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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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Keys interpreted by host computer (TeamViewer on Ubuntu)

What I want to do: I am trying to remotely control another Windows 8 x64 computer using the latest version of TeamViewer on Ubuntu 13.10 x64. I installed the latest 32-bit version DEB of TeamViewer ...
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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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How to add a virtual primary monitor in Windows 10?

So I have this problem: my PC running latest Windows 10 doesn't have a monitor, and it causes some GPU-accelerated applications and games to give blank or whitescreen output. The cause is well-known: ...
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Disable 'TeamViewer has detected a keyboard shortcut' message

I keep alt tabbing in and out of a TeamViewer session. Every time I alt+tab out, I get a dialog box saying TeamViewer has detected a keyboard shortcut. To forward shortcuts to the remote computer ...
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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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How to disable color dithering for low-bit-depth screen settings?

I am using Terminal Services and TeamViewer a lot to access other computers, partly over slow networks. The problem described below is not affected by which of the two remote access services I am ...
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Teamviewer: VPN not working on Windows 7 client

I'm using Teamviewer for accessing a Windows 7 machine, VPN driver is installed. the problem: with the machine's firewall enabled, VPN doesn't work - it does when disabling it. how do I need to ...
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How to terminate TeamViewer application from Mac OS Terminal?

I have tried terminating TeamViewer application from the Mac OS terminal using the following command. It kills the app but again it starts automatically in the very next second. How can can I ...
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where is teamviewer 13.0.6634 full screen button

I am using teamviewer 13. However, I cannot find any ways to switch to full screen. I googled, however seems no one is encountering the problem. I want to switch the session to full screen. However, I ...
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How to setup Teamviewer on remote server (SSH only)?

I have a VPS with Debian 9 and want to run Teamviewer with XFCE. Having only SSH access makes this difficult. (I have read Teamviewer's guides but they didn't help) Here is what I have tried so far: ...
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TeamViewer Mac keyboard layout on Ubuntu

I'm using Mac OS X 10.9.4 with TeamViewer 9.0.31181. I use iMac keyboard, but when I remotely control a Ubuntu Desktop, the "delete" button has no response and arrow keys generate abnormal keystrokes ...
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How to make a TeamViewer proxy on a Windows 8 machine?

I sit on a corporate network which routes all the traffic through a proxy. This proxy routing happens after the computer is connected to the network, because no setup is needed on the computers that ...
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Teamviewer cannot log in

I'm on Ubuntu 12.10 64x. I can't login to team viewer. "The sign in request failed. The server did not respond. Please try again." This is the log file: 2013/03/04 14:33:50.457 8 19 G0 X ...
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Using TeamViewer to connect to Windows Server VM instance in Google Compute Engine

TeamViewer is installed in my Windows Server in GCE. For some reason, I can connect through TeamViewer only when I or another user is connected to the VM through Windows Remote Desktop. When the RDP ...
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TeamViewer not working on MacOS Mojave via ssh

I need TeamViewer on my Mac to work remotely. I installed it via ssh using the command line brew cask install teamviewer which worked fine. However, I seem to be unable to configure TeamViwer from ...
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Turning OFF monitors removes it as device

I have a dual monitor setup. I turn off the monitors when leaving to home. And remote it using Teamviewer, Teamviewer shows only single monitor and when I check the status of the other monitor using ...
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Install TeamViewrer on Lubuntu

I have downloaded the latest version (13) of Teamvier directly from the website and now have my .deb file. When I double click this file and click the "Install Package" option, it asks for my sudo ...
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TeamViewer bypass OpenVPN

I have computer with installed TeamViewer and connected to the VPN. Since this client redirects traffic through its servers and the VPN server is located in CN, the data transfer rate is very small. ...
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TeamViewer to show custom content instead of black screen

Is there any way that teamviewer can be set to show a custom screen instead of just a black screen? show a message saying that the pc is being serviced may prevent someone from thinking the machine is ...
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Teamviewer Wake on LAN - Windows

I’ve tried configure my windows PC to enable with Wake up on LAN via Team Viewer. Here are my steps : enable it on the bio (ASUS X99 Motherboard) enable the magic packet sent on the network I tried ...
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Teamviewer WOL does not work

I try to wake my PC from my mobile with the Teamviewer for Remote Control app. And it doesn't work. I set up the WOL regarding the Teamviewer WOL manual: The Network Adapter is configured to wake ...
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"Authentication Rejected" message from remote Mac computer

I have tried connecting from different computers (Vista,XP & iphone 4) from which i use to connect remote mac computer but now get this message of "Authentication Rejected" it does get connected ...
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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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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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TeamViewer sign in working on Macs, “Sign in request failed! The server did not respond. Please try again.”

I used TeamViewer on multiple computers and have no problems except with one of my Macs. I cannot log into the “Computers and Contacts” panel on the right side. When I try it spins for a while and I ...
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Why is TeamViewer setting up a wake timer in the middle of the night and how to disable it?

