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Old 06-06-2008, 04:19 PM
Big_Al
 
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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. :-)
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