MaxiVista: Adding a Screen

MaxiVista is a slick set of network tools for Windows that allows you to extend your computer's display to one or more additional computers connected to the first computer through your network or to operate two or more computers with the same mouse and keyboard. It can also allow you to use the Windows clipboard across two or more computers through the network. These tools aren't for everybody, but under certain conditions, an extended keyboard or shared controls can be hugely convenient. MaxiVista is available in a free demo version from http://www.maxivista.com/.

MaxiVista comes as two programs: a server program that runs on the main computer and a client program that runs on each of the secondary machines. Except for ...

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