How to use Mouse Without Borders

[@wayne_jkl]

Thanks for this! Downloading right now! :) -- Update: 10-minutes later... OMG this is fantastic. It's perfect for having a Surface Pro without a keyboard attached alongside my desktop. Love it.

[@ideas2830]

Kevin, you are a blessing! Clear, concise and to the point. Keep up the great work.

[@muslimbibliophile1916]

Is it possible to connect a pc and ipad with something similar to mouse without borders?

[@Catralasarguido]

@@muslimbibliophile1916 A year late but yes, with logitech flow, but it's only compatible with the mx series of logitech as far as I know (also the keyboard)

[@tsarrite]

I wish Kevin taught all my classes from grade 1 to College and now. =)

[@ABD_Vees]

This is hands down one of the most bombastic things I've ever stumbled upon! Seriously, I appreciate how you kept the video as straightforward as a GPS that actually knows where it's going. Thanks for making it easy to digest-no brain gymnastics required!🙃

[@jasonowens1504]

Had my Surface Book 3 upgraded to a Surface Laptop 4, and now that I've discovered this and installed it, I'll be holding onto the 3 as I can now control both with my Surface keyboard and Arc mouse. Brilliant. Seamless installation, works perfectly.

[@mbunds]

Here's Microsoft, years late to the party as usual. This has been available by others for more than 20 years. I have an ancient one (Synergy) that allows me to control screens crossing Windows, Linux, Android, iOS and MacOS. It would be really cool if MWB could do THAT!

[@tagi3d]

Yeah but it's the youtuber who is late to the party. Mouse without borders has been around for over a decade...

[@reginaldmiranda7386]

And Barrier does all this, cross platform for free!

[@mbunds]

@@reginaldmiranda7386 That's great info, thanks!!!!

[@mbunds]

@@tagi3d You see? Sometimes its like Microsoft keeps its best features hidden. They don't seem to emphasize their features enough! I was using Office for like 15 years before I found OneNote, which IMO is the best free-form note keeping program ever.

[@saqibdesk]

Except they love shoving edge down our throats lol

[@macky2green]

*_Perfect. Just when I need to set-up and work between 3 Surface Pros at home. Thank you so much, Kevin. You're the best. Always looking forward to watching your videos._*

[@Fudgefox]

I feel like I've been looking for this for years. Thanks a lot!!

[@charleswilliams7590]

I Use my personal laptop next to my company laptop. This app is a life saver. Thank you for sharing

[@panamdragonboat]

Absolutely awesome. No more two keyboards sitting on my desk. Thx!

[@ontheroadagainwithvinny931]

Just added it. 2 PCs with two monitors - and it works! Good one, Kevin.

[@TylerStanczak]

This an entire time I have been switching chords between two PCs😂 what a game changer.

[@12boxes]

I installed it a couple of hours ago and have been using it across my desktop and Surface ever since. Very useful. Thanks.

[@KevinStratvert]

Great to hear!

[@fluffyboy]

That tool is going to be really useful to use my personal and my company laptop without switching the keyboard and mouse, thanks a lot!

[@justinchan7844]

Magic Mouse! Thanks genius! Another good one, good job @kevin. Missing todayyyyyy

[@saedzakari]

I've been waiting for something like this for a while, thank you so much for sharing, Keep the good work!

[@hristo.bogdanov]

This is a life saver... I use to use a KVM for my three monitors, but now I can just "software" it, thanks :-)

[@killickr]

Installed it at Christmas. Excellent tool.

[@VeryButtery]

I didn’t realize this existed till I saw a short about using one mouse on dual PC. Thanks!

[@gabrieldouglaschileshe3321]

This is amazing, I thought I was searching for something that's impossible... I am still in disbelief

[@vanhattfield8292]

I use a Jelly Comb track ball and out of the box it connects to 3 devices, 1 through 2.4 ghz wireless and 2 through bluetooth. There is a button on the mouse that instanly changes from each option. It is awersome. I like that this App allows exchanging files and will be downloading and trying it out. Love these vids. :P

[@samtavares2239]

And that's how you gain 1 sub with a 3:50 video, seriously, what a quick and precise tutorial dude, congratulations

[@IITianArpit]

Hyyy Everyone Kevin here!!!!! Thank you so much 👌👏

[@madnax4594]

BEST tool ever for home office !!! I was first looking for a multidevice keyboard & mouse but not anymore! As always, THANKS Kevin !!

