I use synergy to connect several of my computers, laptop, umpc. On my main computer I have 2 vid cards. KVM (imho) is not the way to go.
I use win xp on all my computers but the screen sizes vary as well as resolutions. d On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 1:08 PM, Ken Close <[email protected]> wrote: > Maybe some of you know the answer to this and can direct me. > > For two monitors off of a video card with dual ports, a single mouse works > on either monitor--this is basic. > > I am preparing to increase to three and probably four monitors and want to > know if there is software that allows a single mouse to operate across all > the monitors. > > I believe there are two approaches to the three or four monitor setup. > One, install a second video card, with standard dual output ports, and > voilà,you have a single desktop on all four monitors. At least I think you > do. > > Two, use two desktop or desktop/laptop combination. What happens if you > run two desktops simultaneously? A search I just did revealed "synergy", an > open source solution to one mouse (and keyboard) for multiple monitors and > computers. Are there any other solutions to this problem? What do you use > if you have such a setup? Are there any watchouts? Do the operating > systems have to be the same on each computer? Do the monitors have to be > identical or can they vary in both size and resolution setting? > > ( I have Windows XP with 3072Mb RAM and reasonable hard drive size. > Processor is older, specifically a Athlon 64 2.20 Ghz.) > > Thanks for any replies. > > Ken > >
