Dual monitors with Remote Desktop?

[Guest Eric]

I have dual dual monitors. I would like to connect to another computer using

Remote Desktop.

 

Can I do that?

 

Thanks.

[Guest Bob I]

Re: Dual monitors with Remote Desktop?

 

The number of monitors you have is immaterial.

 

Eric wrote:

> I have dual dual monitors. I would like to connect to another computer using

> Remote Desktop.

>

> Can I do that?

>

> Thanks.

[Guest Big_Al]

Re: Dual monitors with Remote Desktop?

 

Eric wrote:

> I have dual dual monitors. I would like to connect to another computer using

> Remote Desktop.

>

> Can I do that?

>

> Thanks.

 

If *you* have dual monitors, its okay.

If the *other end* has dual monitors, then it is a problem. Or let's

say, that over the years, the few clients we had to RDP with, and they

had dual monitors, we had to get them to disable one before connecting.

We never took much time to diagnose it if possible.

[Guest Eric]

Re: Dual monitors with Remote Desktop?

 

I'm not sure I understand. What I want to do is to connect to the remote

machine and have both my monitors active on the remote machine.

 

I have both monitors active on my local machine. I connect to the remote

machine and I'm using the Remote Desktop window. When I Maximize the Remote

Desktop window, I see it on only one monitor. When I Restore it and try to

resize it to span the two monitors, it expands slightly into the second

monitor and then won't expand any more. (In other words, the Remote Desktop

window covers one monitor completely, but only about 20% of the screen for

the second monitor.)

 

What I want is to have two full monitors active on the remote machine.

 

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

 

Thanks.

 

 

"Bob I" wrote:

> The number of monitors you have is immaterial.

>

> Eric wrote:

>

> > I have dual dual monitors. I would like to connect to another computer using

> > Remote Desktop.

> >

> > Can I do that?

> >

> > Thanks.

>

>

[Guest Patrick Keenan]

Re: Dual monitors with Remote Desktop?

 

"Eric" <Eric@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:DC4C3942-5662-431E-89BF-E318355258D5@microsoft.com...

>I have dual dual monitors. I would like to connect to another computer

>using

> Remote Desktop.

>

> Can I do that?

>

> Thanks.

 

It depends on the OS versions involved, the monitors have nothing to do with

it. If both OS's support remote desktop connections, yes you can do this.

 

HTH

-pk

[Guest Eric]

Re: Dual monitors with Remote Desktop?

 

The remote PC does have two monitors. I've had no problem connecting with a

single monitor on my local PC.

 

Now I've added a second monitor on my local PC, and I'd like to be able to

use my remote PC with both monitors. As described in my response to Bob I, I

can expand the Remote Desktop window slightly onto my second monitor, but not

far.

 

Is there any way to use the local dual monitor with Remote Desktop so that

it feels like a normal dual monitor setup, as if I'm sitting in front of the

remote machine with two monitors?

 

Thanks.

 

 

"Big_Al" wrote:

> Eric wrote:

> > I have dual dual monitors. I would like to connect to another computer using

> > Remote Desktop.

> >

> > Can I do that?

> >

> > Thanks.

>

> If *you* have dual monitors, its okay.

> If the *other end* has dual monitors, then it is a problem. Or let's

> say, that over the years, the few clients we had to RDP with, and they

> had dual monitors, we had to get them to disable one before connecting.

> We never took much time to diagnose it if possible.

>

[Guest Jeff Johnson]

Re: Dual monitors with Remote Desktop?

 

"Big_Al" <BigAl@MD.com> wrote in message news:34d2k.1443$MF3.300@trnddc06...

>> I have dual dual monitors. I would like to connect to another computer

>> using Remote Desktop. Can I do that?

>>

>> Thanks.

>

> If *you* have dual monitors, its okay.

> If the *other end* has dual monitors, then it is a problem. Or let's

> say, that over the years, the few clients we had to RDP with, and they had

> dual monitors, we had to get them to disable one before connecting. We

> never took much time to diagnose it if possible.

 

I connect to my machine at work (dual monitors) from home (single monitor)

often, and the only issue I've experienced is that programs which normally

run on the second monitor get pulled over to the (now) single monitor and I

have to manually move them back the next time I go to work.

[Guest Big_Al]

Re: Dual monitors with Remote Desktop?

