A friend of mine turned me onto this great utility for controlling remote computers that are physically next to each other, it’s called “Mouse without Borders”. My home office consists of a desktop computer, but I also keep my laptop on my desk. I would normally need a KVM or a 2nd set of keyboard/mouse to flip between the two effectively. This is rather inefficient. I then found some utilities that would allow me to move my desktop’s keyboard/mouse. The first one I tried “MaxiVista” (http://www.maxivista.com/) worked pretty good, but I couldn’t use Aero visual enhancements with it. Yes I’m being picky and spoiled. However once I was pointed towards Mouse without Borders I use this functionality all the time and can keep Aero turned on without any issues. Over 1GB ethernet I notice no lag with mouse movements or keyboard typing, and the copy/paste features really do work well. It is extremely easy to switch between machines now, it’s just like having multiple monitors how you move between them.

Here’s the link to it, I hope others find it as useful as I have!
Microsoft’s “The Garage” Mouse without Borders
http://blogs.technet.com/b/next/archive/2011/09/09/microsoft-garage-download-mouse-without-borders.aspx