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Summary: Works good, but some XP problems
Review: This is a great unit and I am very happy with it, although its operation is not flawless (I think largely due to Microsoft bugs).With my Windows 2000 computers, it works almost flawlessly. When I switch to the computer, it takes about 5-10 seconds to recognize that the USB connection is now active, and I have had absolutely no problems with it. When I first tried using it with Windows XP, the XP computer would not recogize the keyboard or mouse when I switched back if the computer was allowed to go into stand-by mode (which I often use). After a lot of tweaking, I discovered that if you find the mouse driver, click on the "Power settings", and disable the button that allows the mouse to wake up the computer from stand-by, then the problem went away. Now, the unit is working almost flawlessly. However, about once a week or so, the stupid XP computer still seems to have problems recognizing the mouse. When this happens, there seems to be nothing I can do to get it to accept the mouse and keyboard. At this point, the only thing I can do is plug in a second mouse into a spare USB port, shut down the computer, and reboot. Somewhat inconvenient, but it doesn't happen too often.
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Summary: Works Great Including With Wireless Keyboard/Mouse
Review: Works just as expected. Switches quickly among two desktop machines and a laptop (all running WinXP). Each machine takes < 1 min to recognize, same as when plugging in any new USB device. Very durable cables. Was concerned about using wireless keyboard/mouse, but works great with the Microsoft Wireless Desktop, including the multimedia function keys. Version of the switch that I received is black, not white as pictured.
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