here is a very good tutorial for synergy with lots of pictures... http://www.simplehelp.net/2006/08/02/how-to-share-a-keyboard-and-mouse-with-multiple-computers/ I have been using synergy for about a year and found no problems with it. The only downfall I can find is that it doesnt allow files that are in the clipboard to be shared between computers. Everything else in the clipboard is shared...just no files. Let me know if you still have problems after following that tutorial and I'll see what I can do to help out explaining it better.