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If you have 2 computers that you would like to control with just one mouse and keyboard (and without a KVM switch), then check out this application. It uses a VNC server on one machine and automatically connects and switches all mouse and keyboard actions to that computer from the one your keyboard/mouse are automatically connected to.
The program will open a small (one pixel wide) window on the edge of your screen. Moving the pointer into this window will trigger the program to take over your mouse and send mouse movements and keystrokes though the RFB protocol to a VNC server running on another machine. When the pointer is moved back towards the opposite edge on the other screen, the mouse is returned to your primary display.
Pretty nice little application. I was actually discussing something like this with someone at the office the other day.
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6 Responses for "DualScreen for Windows with Win2VNC"
January 28th, 2005 at 11:11 pm
1The Synergy project on Sourceforge does something along the same lines and is cross-platform (Unix, Mac, Windows). Works great.
January 28th, 2005 at 11:21 pm
2This program claims to be cross platform. I know there are several VNC products for Mac.
January 28th, 2005 at 11:38 pm
3Teleport is available on the Mac for this, and is very nice.
January 28th, 2005 at 11:41 pm
4I have been looking for an application that I can use to remote to my win2k and/or XP box at the office from my powerbook.
I have been using Remote Desktop, but would like something that will also let me transfer files over the connection (like PCAnywhere between 2 PCs).
January 29th, 2005 at 12:39 pm
5Synergy is a better solution. I use it to control my workstation (Linux) and a dummy test system (Windows).
I once had it running across 4-5 computers.
February 7th, 2005 at 6:42 am
6radmin (remote administrator) works great radmin (remote administrator) works great <3
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