hydra Multi-Seat turns one Windows PC into two, three or more, each with its own screen, keyboard, mouse, sound and Windows account, at full graphics speed. These guides show you how to set it up, and the free 7-day trial lets you do it today.

Guides

• Two people, one PC at the same time. Every way to let two people use one Windows PC together, and the one that gives each person a whole PC.
• Two gamers, one PC. Each player on a full screen with their own keyboard and mouse, playing their own game, from a single PC.
• Two Steam accounts on one PC at the same time. Each person signs in to their own Steam on their own seat, in their own Windows session, and plays their own game.
• What is multiseat on Windows?. Multiseat (multi-seat) in plain words: one PC, a whole workstation for every person.
• Two monitors, keyboards and mice for two users on one PC. What to plug in and how to hand it out, so each person gets their own screen and gear in three steps.
• One PC for the whole family. Homework, video and games at once: parent and child at separate desks, each with their own Windows account and sound.
• Share one PC with your partner. Two people, one computer, both working from home: two desks, or one ultrawide split in two halves, with accounts kept apart.
• Couch co-op on PC with separate screens. Play together on one PC without split-screen: every player gets a full screen of their own.

Switching to Hydra

Whatever you share your PC with today, Hydra gives you more. See what you gain when you switch.

• ASTER alternative. Why switch from ASTER to Hydra: no restart to change seats, Secure Boot stays on with a Microsoft-signed driver, and one license covers every seat.
• MouseMux alternative. Go beyond a shared desktop: Hydra gives every person their own screen, Windows account and full-speed games.
• Ways to share one PC. Every way to share one PC side by side, and why Hydra gives each person the most.

About Hydra

• Why Hydra: what each seat gets
• Watch the video: one PC, everyone gets a seat
• Pricing: one license covers every seat
• Questions: what a PC needs
• Safety: how it keeps your PC safe

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