Using two computers on a single monitor, keyboard and mouse.

I want to use my two computers with a single screen, keyboard and mouse... says to use the kvm switch.  I use Windows XP on a computer and Windows Vista on the other... what kvm switch do you recommend?

You can view the free software kvm solution below:

Input Director
 http://www.InputDirector.com/

I use between three computers (1-Win7 Pro x 64 single monitor, 1-WinXP Pro x 86 two monitors, 1-WinXP Home x 86 single monitor) and a single keyboard and mouse. It works fine for me, I used it for over a year without any problems. The Win7 Pro and WinXP Pro have both run several virtual machines too.

There are several other kvm software available (Google is your friend) I tried several before input Director.

Kind regards

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