[@GargeeSharma]

This is one more of the “cool product find” video of yours 😊. Very nice tutorial.

[@charlesxix]

I used this programme years ago, it's well worth installing. Cheers Kevin.

[@valenmolina]

This is a GREAT tool. Thanks for bringing it to us Kev!! Keep it up!

[@philipperostin]

I have noticed that you can change mouse on either pc's or even change the "Blue tooth" number for logitech mouses, and when active, it will pick it up and let you continue the screen "sharing" , good !

[@prathitbandopadhyay2605]

Thanks, Kevin for letting us know about this really awesome feature. Keep up the Good work

[@Rafael_Yemane]

This is such a great method! ! So many helpful tips in such a short amount of time. Thank you for taking the time to outline these steps and share your experience with us all! Amazing work, keep it up!!

[@zamboanga1]

Thanks, Kevin. Great utility! I connected a Win 10 computer to a Win 11 computer. A couple of tips: (1) Make sure the graphic in the software represents your physical configuration. For example, if computer 1 is located to the right of computer 2, it must be the same in the software graphic for the mouse to work properly. (2) If you have problems with the computers communicating with each other, go into Windows Defender and add the file path to the mousewithoutborders.exe file to the inbound and outbound exceptions lists on all computers.

[@maxrex22]

I work from home for Microsoft as well. This is great! My KVM switch would not work with my wireless keyboard and mouse so I had to move the wireless fob from PC to PC to get the keyboard/mouse to work on a different PC. This solves that problem. Now if you can just do the same for monitors I can throw away my KVM switch for good! Get back in the garage and please figure that one out! Thanks!

[@johngreydanus2033]

I have been using Input Director but it only does the Mouse; how did I not see this in my previous searching, so far awesome with main computer and laptop, about to start the old computer up as well, thanks for the video!

[@Ladythyme]

Stupendous! This works great! Thanks once again Kevin!

[@rolfbackstrom6029]

Fantastic! I had no idea about this! Thank you very much for making the video!

[@arifmohamedmeghji]

Brilliant Kevin! Thanks very much, works flawless for my desk! I am going to try the computer in the other room to see if I can access it with the distance and between walls, will let you know

[@ramnik.khanna]

@Kevin, thanks for the awesome tip!

[@hebronelumagui3200]

I'm excited to install this app. Thank you so much for sharing

[@drjahanzeb1135]

I am going to try it... Excellent sharing.. 👍

[@prokorshopal4865]

0:00 - Hi Kevin. 👋 3:50 - Thumbs up from me to the stunning video for sure. 👍 Cheers.

[@stevenmyers3647]

This is Great! Thanks. I have three computers on my desk, with one of them being a laptop, and this works across all three of them. Fantastic! Thanks, again!

[@kenrock2]

this is really mind blowing... thanks for sharing this awesome software... now i dont have to get confuse using the wrong keyboard and mouse at work

[@judozaum2440]

super cool, helped us in church a lot, one of the laptops broke and we have to use him anyway because of the necessity, so we used ndi and mouse w/o to solve, very useful.

[@bemore153]

Game changer for me! Thank you. Way better than Google Chrome Remote Desktop when working on multiple machines from home.

[@shivamkrishn]

Everything on Windows is so damn underrated. Just see other side- universal control 

[@classzedits]

oh my god. always legit and reliable kevin. after getting frustrated to get barrier to work, i'm glad that i saw this (your) video about MWB and it instantly worked for my laptop and desktop pc. and i like the idea that this works better if the computers are lan connected because my desktop does not have wifi adapter. thank you, kev. it is working 100%.

[@panxogaming1782]

Awesome. I remember at one of my jobs, we used to have an external adapter to do this. It was kinda odd to press one bottom to switch peripherals to another pc. This one really saves time and space. Haven't fully tested, but at least on main pc if I'm playing at full screen the mouse is locked to that screen. I was pretty worry about that, but it worked well. Already loving it, still need more testing of course.

[@luisLOKOLOKOLOKO]

Dude, this is perfect. Most useful tool on the internet

[@Skidam]

Awesome, but can you connect windows Linux (for example Ubuntu)?

[@rolfbackstrom6029]

Excellent, Kevin! I used physical devices for this before and I was a mess! This is very neat and practical. Thank you very much!

