The biggest problem of having two or more PC’s, is having to go back and forth between them. 

Input Director solves the problem by allowing you to control multiple Windows based systems with only one keyboard and mouse on the Master PC.

Installing Input Director

Setting up Input Director on a couple computers on a network, involves a a few steps. 

1. Obtain the latest version of the software from the Input Director website (http://www.inputdirector.com)
   
2. Launch the installation program on each of the Windows based systems that you want to control through Input Director.
   
   
   
3. Agree to the license agreement, and click on Next to proceed.
   
   
   
4. Select the default installation directory, and click on Install to proceed.
   
   
   
5. The installation proceeds, and may take a few minutes, depending on the speed of your machines.
   
   
   
6. Click on Close to complete the installation.
   
   
   
7. You will be prompted to launch Input Director, click on Yes.
   
8. You will now need to install the software on the other computer that you wish to control.
   

Using Input Director

1. After installation has completed, you need to up the Master system. Under the main tab click on “Enable as Master”. 
   
   
   
   Notice the customizable Hotkeys you can set up as well.
   
2. Arrange the monitors how you like on the Master system, where here the Master has two monitors.  Then click on Add under Slave Systems to add the other machines.
   
   
   
3. Add the other machines in Slave Configuration by entering in the hostname or IP address of the ones you want to control.  Here you can set up a hotkey, amount of monitors on the slave machine, and security.
   
   
   
4. Go back to the Master Configuration tab and you will see the Slave system and again here you can drag the monitors around so there is a nice continuity.
   
5. In Global Preferences you can decide how each computer will behave.  Run input director on startup for each of the machines and enable them as either Master or Slave on start.  This way you will not have to go back and reconfigure them after a reboot.
   
6. When you transition between screens ripples are shown around the pointer to help keep track of the screen you’re on.
   
   

This utility is free, easy to use, and works like a charm on Windows systems.  If you have multiple Windows computers and want an easy way to control them all with one keyboard then definitely check out Input Director.

 Download: Input Director