nsane.forums Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 Microsoft has released a new and free program from its Garage division, Mouse Without Borders, that allows PC users to link several desktops together and drag, copy and paste files with one mouse. Microsoft's Garage division is dedicated to having team members think outside the normal development box and create new and innovative software and other projects. Usually these kinds of projects are released as part of a Microsoft commercial release or stay inside the company. However, this week the Garage team has done something a little different. It has released a new and free stand alone software application for PCs that should be very helpful for folks who use more than one PC in their office space. It's called Mouse Without Borders. The 1.1 MB file allows the user to have up to four PCs linked together. The user can then simply use a single mouse to copy, paste, drag and drop files across all the PCs linked by the Mouse Without Borders application as if all of the PC files were located on just one desktop. As Microsoft's Steve Clayton explains, "I have two PC’s on my desk at work connected to 3 LCD screens and using Mouse Without Borders I can move my mouse between the 3 screens, even though one of them is attached to a different PC from the other two. What’s more, I can move files between the 2 computers simply by dragging them from one desktop to another." In addition to the file movement features, Mouse Without Borders also allows the user to log onto all the PCs linked together by the program via just one PC. Finally, as Clayton states, "as a whimsical bonus is it allows you to customize your desktop with the daily image from Bing or a local collection of pictures." You can check out a video showing Mouse Without Borders in action below.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNFmXej7jEA&feature=player_embedded View: Original Article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T0nyB Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 Judging by the video, a really awesome and usefull app... Will give it a try sometime... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voidoid Posted September 11, 2011 Share Posted September 11, 2011 This works really well. The only thing that would make it better would be if you could drag windows from one desktop to another. Anyway, it's pretty neat being able to use >1 computer - and for free too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jalaffa Posted October 15, 2011 Share Posted October 15, 2011 Discovered this program today. It's pretty mind-blowing. It was setup within minutes. Much easier to use than other similar programs. It's perfect to use with my second "media" computer. I did not have space for a third keyboard on my desk so prior I had to store it in a drawer - which was not very convenient.I do get a http://getsatisfacti...onnection_issue on my third computer for some reason, and the solutions provided to fix it do seem scratchy.Edit:I'm seriously falling in love with this tool :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackieo Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 ohh yess get in mah toolbox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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