Input Director 1.0.8 - Control Multiple Windows Systems

Input Director 1.0.8 (Windows, Freeware) is a Windows application that lets you control multiple Windows systems using the keyboard/mouse attached to one computer. It is designed for folks who have two (or more) computers set up at home and find themselves regularly sliding from one system to the other (and wearing out the carpet in the process!).

With Input Director, you can share a single keyboard/mouse across a set of systems. You switch which system receives the input either by hotkey or by moving the cursor so that it transitions from one screen to the other (in a very similar fashion to a multi-monitor setup). The idea being that you can position the monitors from two or more systems in a row and use a shared keyboard/mouse to control all of them.

Changes:

• Input Director can control a locked slave
• Input Director can control the UAC dialog box on a Vista slave
• Slaves and the master can display a semi-transparent informational window that indicates which system currently has the cursor
• Can simulate Ctrl-Alt-Delete on a slave system
• Can synchronise locking some or all slaves with the Master
• Can synchronise a slave's screensaver with the Master's
• Can shutdown all (or a subset of) slaves from the Master
• Hotkeys can be used to relative jump to the next left or right system
• Can assign a key(s) that must be depressed for the cursor to transition between systems
• Cursor can wrap-around from the far right system to the far left and vice-versa
• Macros can be set to playback (broadcast) to all slaves, all systems or all systems but the one with focus
• Can opt to hide the cursor on a slave when transitioning away from it
• Improved support for Vista
• Numerous bug fixes
• Improved usability

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