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This package works well with the new Input Director and is recommended.Д«ut now I have something new! PicPick works in a similar way to MWSnap, is free for personal use (something like ВЈ15 otherwise) AND it works on multiple monitors вЂ“ so if your main PC has 2 monitors you can grab screen bits from either.

It says it works on any 32-bit system but in practice works just as well on 64-bit systems, the only gripe I have it it wonвЂ™t screen-grab from a second screen (on the same PC). I can even direct that to work on one slave вЂ“ and PASTE the resulting screen-grab to the other slaveвЂ¦ it really does work just like magic. I have that installed on all three machines вЂ“ and it works by hitting CTRL-SHIFT-A (by default) and selecting the screen area you want to copy.

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To all intents and purposes youвЂ™ve simply added screens to your main PC вЂ“ but in reality you also have the added power of the extra computers!ДЇor copying partial screens I donвЂ™t use the Windows 7 clipboard utility, IвЂ™ve always used the (for me superior) free screengrabber MWSnap from Mirec Wojtowicz. On any of the machines I may grab some text or a partial screenshot вЂ“ or even copy a file вЂ“ drag the mouse over to another machine and hey presto вЂ“ PASTE works. It appears as if by magic on the slave machine (the term is misleading вЂ“ the other computer or computers work like normal but your master mouse and keyboard can simply take over as you slide the mouse over to them) вЂ“ you can determine if your slaves work to the left, right or above or below your main computer and like the master they may or may not have multiple screens. To get from one PC to the other, I simply move the mouse off the edge of one screen and to the next. On my laptop and second PC, the package is also installed, set to Slave. Input Director (IвЂ™ve used the latest BETA 1.3 on three computers up to now without issue) is free for personal use (you can make a donation by Paypal if youвЂ™re so inclined) and sits in my case on my main computer set to MASTER. In desperation I tried their latest beta andвЂ¦.

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I was told that thereвЂ™s an update for Synergy and was about to go looking when I thought IвЂ™d Google вЂњbetter than SynergyвЂќ and sure enough in some obscure chat group I say a message that said something like вЂњInput Director only works with Windows but is more stable and lets you copy filesвЂќ вЂ“ quick as a flash I was over to their website and downloaded the filesвЂ¦ well, it generally worked but file copy didnвЂ™t вЂ“ and I got a message griping about my Windows 64 keyboard. A COPY operation on one machine would let you transport text from one machine to another, but sadly that was about it, no graphics, no files etc вЂ“ also Synergy, a cross-platform open-source package was great but it frankly crashed with more regularity than one would like вЂ“ and no-one was doing anything about it. A freebie called Synergy has done this for years and I wrote about it some 2 years ago.

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There are hardware switches for this but that soon gets tired when you canвЂ™t exchange clipboard between the machinesвЂ¦ДЄnother way and the method IвЂ™ve adopted has been to use software to link machines on a network and share the same keyboard and mouse. So what are the alternatives? Well, another way to get lots of screens is to share one keyboard and mouse over two or more PCs. So, a great simple solution for technical bods, not so much for others. What if your main card is a top-of-the-line gaming video cardвЂ¦ youвЂ™re going to need to spend the same again so as to keep up performance. Finally, you or someone else has to go in there and fit the second card.

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The first is speed вЂ“ all that extra pixel-processing power doesnвЂ™t come for free and youвЂ™re going to need a fairly hefty system to handle the extra load вЂ“ also having more screens means you generally run more programs and need more memory etc. but for regular use there are some disadvantages to this approach. Power users the world over will know what I mean вЂ“ you sit in front of your laptop and get frustrated at all the stuff you have to fit into one screen вЂ“ so, many of us at home or work use multiple-monitor setups, spreading the work over 2 or more screens.Дў screens is easy, any modern computer worth itвЂ™s salt will have a second output вЂ“ you simply plug in a second screen, a little instruction to Windows 7 to spread stuff across the screens and off you go.Д«ut what if you want more than two? You can fit another video card of course and thatвЂ™s GREAT for the likes of games such as Crysis 2 where you want one screen for the main action and one on either side to keep an eye out for your enemies.

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