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Install Python 2.3 (for Windows).
Install pygame 1.6 Win32 for Python 2.3.
Run xboxmouse.py. Refer to the quick reference above for what you can do.
Do you have a 2-port Xbox-to-PC adapter, two controllers, and two PCs? If so, joystick sharing will enable you to use the a joystick on each computer; therefore you will not need to buy another Xbox-to-PC adapter.
The first joystick sharing program ever (as far as I know), XboxMouse lets you share a second joystick over TCP/IP. To do this, attach two joysticks to one computer. Open xboxmouse.py and make sure there is a line jserver = None. Run Xboxmouse. It will wait for a client to connect to receive input from the second joystick.
On the second computer, change the jserver = in xboxmouse.py line to have the IP address of the first computer. For example: jserver = "192.168.0.16". Run Xboxmouse and have connect. Both joysticks should now work, but cursor movement doesn't work too well because of network lag, although buttons should work fine.
XboxMouse isn't the only program that lets you use your joystick as a mouse. There are other, more comprehensive programs. Some are free, some not. They are listed here for informational purposes only.
Questions/comments should be directed to jeffconnelly [AT] users.sourceforge.net.