- Posted by justin on September 26, 2007
http://www.lifehacker.com/software/dual-monitor/hack-attack-control-multiple-computers-with-a-single-keyboard-and-mouse-254648.php
I can attest that Synergy2 works extremely well. I have used it on 3 system to control all of them with one keyboard. The setup was extremely easy. Basically install on all of the machines and then on the computer with the keyboard/mouse setup which computers are to the left/right of the computer.
I also configured the ctrl+alt+del keystroke to be something besides ctrl+alt+pause/break which is the full screen shortcut for remote desktop. There are instructions on the synergy web site for how to configure keyboard shortcuts.
The one issue that I cannot get around is that you can't auto start Synergy on Vista so you have to login and manually start it. Not a big deal for me since Vista is my computer with the keyboard/mouse hooked up.