well, it is still happening, with both machines formatted and it's getting pretty much unusable.  it's not like these are old dog machines either, woudl really appreciate some further help.

thanks

ok, well, this is terrible, basically the program is useless to me now with all this lag going on, and apparently this thread is dead

Given the issue is happening with previous versions which worked fine for you before and you have reinstalled your machines, it would strongly point to a network level issue.

i've put them on a gibit switch connected to each other, and it is the same thing.  i'm going to try synergy and input director and see if they give me the same problem.

ok, my first test, i installed input director, and i have no lag issue at all, now, i know these are different programs, but the concept is the same.  any thoughts?

so uh, now i guess i have to apologize!!!!!!!!!!!

since it was a failing HDD that was causing the issue.  stupid me, sorry stardock!

The important thing is now we know.