I currently have a hardware KVM switch so that I can switch between controlling my personal laptop and my work laptop with one mouse and keyboard. Instead of only controlling one or the other at a time, is there a tool that would enable me to “switch” between my personal and work laptops without having to hit a physical switch? Ideally I’d like to be able to just move my mouse pointer from one screen to the other, click to bring a window into focus on either machine, and start typing in that window.
I’m aware of tools like Synergy, the only problem I have w/ that tool is I cannot install any software on my work laptop. I’m open to hardware or software solutions. Thank you!
Assuming the laptops both run Windows?
You can run Barrier (fork of Synergy) on your personal laptop, where it would be installed as the server, and then on the work laptop you can just run it as a regular user, as long as the firewall allows it (no install needed)