Input Director

[ha14]

Hi

Input Director is a Windows application that lets you control multiple Windows systems using the keyboard/mouse attached to one computer. It is designed for folks who have two (or more) computers set up at home and find themselves regularly sliding from one system to the other (and wearing out the carpet in the process!). With Input Director, you can share a single keyboard/mouse across a set of systems. You switch which system receives the input either by hotkey or by moving the cursor so that it transitions from one screen to the other (in a very similar fashion to a multi-monitor setup). The idea being that you can position the monitors from two or more systems in a row and use a shared keyboard/mouse to control all of them.


Features:
Easy to Use
Easy to follow installation and usage guides - setup only takes a few minutes
Tell Input Director how your monitors are positioned simply by dragging them to the correct spot on the monitor grid:
Multi-monitor support
Shared Clipboard - copy and paste between computers (including files!)
Compatible with Windows 2000, XP, 2003, Vista, 2008 and Windows
Input Director also supports a "shared" clipboard, in which you can copy data onto the clipboard on one system, transition across to another and paste.

Input Director requires Windows 2000 (Service Pack 4), Windows XP (Service Pack 2), Windows 2003, Windows Vista, Windows 2008 or Windows 7. The systems must be networked.


1st February 2010

Input Director v1.2.2 is now available for download.

New features include:
Supports flexible monitor layouts for systems with 3+ monitors attached
Improved keyboard layout translation support
Fixed security problem with Vista and Windows7 masters that could block the cursor from transitioning to slaves
The master can be set to automatically rescan slaves when resuming from standby
Mirror input mode can be limited to just keyboard or mouse only
Can setup a hotkey to fast switch between mirror and master modes
Fixed an issue with display resolution changes that could block the cursor from transitioning between systems
Fixed an issue in which a locally attached slave mouse could trigger an input transition
Fixed a number of issues that could cause keys to become 'stuck' on a system
Fixed an issue that could stop screensavers synchronising across systems
Fixed issue with held keys not recognised after playing a macro locally on the master
Now using IP addresses instead of hostnames in UNC paths for File copy/pastes
Various minor bug fixes and improvements

[Boyfriend]

Thanks ha14 I will check it soon.

[sujay]

Interesting software... thanks..