Multi-screen Remote Desktop?
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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.