Rosemary Brown describes a problem noted by a few other MacFixIt readers, where a UPS (uninterruptable power supply) seems to "hog" the chain, and produce strange problems for the keyboard and mouse.

KeyFreeze is a freeware Keyboard and Mouse locker that will lock your keyboard & mouse, and prevent unwanted keystrokes & mouse clicks on your Windows PC.

Keyboard and Mouse Locker software will lock your PC keyboard & mouse simultaneously via a predefined keyboard shortcut. Useful if you plan to leave your PC alone.

Once the Power Mac G5 is up, you can then move the keyboard and mouse back to the USB port on the monitor. Once started this way switching between the machines works as expected. Feedback?

Using Linux to manage my keyboard and mouse with Logitech's Unifying receiver Here's what I found using open source software to enable device management on Linux.

Synergy is an open source and free software project that allows one to share a keyboard and mouse across multiple monitors on separate computers and even between different operating systems. You ...