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TeamViewer is a commercial software offering (free for non-commercial use) for remote control and remote assistance.

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Teamviewer view doesn't refresh, but still controls

I'm using Teamviewer to work remotely on my lab machine. When Teamviewer connects I can see the desktop of the remote machine, but then the view freezes. However, I can still control the mouse and ...
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Lost ability to remotely connect to office PC with TeamViewer

I have TeamViewer installed on my work computer and my home computer. Up until recently I was able to access my work PC through TeamViewer, with no problem and could work away. Over the past week ...
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How does TeamViewer control my cursor?

I've read multiple posts on how TeamViewer establishes a connection to the computer, but none of them seem to explain how it actually moves the cursor on the screen or clicks. What commands is it ...
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can install TeamViewer 10 & 11 on Macintosh at same time?

Teamviewer 11 is installed onto a Macintosh via an installer application. I think Teamviewer 10 is erased as the new version is installed. And that's not counting any resources in System Folders (e....
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TeamViewer IP and VPN

If I'm connected to a remote computer with TeamViewer, and then I use that remote computer to make other connections to the Internet (e.g. my banking web site), which IP address will be recorded by ...
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Teamviewer Keeps losing connection

My remote session to a Linux box keeps losing it's team viewer connection. It was working fine last week and now it keeps breaking. This is what it looks like. I can ping the Linux Box without ...
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team viewer 10 and TV11 on same PC

would it be possible to run teamviewer 10 and teamviewer 11 on the same PC without uninstalling one? TV10 currently installed. I tried to rename TV10 folders in appdata and program folder but it ...
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Can multiple people connect to my desktop?

I am using Teamviewer to help teach my classmates something. I wanted to know if 3-4 people could use teamviewer simultaneously to connect to my PC.
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Wanted: Android Tablet As Extended Display For Windows 7 using TeamViewer - via USB only - cannot spoof fake VGA display

I'm shopping for my first Android device, and I have a highly specific question which many hours of research has not answered. However, to someone with knowledge in this area, it may be a no-brainer. ...
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(Teamviewer) My school laptop brightness is broken

I installed Teamviewer monitor driver and the brightness settings werent changing the screen brightnesss its stuck at 100%. So I updated the display adapter and replaced intel hd graphics 4000 with ...
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How do I set Teamviewer to automatically unmute microphone when someone helps me?

When someone logs into my computer with Teamviewer I have to unmute the mic. Is there a way to make that automatic?
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TeamViewer only has one resolution

I have a desktop PC that I access using a laptop, both running Windows 10. My laptop has a 4K monitor that I set to display at 1920x1080 because 4K on windows causes the GUI to be a mess. When I ...
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Teamviewer deauthorize computer

I had to use my account for teamviewer in public place. I have double authorization enabled, so I had to authorize device from my email before I could log in from this computer. Because it was public ...
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Teamviewer:Cannot connect to a remote PC in other country?

I(using windows machine) have been using Teamviewer recently. I had to help a friend who lives in Italy, so I told him to install Teamviewer for Ubuntu on his laptop.He did everything and told me his ...
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TeamViewer - set password for unattended access?

As seen in the news (June 2016): There have been hacking activities through TeamViewer. Currently it seems this was mainly because of careless end users. For example: I have an account at LinkedIn ...
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Alt-tab back to the host while using TeamViewer?

I've got a TeamViewer session open. I can alt-tab to it, but then all hotkeys are captured by the TeamViewer session. This is great, but I'd like to be able to 'escape' back to the host without using ...
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Monitor network activity of TeamViewer connected computer on another computer connected to different network

I have a computer(1) which is connected via TeamViewer to another computer(2), in another network. My question is, is it possible to somehow monitor (1)'s network activity on (2)?
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What do the different "Incoming LAN Connections" settings mean in TeamViewer?

In TeamViewer there are 3 settings under Network Settings -> Incoming LAN Connections: deactivated accept accept exclusively I tried searching Google and TeamViewer sites but couldn't find an ...
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Is it possible to have other people remotely control my Macbook via another User Account?

I'm the sole Mac user in our small office of web developers. To do browser testing, they would have to ask for my permission to use my laptop. I read somewhere that it was possible to use Finder to ...
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Can I take a photo of/from the video feed in Teamviewer?

I would like to take a snapshot/photo from the video feed in a Teamviewer 11 session. (I have tried doing a screeshot of MY screen showing THEIR video but that's not high enough resolution)
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Keystroke delays at random times while accessing esxi environment through teamviewer

Hey All, So, let me explain my problem. I've got an VMWare ESXi lab environment at home, it is assigned a Free license. I have one Windows 10 VM set up as Management VM with the Teamviewer 11 client ...
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How does TeamViewer unattended remote access work?