[@rishdhisabith2585]

Wow. Solid tutorial and a solid app. Perfect for my scenario as a programmer who uses 2 different laptops and an external monitor

[@Stranman]

Fabulous. What more can I say. Thanks Kevin.

[@HeyItsKora]

holy fuck, this is a game changer, i use my main desktop PC and my surface pro X together all the time (the SPX is the touchscreen only model with no keyboard, basically a windows tablet), and I've got a wireless mouse that can switch between both devices but there's like a 3-4 second delay, and the switch is underneath the mouse, not ideal, so i just default to poking the surface with my finger which is pretty hellish, windows is NOT touch optimised, i don't care what microsoft say... this changes my workflow SO MUCH jeeeeez, i can't believe how well optimised this is, there's virutally no latency using a wireless mouse connected to my main pc, relayed to my surface, it's so damn badass, and the keyboard seamlessly switching to whichever PC i've got the mouse on is actually epic tysm for this video dude, quick simple setup vid, straight to the point! cheers!

[@ommelkunde4723]

Amazing and short simple video.

[@ericmichel3857]

Thank you! I was using synergy (until my company firewall started blocking it). This program works SOOO much better!

[@Gray-Today]

It took me 5 years to discover this. Downloaded it on 2 machines today, eager to try it. I hope it works with wired devices.

[@corey7219]

Man this looks amazing! 😍

[@91722854]

synergy core and barrier are also good choices which also support linux, and input director is also great for windows to windows

[@TheJeep1967]

A big benefit of Synergy is it uses your LAN instead of the internet. So it doesn't use precious internet bandwidth. And most people have much faster LAN or WiFi than their internet.

[@FroilinCabral]

@@TheJeep1967 too bad is not free 😢

[@TheJeep1967]

@@FroilinCabral I just learned that Barrier is the free, open source fork from Synergy. I haven't tried it yet but could be worth checking out.

[@methanoid]

And yet this video made Wro.mention of better offerings. It's almost like MS invented something new or was this a sponsored video (aka advert)?

[@JavisoGaming]

Please do a video on how to do this with a Mac and a Windows computer.

[@lalsang9888]

Awesome! I’m getting it. I’ve got so many neat ideas and tools from your channel! Will you do video(s) on virtual desktops? There are no good quality tutorials out there.

[@abrahagoitom8314]

you are a special person for me. you feed my mind with endless knowledges and skills. thank you so much.

[@ambo8523]

Amazing! Working well on my current work setup at home! Thanks Kevin!

[@-TK-421]

WOW, I have never heard of such a thing. That is going to come in handy. Thank you.

[@novita5921]

Thank you for the magic Kevin, awesome!

[@JanWhiting]

You always have the best tips! I love this!!!

[@danishraza8843]

hey demo youtubers! this is how a demo video is done! short and sweet demo that explains and highlight the app but also mention hiccups and solution at the same time! subbed ASAP!

[@jackieglen3167]

Absolutely brilliant!!! Thank you Kevin

[@asif8363]

Very nice, absolute ingenuity

[@JustBlankNoInfo]

Great Video!

[@hfredgp]

Really cool and useful app. Thanks for sharing, Kevin.

[@digbar]

Dude you're a genius! Saved my life! Thanks!

[@savissm]

Thank you very much Kevin , as usual your videos are super helpful, great job !

[@nayanpatil4349]

Man You saved me from buying another mouse !! you are great.

[@하록선장-s3c]

Thank you Kevin It helped a lot. It is very useful for Windows user. From Korea

[@Cwhitt460]

Thank you Bro this works awesome!!! Love your videos!

[@mehtasdeepak]

I have never tried it but atleast now i know now. Really inspired by your content .

[@yurit3428]

If i am not mistaken Logitech has something similar they call it "flow" and it's not limited to windows , but also to Mac

[@mulbizcal]

Oh My! What a life changer!! Especially when running a couple of older i5 laptops, easier now to split workload between the two!

[@Avoiderrors]

Isn't it easier to remote desktop? remote accessing the PC you can do the same without additional software.

[@mr_hashbrown]

No because that will share the screen too. Going through this method will allow you to share your keyboard and mice with another computer as if it was a second monitor.

[@Veimo69]

Just in time, my new laptop is expected to arrive in less than a week and it will be really useful for moving things from one computer to another

[@JtanTrue]

Hi. Im glad to see your quality video teaching abt all these useful infor .. By the way, may I know what kind of camera or handphone model are uou using for recording this video ? It is so clear and sharp. Tq. Have a nice day.

