Multi-screen Remote Desktop?
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I don't, necessarily. I just want to be able to sit downstairs, and toggle between the three screens of my work machine upstairs while sitting at the single screen of my entertainment machine downstairs. The technology is immaterial - I just want it to work.
Chris C-B wrote:
The technology is immaterial - I just want it to work
Something all of us should learn and take to heart. Especially you poor schmucks doing web programming, and the average framework lifetime of 17.4 minutes.
Software Zen:
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Alt-Tab gives you a grid view of your windows (arrow navigation). Alt-Windows-Tab takes you previous / next app window. etc. Brings back pre-mouse days. Like what AI will do to our brains.
"Before entering on an understanding, I have meditated for a long time, and have foreseen what might happen. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly, secretly, what I have to say or to do in a circumstance unexpected by other people; it is reflection, it is meditation." - Napoleon I
alt+tab I use regularly, rarely alt+Windows key...
diligent hands rule....
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Now that's a fascinating idea. I already have TeamViewer, so I shall see what I can do with it. Thanks!
Only for days in were Teamviewer decides you are using it for more things than personal use (it happens from time to time), check "Quick assist" it comes preinstalled in Windows 10. It's like Teamviewer, from Microsoft and much worse, but for your use case I think it will work the same than Teamviewer. Hope this helps.
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Now that's a fascinating idea. I already have TeamViewer, so I shall see what I can do with it. Thanks!
If you have teamviewer I can confirm that you can change monitors out of the box. But you would need to go upstairs to accept the connection. :)
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My 'working' setup is a 1080P laptop with two additional screens of lower resolution upstairs in my office/study. Being retired, occasionally I quite like to work in the sitting/drawing room where my awesome Hi-Fi setup resides, all 6,000 watts :-O of it, and RDP into the work machine using my 1080P 'entertainment' laptop. Unfortunately this means no additional screens, as there is no space for them on the rather elegant antique escritoire I use as a desk downstairs. At present, the contents of the extra screens are dumped onto the main screen. What I want to do is have the other screens reside in two Win 10 multiple desktops, so I can switch between screens. Switching between application windows won't hack it as I invariably have multiple windows open on each screen, like a calculator and a spreadsheet - and anyway, I'm too damn' old to change the way I work. :-\ Does anybody know how this can be done, or even if this can be done. I have Bingled with no success other than suggestions to use mtsc /multimon, which, again, doesn't hack it. ...and while I am here, I wish all denizens of CP a happy, Covid free, and prosperous new year! :rose: :beer:
If you can set up the client computer to be an extended desktop where it considers all of your monitors to be one logical device. Then you could connect to your Remote Desktop with a single, triple wide monitor. You just position your windows in the correct place. When switching between RDP and physical connected monitors, your windows may end off screen. Try this old school hack to reposition the active, offscreen window: Alt+Spacebar M Up Arrow on cursor diamond Move your mouse to reposition your window. Or right click on the taskbar, Cascade to restack all windows. Switching between office and home equally has made this a daily routine for me.
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My 'working' setup is a 1080P laptop with two additional screens of lower resolution upstairs in my office/study. Being retired, occasionally I quite like to work in the sitting/drawing room where my awesome Hi-Fi setup resides, all 6,000 watts :-O of it, and RDP into the work machine using my 1080P 'entertainment' laptop. Unfortunately this means no additional screens, as there is no space for them on the rather elegant antique escritoire I use as a desk downstairs. At present, the contents of the extra screens are dumped onto the main screen. What I want to do is have the other screens reside in two Win 10 multiple desktops, so I can switch between screens. Switching between application windows won't hack it as I invariably have multiple windows open on each screen, like a calculator and a spreadsheet - and anyway, I'm too damn' old to change the way I work. :-\ Does anybody know how this can be done, or even if this can be done. I have Bingled with no success other than suggestions to use mtsc /multimon, which, again, doesn't hack it. ...and while I am here, I wish all denizens of CP a happy, Covid free, and prosperous new year! :rose: :beer:
I haven't tried this myself, but I recently learned of Barrier, a software KVM switch. - Owen -
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My 'working' setup is a 1080P laptop with two additional screens of lower resolution upstairs in my office/study. Being retired, occasionally I quite like to work in the sitting/drawing room where my awesome Hi-Fi setup resides, all 6,000 watts :-O of it, and RDP into the work machine using my 1080P 'entertainment' laptop. Unfortunately this means no additional screens, as there is no space for them on the rather elegant antique escritoire I use as a desk downstairs. At present, the contents of the extra screens are dumped onto the main screen. What I want to do is have the other screens reside in two Win 10 multiple desktops, so I can switch between screens. Switching between application windows won't hack it as I invariably have multiple windows open on each screen, like a calculator and a spreadsheet - and anyway, I'm too damn' old to change the way I work. :-\ Does anybody know how this can be done, or even if this can be done. I have Bingled with no success other than suggestions to use mtsc /multimon, which, again, doesn't hack it. ...and while I am here, I wish all denizens of CP a happy, Covid free, and prosperous new year! :rose: :beer:
I use a powered docking station that allows me to dock my Dell XPS 13 to a pair of, LG 32QN600-B 32-Inch QHD monitors via USB-C. The single docking cable also charges my laptop. And I can use a wireless keyboard and mouse with a USB combo camera/mic.
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I haven't tried this myself, but I recently learned of Barrier, a software KVM switch. - Owen -
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My 'working' setup is a 1080P laptop with two additional screens of lower resolution upstairs in my office/study. Being retired, occasionally I quite like to work in the sitting/drawing room where my awesome Hi-Fi setup resides, all 6,000 watts :-O of it, and RDP into the work machine using my 1080P 'entertainment' laptop. Unfortunately this means no additional screens, as there is no space for them on the rather elegant antique escritoire I use as a desk downstairs. At present, the contents of the extra screens are dumped onto the main screen. What I want to do is have the other screens reside in two Win 10 multiple desktops, so I can switch between screens. Switching between application windows won't hack it as I invariably have multiple windows open on each screen, like a calculator and a spreadsheet - and anyway, I'm too damn' old to change the way I work. :-\ Does anybody know how this can be done, or even if this can be done. I have Bingled with no success other than suggestions to use mtsc /multimon, which, again, doesn't hack it. ...and while I am here, I wish all denizens of CP a happy, Covid free, and prosperous new year! :rose: :beer:
What about RemoteApp? This way, every remote window will be it's own window, letting you use your local screens & window management however you like. Including using your local virtual desktops to manage them.