New Tool: Mouse Without Borders

ralusek

http://blogs.technet.com/b/next/archive/2011/09/09/microsoft-garage-download-mouse-without-borders.aspx

It is pretty awesome. You set it up, and it lets you move your mouse seamlessly between two or more COMPUTERS, as if they were simply two MONITORS attached to the same computer.

Even better, it switches your keyboard to the computer where the mouse is currently on. Oh and it saves text copied to the clipboard.

Oh yea, it also lets you transfer files by dragging and dropping between monitors and it will send the file.

All this without even setting up a network. I already can't live without it, it is saving me a whole lot of effort. Enjoy

Direct Download:
http://aka.ms/MouseWithOutBorders

ZacD

if I had a laptop or 2nd computer that would be heaven

gsokol

wtf...crazy voodoo!

I have 2 pcs at work...I will definitely be giving this a shot.

Neat find.

Mio

that's awesome! will give it a try

Ben Apuna

Did my tablet PC just magically transform into a Cintiq?... hmm... maybe if I could clone the output screen info from my PC to my tablet then use this to send input to my PC...

Gusti

No Ben, but you could possibly do that with Teamviewer in some form or another :P

This just allows two pc´s to work as if it was one with two monitors when it comes to the keyboard and mouse. (or more of course) For wacom use, you would have to have it in "mouse mode" to be able to use the other monitors.

This is essentially a carbon copy of a freeware package from 1997 called "Desktop Rover", which did everything this does but was discontinued, and became unusable to due a built in "end period" in 2000

(edit: it seems it is actually back, and free! I had not looked at this program for years because I wrote the author at the time and he said he was not going to release a new version!)
http://www.neslosoftware.com/

Ben Apuna

Yeah I've been looking around for a Tablet PC -> Cintiq solution for a while now since my Tablet PC is way too outdated to do anything other than 2D stuff.

The main problem no matter what software seems to be transferring the pressure data over as well as the position.

I guess I'll have to put it on the list of things to try when I get better at programming.

Just the other day I saw a post on Google+ by Kees Rijnen about setting up his Tablet PC as a wacom tablet (no pressure) for his other laptop using Input Director.

Bibendum

Going to have to give this a shot. There's actually a similar sourceforge project that's been around for years (might be the same thing?) I tried using it as an alternative to my KVM switch but it had noticable lag

passerby

i use something similar called synergy to use the same keyboard and mouse on my desktop and my laptop, nice thing about synergy is it keeps the clipboards in sync and works on differnt OS's so i can have a MBP seamlessey use the same keys and mouse as a win7 desktop.

this type of thing when it can work across OS's is pretty useful when i was working on php and web development i did the same thing between a linux opensuse box and a win7 box since i needed photoshop to work on graphics but i preferred the coding tools on linux such as gvim and i needed something to host my lamp config.

BeatKitano

Can't use it with wacom stylus: screen zone= your windows zone, not the mouse without borders one... Too bad.

renderhjs

for pc & mac coverage (like at my work)
http://synergy-foss.org/

ambershee

Can I do this in the office with 10+ machines?

commander_keen

I used to use Synergy to work on my mac laptop from my pc mouse and keyboard.

wizzy886

tested this piece of software on my pc and laptop and works really well. Thanks.

Elyaradine

This is awesome! Thanks!

BeatKitano

Actually if anyone is interested, you can use your wacom stylus on a slave comp by using input director, no pressure but at least you can use it on both comps using hotkeys to switch between them.

Also don't forget to specify preference network itnerface on slave comp to avoid the laggy mouse cursor syndrom.