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You get various setting options, but we didn't need to change any of them. It even recognized hardware volume control keys between systems. We felt no discernible input lag, even with a wireless mouse. We had no trouble launching applications, right-clicking, dragging, typing, or performing other standard mouse and keyboard functions across PCs. You get a few options to tweak settings, such as blocking the screensaver on a connected system, or enabling a key to toggle between PCs, instead of simply mousing over.Īside from its core functionality, what's great about Mouse without Borders is how well it works, and how easy it is to use. You can also use it to move files between systems, and copy and paste, making it an incredibly easy way to pass files around between nearby computers. In a brief trial, we had no problem controlling systems using both Windows 7 and Windows XP, each on a different network. Mouse without Borders lets you control up to four different Windows PCs with one mouse and keyboard. Click apply, and you can then use the mouse and keyboard on any of the four systems to seamlessly control the other computers. Simply download the program to up to four machines, and use one system to generate a security code to plug into the others. The intro screen for Mouse without Borders, from Microsoft's Garage experimental development studio.

Replicating the core functionality of a KVM switch using only software, Mouse without Borders makes it impressively simple to control multiple Windows PCs over a network using a single set of input devices. From the depths of the Microsoft's experimental Garage group comes a free, useful application this morning.