 

Eric wrote:

> The remote PC does have two monitors. I've had no problem connecting with a

> single monitor on my local PC.

>

> Now I've added a second monitor on my local PC, and I'd like to be able to

> use my remote PC with both monitors. As described in my response to Bob I, I

> can expand the Remote Desktop window slightly onto my second monitor, but not

> far.

>

> Is there any way to use the local dual monitor with Remote Desktop so that

> it feels like a normal dual monitor setup, as if I'm sitting in front of the

> remote machine with two monitors?

>

> Thanks.

>

>

> "Big_Al" wrote:

>

>> Eric wrote:

>>> I have dual dual monitors. I would like to connect to another computer using

>>> Remote Desktop.

>>>

>>> Can I do that?

>>>

>>> Thanks.

>> If *you* have dual monitors, its okay.

>> If the *other end* has dual monitors, then it is a problem. Or let's

>> say, that over the years, the few clients we had to RDP with, and they

>> had dual monitors, we had to get them to disable one before connecting.

>> We never took much time to diagnose it if possible.

>>

I guess that was my point. We never seemed to be able to figure it out.

All the other comments are probably right.

I'm open to suggestions, I'd love to be able to run dual monitors on one

end and dual on the other end and get logic screens to work.

I'll monitor this thread, maybe someone has done it. There is a world

of knowledge out there. :-)

[Guest Eric]

Re: Dual monitors with Remote Desktop?

 

As indicated in my other posts, what I want is not merely to *connect* to the

remote machine using dual monitors. I know that I can do that.

 

What I want to do is to actually *use* both of my local monitors when I'm

connecting to the remote machine using Remote Desktop.

 

"Patrick Keenan" wrote:

> "Eric" <Eric@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:DC4C3942-5662-431E-89BF-E318355258D5@microsoft.com...

> >I have dual dual monitors. I would like to connect to another computer

> >using

> > Remote Desktop.

> >

> > Can I do that?

> >

> > Thanks.

>

> It depends on the OS versions involved, the monitors have nothing to do with

> it. If both OS's support remote desktop connections, yes you can do this.

>

> HTH

> -pk

>

>

[Guest Jeff Johnson]

Re: Dual monitors with Remote Desktop?

 

"Eric" <Eric@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:4E3E56B7-2239-476E-96D4-39EFF4AB4ECC@microsoft.com...

> I have both monitors active on my local machine. I connect to the remote

> machine and I'm using the Remote Desktop window. When I Maximize the

> Remote

> Desktop window, I see it on only one monitor. When I Restore it and try to

> resize it to span the two monitors, it expands slightly into the second

> monitor and then won't expand any more. (In other words, the Remote

> Desktop

> window covers one monitor completely, but only about 20% of the screen for

> the second monitor.)

 

I'm willing to bet that Remote Desktop is virtualizing a graphics card (and

only ONE card) and there's a limit to the resolution it can produce. What

you're seeing then is basically a 16:9 resolution and that's why you can see

a little bit of the second monitor.

 

Total guess, but it sounds good, huh?

[Guest Eric]

Re: Dual monitors with Remote Desktop?

 

Yeah, it does seem like a good guess. That occurred to me too.

 

The question remains: what do we do with this insight?

 

Are there settings or options I can select to make it work? The local PC is

my home PC and the remote PC is my PC at work, so I do have physical access

to the remote PC if there's any setup that's needed on that end.

 

 

"Jeff Johnson" wrote:

> "Eric" <Eric@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:4E3E56B7-2239-476E-96D4-39EFF4AB4ECC@microsoft.com...

>

> > I have both monitors active on my local machine. I connect to the remote

> > machine and I'm using the Remote Desktop window. When I Maximize the

> > Remote

> > Desktop window, I see it on only one monitor. When I Restore it and try to

> > resize it to span the two monitors, it expands slightly into the second

> > monitor and then won't expand any more. (In other words, the Remote

> > Desktop

> > window covers one monitor completely, but only about 20% of the screen for

> > the second monitor.)

>

> I'm willing to bet that Remote Desktop is virtualizing a graphics card (and

> only ONE card) and there's a limit to the resolution it can produce. What

> you're seeing then is basically a 16:9 resolution and that's why you can see

> a little bit of the second monitor.

>

> Total guess, but it sounds good, huh?

>

>

>

[Guest Jeff Johnson]

Re: Dual monitors with Remote Desktop?