TeamViewer says its unattended Remote Access works with no configuration required. How does this work? How does a connection attempt initiated by a "client" computer locate the "host" computer? I ...
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Need a TeamViewer command line switch to start session in full screen mode

There's an official TeamViewer Help page that provides a couple of startup switches to create a shortcut to a particular host: https://www.teamviewer.com/hi/help/91-gibt-es-aufrufparameter-fuer-...
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Extra whitespaces in clipboard with TeamViewer

I'm connecting from Windows to an Ubuntu computer (and vice versa) and I'm copy-pasting values from one to another. The strange problem is the text I copied usually ends up with a lot of blank ...
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Teamviewer 11 ClientID

I used to be able to pull the Teamviewer IDs of the Macs in my environment. by running the following ShellCommandNumberReturn(defaults read /Library/Preferences/com.TeamViewer.teamviewer10.plist ...
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Teamviewer - How to unlock a locked computer

This is my first time attempting to connect to a remote and locked computer, from my local computer via Team Viewer. I have been going through all the options, extras, etc and I have allowed Full ...
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A mystery of remote access

I'm experiencing something that I cannot explain. I probably do not have enough information to lead to definite answer, but I'll settle for any plausible explanation. I have my work laptop that is ...
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Prevent access to anyone W/o Login credentials while remotely accessing Windows 10 using Teamviewer

Can I work remotely on my home laptop [Windows 10] while preventing access to anyone physically in front of it? So, that my dog and/or younger siblings who dont know the login credentials, can't mess ...
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Start Team Viewer on Windows 10 from a Linux PC on same network

I have a Win 10 machine that I had to remotely reboot. I also have an ubuntu server on the same network. Team Viewer hasn't auto signed in on Win 10 machine following the reboot and I need access to ...
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Is it possible to make a PC come out of sleep mode remotely?

I have recently built a new PC at home and put Team viewer onto it so I could connect in remotely to install software whilst I was at work. The problem I'm having is, I forgot to turn off Auto Sleep ...
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How to protect from teamviewer attacks

My teamviewer account was hacked, morning I get up and see the mouse is moving on the screen, right away I knew something is wrong, and close the teamviewer connection. Looked at the logs and found ...
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Disable remote input on Ubuntu/Linux running TeamViewer

I see an option to disable remote input and show a black screen on the remote PC we are connected to in TeamViewer. But I'm trying to do this with a remote Ubuntu and these options are grayed out ...
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Teamviewer multi-user mode

So I have a chromebook, and it's good at doing what it is supposed to, but there are just some windows programs that I need to use. I have a home server running Windows Server 2008-R2 Enterprise, and ...
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Hide ID and Password on Teamviewer's Remote Control tab

One thing that annoys me about Teamviewer: as soon as you open the window on the desktop application (in both Windows and Ubuntu) to the 'Remote Control' tab, your ID and Password for remote control ...
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Login to Windows with Teamviewer without entering Windows password

I have a PC, that runs as a server 24/7. The PC is accessible locally true Windows remote desktop and outside of the network whit the teamviewer. The remote desktop is used only by me and the ...
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TeamViewer moving all windows into currently viewed monitor

I believe this may be a new feature but I would very much like to disable it. I have three monitors and anything I launch automatically gets moved into the screen I am currently viewing despite me ...
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Remotely adding access to a second account in teamviewer

I installed teamviewer on the computer of my grandfather Bob. My own computer Dave has Bob's computer in his list of computers and can connect to the computer. Now my sister Alice also wants to help ...
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Can't open two monitors on Teamviewer 11

Ever since the version 11 update, I've not been able to open a second nor third monitor from the view menu. It opens a new tab in the window bar and both tabs are completely frozen afterwards -- until ...
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teamviewer 10 not compatible to remote control version 11?

i have a commercial license of teamviewer 10. when trying to remote control a host that has teamviewer 11 installed i'm getting an error message that says "incompatible version". is there any way ...
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Preventing true IP Visibility when allowing Teamviewer control

Is it possible to prevent IP from a client(me) being controlled from a third party via teamviewer(or alike). When using VPN with teamviewer, is the ip still visible to the controller if they were ...
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What does the "Grant easy access" feature in TeamViewer do?

What does the "Grant easy access" feature in TeamViewer do? I can't find the documentation for it anywhere.
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TeamViewer stuck on "connecting to ..."

I initially connected using teamViewer to remote computer #1 (Win 7 machine), it connected no problem. During this time I setup windows mail (not sure if that's relevant, but it's all I did). I then ...
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Connecting with Teamviewer

I set up a teamviewer account earlier today because at work I have 2 screens and was thinking of playing hearthstone while working, because my work is boring as hell. Anyway I set up an account and my ...
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teamviewer and 2 users linux

I have a linux mint machine (host machine) running team viewer for user1. After clicking alt+f2 on host machine I login another user - user2 and leave it active. When I try to use teamviewer from ...
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Is there a TeamViewer for the Linux console?

I have several Raspberry Pi's running DietPi (debian based) distributed in different locations. My clients are companies and everyone has a different network infrastructure. I need to have access to ...
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How can I export my "Computers & Contacts" from TeamViewer?

I am trying to save my "Computers & Partners" from TeamViewer due to an account migration. So far, I wasn't able to save the list offline. Typing all the contacts by hand will be the last resort, ...
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How can I lower Teamviewer CPU Usage?

I often use Teamviewer to access my MacBook Pro from my main mac, and also my families computers to assist them with problems. Teamviewer on my MBP will use upwards of 46/62% of both CPUs and 58.9mb ...
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Teamviewer computers and contacts

How do I get the computers and contacts window to close with the main window in teamviewer 11. Normally in older versions when I would close the main window the computers and contacts window would ...
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Disable remote input is greyed out in TeamViewer Actions menu

I'm trying to set up for unattended remote operation of an iMac and would like the remote system to remain black (as it's an all-in-one, I can't just turn off the monitor). On the local machine, in my ...
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What is the use of Cllipboard in Teamviewer?

Yesterday I was giving a session to my student of college project. Suddenly I got a message "26% saved to clipboard". I am a bit confused with this message. What does it mean during session. Was my ...
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