Pretty helpful tips on using two computers at once. Amplify’d from www.labnol.org Share the same Keyboard and Mouse with Multiple Computers Software Alternatives to KVM Switches If you are not too keen on a hardware based solution and if your systems are connected with each other over LAN, all you need is copy of Input Director , a Windows-only utility that’s easy to configure and is absolutely free for personal use. 4. Unlike a VNC software, you can’t drag and drop windows from one computer to another. However, Input Director supports clipboard sharing so you can copy-paste URLs and other text across computers. [**] If you only want to share a monitor between two computers, you don’t even need a KVM switch. Just connect one computer to the monitor using a VGA cable and the other monitor using the DVI or HDMI cable. You can then switch between computer using a button on the monitor itself. The good thing about using a software based solution is that you can seaml...
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