 

"Eric" <Eric@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:E79604F2-F5E9-4566-8809-9A1290DA68CA@microsoft.com...

> Yeah, it does seem like a good guess. That occurred to me too.

>

> The question remains: what do we do with this insight?

>

> Are there settings or options I can select to make it work? The local PC

> is

> my home PC and the remote PC is my PC at work, so I do have physical

> access

> to the remote PC if there's any setup that's needed on that end.

 

I seriously doubt you're ever going to get it work. It'd be cool if I were

wrong, though.

[Guest R. McCarty]

Re: Dual monitors with Remote Desktop?

 

Remote Desktop ( mstsc.exe ) can be invoked with video parameter

/Span /Height and /Width

 

Invoke the mstsc command from a command prompt window with the

/? to get a listing of qualifiers.

 

"Eric" <Eric@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:E79604F2-F5E9-4566-8809-9A1290DA68CA@microsoft.com...

> Yeah, it does seem like a good guess. That occurred to me too.

>

> The question remains: what do we do with this insight?

>

> Are there settings or options I can select to make it work? The local PC

> is

> my home PC and the remote PC is my PC at work, so I do have physical

> access

> to the remote PC if there's any setup that's needed on that end.

>

>

> "Jeff Johnson" wrote:

>

>> "Eric" <Eric@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>> news:4E3E56B7-2239-476E-96D4-39EFF4AB4ECC@microsoft.com...

>>

>> > I have both monitors active on my local machine. I connect to the

>> > remote

>> > machine and I'm using the Remote Desktop window. When I Maximize the

>> > Remote

>> > Desktop window, I see it on only one monitor. When I Restore it and try

>> > to

>> > resize it to span the two monitors, it expands slightly into the second

>> > monitor and then won't expand any more. (In other words, the Remote

>> > Desktop

>> > window covers one monitor completely, but only about 20% of the screen

>> > for

>> > the second monitor.)

>>

>> I'm willing to bet that Remote Desktop is virtualizing a graphics card

>> (and

>> only ONE card) and there's a limit to the resolution it can produce. What

>> you're seeing then is basically a 16:9 resolution and that's why you can

>> see

>> a little bit of the second monitor.

>>

>> Total guess, but it sounds good, huh?

>>

>>

>>

[Guest 3c273]

Re: Dual monitors with Remote Desktop?

 

http://www.ultravnc.com (free) works with both of my dual monitor setups.

Louis

 

"Eric" <Eric@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:4E3E56B7-2239-476E-96D4-39EFF4AB4ECC@microsoft.com...

> I'm not sure I understand. What I want to do is to connect to the remote

> machine and have both my monitors active on the remote machine.

>

> I have both monitors active on my local machine. I connect to the remote

> machine and I'm using the Remote Desktop window. When I Maximize the

Remote

> Desktop window, I see it on only one monitor. When I Restore it and try to

> resize it to span the two monitors, it expands slightly into the second

> monitor and then won't expand any more. (In other words, the Remote

Desktop

> window covers one monitor completely, but only about 20% of the screen for

> the second monitor.)

>

> What I want is to have two full monitors active on the remote machine.

>

> Any suggestions would be appreciated.

>

> Thanks.

>

>

> "Bob I" wrote:

>

> > The number of monitors you have is immaterial.

> >

> > Eric wrote:

> >

> > > I have dual dual monitors. I would like to connect to another

computer using

> > > Remote Desktop.

> > >

> > > Can I do that?

> > >

> > > Thanks.

> >

> >

[Guest (PeteCresswell)]

Re: Dual monitors with Remote Desktop?

 

Per Big_Al:

>If *you* have dual monitors, its okay.

>If the *other end* has dual monitors, then it is a problem. Or let's

>say, that over the years, the few clients we had to RDP with, and they

>had dual monitors, we had to get them to disable one before connecting.

> We never took much time to diagnose it if possible.

 

Maybe MS fixed something since then.

 

I've got three monitors at my client site PC (two on a graphics

card, and one on the PC's built-in graphics processor).

 

When I RemoteDesktop to it from home (single monitor) everything

seems to come up - even the stuff that's open on the two

additional monitors - on my single home screen as if the PC at

the client site had a single monitor.

 

I *might* be lying about the native screen... but I'm 99

44/100ths percent sure about the two screens on the graphics

card.

--

PeteCresswell