Mouse without Borders: A Free Synergy Alternative for Windows

[joshforester]

After seeing Synergy's spot on the EVGA iCX video released today, I ventured out to find a free alternative since I'm very low on money atm. I found Mouse without Borders, which works flawlessly between my desktop & Surface pro. I know this has been posted on the forum in the past, but I bet there are many people that don't know this software exists. 

 

Link: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=35460

 

But of course if you need to go between different OS' and you aren't cheap like me:  http://symless.com/synergy/linus

[Guest]

Or something like a KVM switch

[ZeusXI]

4 minutes ago, joshforester said:

After seeing Synergy's spot on the EVGA iCX video released today, I ventured out to find a free alternative since I'm very low on money atm. I found Mouse without Borders, which works flawlessly between my desktop & Surface pro. I know this has been posted on the forum in the past, but I bet there are many people that don't know this software exists. 

 

Link: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=35460

 

But of course if you need to go between different OS' and you aren't cheap like me:  http://symless.com/synergy/linus

ive tried this before, how in the world did you get it to work? i put the codes between my laptop and desktop, both windows 10, and i never was able to get it to work without errors

[joshforester]

Just now, ZeusXI said:

ive tried this before, how in the world did you get it to work? i put the codes between my laptop and desktop, both windows 10, and i never was able to get it to work without errors

I installed on my desktop first then installed on the second machine and used the code off of that. Both running the same build and version of Windows 10 Pro. 

[ZeusXI]

Just now, joshforester said:

I installed on my desktop first then installed on the second machine and used the code off of that. Both running the same build and version of Windows 10 Pro. 

i may have to try it again since my laptop doesnt have a mouse (yet) and i dont like using the trackpad

[joshforester]

1 minute ago, deXxterlab97 said:

Or something like a KVM switch

More cables and the cost? Why bother? But yes if it's machines that may not be that close to another this would be a better setup. 

[Daveeede]

It works for me. I've used it at school to control my laptop from my desktop. Only issue is that it's highly susceptible to lag, especially when on public networks.

[Orangeator]

11 minutes ago, ZeusXI said:

ive tried this before, how in the world did you get it to work? i put the codes between my laptop and desktop, both windows 10, and i never was able to get it to work without errors

You have to be on the same local network connection. Like the same router.

[Orangeator]

Just now, Daveeede said:

It works for me. I've used it at school to control my laptop from my desktop. Only issue is that it's highly susceptible to lag, especially when on public networks.

I would strongly advise against using mouse without borders on public connections for all sorts of reasons.

[Daveeede]

1 hour ago, Orangeator said:

I would strongly advise against using mouse without borders on public connections for all sorts of reasons.

Well its though a vpn. and technically it is is a secured network... just used by a lot of people.

[Synergy Team]

On 3/6/2017 at 4:59 AM, joshforester said:

After seeing Synergy's spot on the EVGA iCX video released today, I ventured out to find a free alternative...

But of course if you need to go between different OS' and you aren't cheap like me:  http://symless.com/synergy/linus

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Ah, shame we couldn't convince you to buy Synergy. If we released a no-frills free version of Synergy which didn't have clipboard sharing, would you opt to use Synergy instead of MWB?

[joshforester]

On 3/7/2017 at 9:06 AM, Nick Bolton said:

Ah, shame we couldn't convince you to buy Synergy. If we released a no-frills free version of Synergy which didn't have clipboard sharing, would you opt to use Synergy instead of MWB?

I wouldn't mind trying it, wouldn't really help me as much since I use the clipboard feature a lot. Synergy isn't geared towards me since I only run Windows machines. Now my former IT boss that had Mac & Windows machines running could easily use it. Thanks for the question though! 

[omnisphere]

On 3/5/2017 at 10:59 PM, joshforester said:

After seeing Synergy's spot on the EVGA iCX video released today, I ventured out to find a free alternative since I'm very low on money atm. I found Mouse without Borders, which works flawlessly between my desktop & Surface pro. I know this has been posted on the forum in the past, but I bet there are many people that don't know this software exists. 

 

Link: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=35460

 

But of course if you need to go between different OS' and you aren't cheap like me:  http://symless.com/synergy/linus

Thank you! Synergy was not working for me at all.

[Synergy Team]

On 3/30/2018 at 5:41 AM, omnisphere said:

Synergy was not working for me at all.

Sorry about that. What problem did you have? Did you raise a support ticket?

[digicube]

Thanks. Mousewithoutborders works on 2 windows 7 machine. I wonder what Symless has to offer above mouse without borders.

 

update: I do notice some lag on mouse movements on the client computer. Gets really bad when you are transferring files between the two computers which is understandable.