[@lukelukoolembo4905]

wow ! this is super useful. Thanks

[@tokyofamily8536]

Great app, very close to one promoted a while ago by LTT, but at 2:35 couldn't some p2p way be implemented to bypass the 100MB limit, we don't need to funnel everything through a dedicated sever when the two pcs are literally next to eachother

[@AlexanderKnibbe]

Yep. The similar product and same functionality is Synergy from Symless Ltd I'm using since 2016. Works great. And Synergy work with Windows, macOS and Linux.

[@Un1234l]

2+ years late, but that's already possible via Windows network and file sharing, which every Windows OS has on by default. But most people aren't savvy enough to transfer files through a home network.

[@firekidanbelay7239]

Very helpful. Thanks.

[@davidcornillie]

Thanks, this works perfectly! I appreciate you finding and sharing this sort of time, and desktop space saving information.

[@NoEgg4u]

@2:35 "...you can do this with files, up to 100 megabytes in size." From where was 100 MB derived? Why is a limit set? @3:16 "To work well, you'll have to make sure you have a relatively fast internet connection for all of your different computers." How is the "internet" relative to your local PCs being networked? I would think that you should be able to disconnect your uplink to your WAN (to your internet service) and it should mean zero for computer "A" to be linked to computer "B"?

[@robert8]

This is an awesome trick. Thanks

[@roughingitsmoothly7863]

That is Awesome!! Thanks Kevin!!

[@rudnjanindejan]

I didn't know about this ... I use a similar function with logitech options on the MK mouse. It's pretty convenient to drag and drop something from the computer to the laptop, it saves time. I love your videos. They are very informative. Cheers...

[@Chronoboost_]

Thanks! Worked perfectly :D

[@jcjccmz]

Pros vs cons in using? Thanks!

[@sirmium12]

Superb!

[@mohamadred7640]

you saved me alot of headache thank you

[@HeyImLucious]

For those of you having issues like me that aren't addressed by this 2 year old video, these are the steps I followed to make it work: 1.) AV shenanigans: *usually* with things of this nature, the AV is causing problems. Depending on what AV you use, add Powertoys (or MWB if you're using a standalone) as an exception to the firewall (please also never do this on a public or non-secure network...) 2.) Downgrade them to a compatibility version: rightclick Powertoys --> Properties --> upper tab "Compatibility" --> check the box to enable "Compatibility mode" and make sure every computer you're trying to connect to is using the same version (I found W8 to be more stable for some reason, idk) --> apply 3.) Add Firewall Rule: In the Mouse Without Borders context menu, scroll down to the "Troubleshooting" area and click the "Add firewall rule" which will bring up a cmd to automatically do so for you (I have no idea if this is any different from step 1, I dropped out of compsci for a reason- but it takes 3 seconds so why not). 4.) Restart all devices 5.) Try to connect For me this worked, hopefully it helps you. If it doesn't, then I wish you well on your Google searches to find a solution.

[@MCLUDAH]

Thanks man. Very helpful

[@naveenj9616]

Excellent, much appreciated for your help! You saved my money!

[@GeluVasilescu]

Hi, @Kevin Stravert! You are remarkable as always. I wonder if Power Automation also works properly with Magic Mouse

[@PhysicsRemovetheBarriers]

Awesome brother. Keep it up

[@assad37216]

thank you! great video and well explained

[@Cyba_IT]

I knew this would be about mouse without borders. Great app, have been using it for years. A bit of a shame it only works on Windows and has a maximum of 4 PC's but is brilliant nonetheless. :)

[@ozamalloa]

Do you need to have both computers on? Does it works with wireless or wired keyboard and mouse? I am just thinking that on using this instead of a KVM or that will not work?

[@GreatOutdoors1]

@@ozamalloa Both computers need to be on. It will work with wired or wireless keyboard and mouse. This is different from a kvm, they are used to allow multiple computers to use one screen, this uses one keyboard and mouse across multiple computers and screens.

[@Cyba_IT]

@@ozamalloa What Great Outdoors said. :)

[@Cyba_IT]

@Gaming Gladi I haven't used OBS but I'm going to say no, you'd have to have OBS installed on both computers. All Mouse Without Borders does is share the mouse and keyboard over the LAN, all the programs have to run natively on each computer still.

[@EdsonNascimentoEN]

Kevin rocking again.