Vista - Clipboard sharing with Vista

I've got two PCs on my home network - my laptop with XP and my workstation
with Vista.

I'd like a quick and easy way of sending files and snippets of text between
them. Of course, I can paste text snippets into a new .txt file and drag it
to the shared folder. Likewise I can do that with files, too.

But I wondered if there might be a much quicker way, rather like a networked
clipboard (copy on one computer, paste on the other). Or can I set up a
messaging application between the two which would fulfil that role? (I've
never used any messaging apps, so I don't know what they can do).

I've tried the shareware app "Network Clipboard and Viewer", which has the
functionality I need, but the user interface is so utterly dire it's
unuseable.

Is there anything built into Vista / XP that would make this easy? Or
something I could download and/or buy?

Thanks,

Steve

When I am too lazy to use a USB thumb drive I just use the "Send a File"
function from within MSN Messenger.

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"Steve Thackery" <thack@nowhere.net> wrote in message
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> I've got two PCs on my home network - my laptop with XP and my workstation
> with Vista.
>
> I'd like a quick and easy way of sending files and snippets of text
> between them. Of course, I can paste text snippets into a new .txt file
> and drag it to the shared folder. Likewise I can do that with files, too.
>
> But I wondered if there might be a much quicker way, rather like a
> networked clipboard (copy on one computer, paste on the other). Or can I
> set up a messaging application between the two which would fulfil that
> role? (I've never used any messaging apps, so I don't know what they can
> do).
>
> I've tried the shareware app "Network Clipboard and Viewer", which has the
> functionality I need, but the user interface is so utterly dire it's
> unuseable.
>
> Is there anything built into Vista / XP that would make this easy? Or
> something I could download and/or buy?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Steve
>

On 4/1/2007 4:56 AM On a whim, Steve Thackery pounded out on the keyboard

> I've got two PCs on my home network - my laptop with XP and my workstation
> with Vista.
>
> I'd like a quick and easy way of sending files and snippets of text between
> them. Of course, I can paste text snippets into a new .txt file and drag it
> to the shared folder. Likewise I can do that with files, too.
>
> But I wondered if there might be a much quicker way, rather like a networked
> clipboard (copy on one computer, paste on the other). Or can I set up a
> messaging application between the two which would fulfil that role? (I've
> never used any messaging apps, so I don't know what they can do).
>
> I've tried the shareware app "Network Clipboard and Viewer", which has the
> functionality I need, but the user interface is so utterly dire it's
> unuseable.
>
> Is there anything built into Vista / XP that would make this easy? Or
> something I could download and/or buy?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Steve
>
>

Hi Steve,

Is this what you tried out?
http://www.interdesigner.com/NetworkClipboard/

Here's another:
http://www.vsisystems.com/clipboard.htm

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Great! Thanks, Terry.

Steve

On 4/6/2007 3:51 AM On a whim, Steve Thackery pounded out on the keyboard

> Great! Thanks, Terry.
>
> Steve
>
>

You're welcome.

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