Software like Synergy that also works with windows

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Software like Synergy that also works with windows

I'm using Synergy to control both a desktop and a laptop with a single set of mouse/keyboard. Unfortunately my desktop monitor is rather small (to programmer standards). I'd like to drag windows from my desktop and carry them to the laptop

Is there any software that can do this?

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You appear to be trying to move a running program from one machine to another. Not generally possible, and certainly not on any Windows based system that I know of.

update You can't (generally) use your laptop screen as a second screen for your desktop, though it's quite likely you could use your monitor as an additional screen from your laptop.

Short version - buy a bigger screen (or better two) for your desktop computer. You will save more time and effort (ergo: money for your employers) in the space of a few months than trying to hack around with multiple computers to do what could be trivially accomplished with a decent gfx card and a couple of $100 screens.

Alister Bulman 2009-06-12 23:24:40

He probably does not need to use the laptop as a computer, just as a monitor would suffice.

Adrian Godong 2009-06-12 23:30:35

Kinda sounds like it *could* be made to work with an X server or maybe some fancy RDC trickery...

Shog9 2009-06-12 23:32:09

I don't really need the process to move from one machine to another, just the window bound to the process. Much like a small vnc for every application or something like that

Eric 2009-06-12 23:33:42

Yes, you can use your laptop as a second screen for your desktop. Check the link in Shane's answer...

fretje 2009-06-13 01:17:49

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Do you mean somethine like VistaMax? It's not free tho.

Shane Powell 2009-06-12 23:32:26

funky, I wonder what the overhead for pushing those pixel across the local network is.

Alister Bulman 2009-06-13 00:09:11

I have not idea how it works, it may be similar to Micosoft's RDC implemenation where they send GDI commands to reduce bandwidth?

Shane Powell 2009-06-13 01:56:30

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