Not sure how much others like reading about my GOTCHAS, but like U.S. Congressional Democrats, I’m suddenly feeling the need for full disclosure.[emoji1]...
Is anybody using Mouse Without Borders? I’ve been using this product for a while with my Small and Large DJ Systems, and it works GREAT for sharing a mouse and keyboard between two (or more) computers. A KVM switch is an option, but the software works fine, so why add the weight and extra cabling?
But here’s the GOTCHA... I noticed that the mouse cursor on the second PC (the one sharing the mouse and keyboard attached to the primary/host computer) was larger than the cursor on the host PC, and that the cursor was not on top of the menus the way it should be. I thought I had this problem solved by installing the latest version of the application, but the problem resurfaced. So when troubleshooting the problem, I discovered I could not change any settings for the mouse on the second PC... Why???... The PC doesn’t think there’s a mouse... NO mouse driver. When I plug a mouse into the USB port of the second computer, it instantly fixes all the problems. I can still use the shared mouse and keyboard; the USB mouse is just extra. Why didn’t I notice this before on my other systems???... The answer to that is simple; The backup PC (Surface Pro) in my Small System has a Bluetooth mouse, as does the backup Nano PC in my Large System. The previous version of my Large System had a keyboard/mouse combo unit in a drawer which controlled backup computer when not able to share the mouse and keyboard of the primary computer. I think it’s interesting that the backup NUC PC didn’t squawk when booted up without a mouse and keyboard. Had it done so, it would have alerted me to this issue from the beginning.
So the solution is simple... just plug a mouse into the backup computer, add a Bluetooth mouse, or get a KVM switch. For now, the USB mouse will do the trick, then I can decide about the long-term solution.[emoji4]