After upgrading to Windows 10, my PC started waking up at the middle of the night. I have run all the routine checks and made sure that no hardware has the option enabled. However, upon running ...
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Can I set a custom resolution in TeamViewer 8? I need 1600x900, but closest I can get is 1600x1200

The description says it all. Can I set a custom resolution in TeamViewer 8? I need 1600x900, but closest I can get is 1600x1200. My computer is a Win8 while the computer I am connecting with is a Win7....
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Ubuntu: Cannot disable Wayland on multiple users

I am attempting to disable Wayland on 2 users at the same time on my machine so I could remote connect using TeamViewer. I tried setting $ sudo nano /etc/gdm3/custom.conf to WaylandEnable=false on ...
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Can I use the same Team Viewer Account on 2 devices and connect those together?

At my place of employment, my boss wishes to purchase the Team Viewer license for himself myself, being his employee. There is one plan that allows up to 3 devices to use Team Viewer, so my question ...
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Teamviewer login alert and notifications?

Is there a way to be notified (either by email, phone, etc) whenever a remote device connects to my PC via TeamViewer?
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any method to update a deprecated Teamviewer version on a remote computer for which I have the admin credentials?

Background: I have TeamViewer installed on several Windows PCs (friends, family, former and current coworkers) that I figured I might need remote access to some day. Most of these installs have older ...
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how to use TeamViewer to start multiple DIFFERENT sessions on the same SUSE linux machine?

We have a system running on SLES (Suse Linux Enterprise Server) and I am looking to allow remote users to access the system using TeamViewer where each user starts a new KDE session when they log in. ...
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how i can cut the internet connection for 1 min by cmd or something else?

I’m testing a remote computer having an access to our server, some of the tests require to cut the internet in order to see a specific behavior for our tests. I’m using TeamViewer for this tests, I ...
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Is there any command line available to minimize the teamviewer's toolbar?

I am looking for the command line to minimize the teamviewer's toolbar, i.e. at dos command teamviewer.exe --id <remote machine> --Password <rm teamviwer password>.
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remove files when receiving with teamviewer

When I receive files in team viewer I would like to remove them from the remote host. I usually do this in other file transfer programs by pressing shift key. But team viewer does not appear to ...
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Use teamviewer over the internet through a proxy on the remote end

I work as a Technical Services person for a instrument company. The instrument uses a pc as a controller, and due to the sensitive nature of the software used to control the equipment we don't ...
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Does Chrome OS support passthrough of key combinations for remote desktop connections?

I am considering purchasing a Chromebook/box as a thin client as my primary physical work machine accessing a Windows workstation remotely. Chrome OS may not provide support for any remote desktop ...
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Windows 10 Icons not showing, explorer loads slow, processes are fine

Last night I connected to my office computer with team viewer and I had some problems on loading Explorer (Quick Access Folder) took forever to load, I thought something related my internet connection ...
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How to use WOL using mobile + PC with teamviewer and wake up the sleeping PC?

Mobile + Teamviewer functioning WOL via rightclick on network card enabled, incl magic packet In Bios PCI can wake from sleep In OS keyboard and mouse can wake from sleep PC+Monitor sleep after 1min ...
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TeamViewer: Copying Thunderbird Profile Folder and Got "Aborted" Error

I was copying a Thunderbird Profile folder from one PC to another. I was using TeamViewer to link up the two PCs. The copy-and-paste was done by simply dragging the folder from a Window Explorer ...
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ubuntu teamviewer show black screen on remote pc

I am using teamviewer between two ubuntu system running ubuntu 16.04. I wanted to show black screen on the system being controlled. For that I found a post TeamViewer without showing the screen? But ...
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Teamviewer VPN not connecting until I open "Network and Sharing Center"

This is the problem I have with Teamviewer VPN on a remote computer running Windows 10: When I try to open a VPN connection from another computer to my remote Windows 10 computer, I cannot ping to it....
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how to get teamviewer to use entire, portrait oriented 3160 x 2160 monitor for remote laptop that is 3160 x 2160 landscape?

I'm remoting to two different laptops, both Dell Windows 10 with 3140 x 2160. My local monitors are both 3840 x 2160 physically oriented for portrait (tall, not wide). Connecting to Teamviewer on one ...
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Windows 7 firewall: how to block all connections except one application?

I need help in setting up a firewall on Windows 7 Home Edition. I want to block all traffic – inbound and outbound for everything except one application: TeamViewer.exe To accomplish this, I have ...
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Make TeamViewer work before user login

I have setup TeamViewer on my Windows 10 system to be accessible before user login: I have set it up to start with Windows, associated it to my TeamViewer account, granted easy access to myself, set a ...
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Show Teamviewer icon in Windows permanently - setting with GPO as registry possible?

I want deploy Teamviewer 12 as MSI over group policy. The silent installation works as well but the icon in the windows taskbar is invisible. My target is on the client computer, that the user can ...
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Cannot connect to fedora 25 from Windows via TeamViewer 12

After installing TeamViewer 12 on machine 192.168.1.10 with the aim of connecting from 192.168.1.11, I've noticed 2 problems: 1 - There is no TeamViewer ID shown via command line info: [root@...
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How to restrict to only 1 connection at 1 time in team viewer?

Means if there is a connection, then others can't connect to it until previous connection has been logout. How to set this setting in teamviewer? Thanks
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Redhat Enterprise Server 7.0 Black Screen after installing Team Viewer

I've stood up a RH server as a Windows Server hyper-v VM. Keep in mind I am relearning Linux after not using it for over 15 years. The server worked excellent until I installed Team Viewer for RHEL. ...
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Team viewer on Macbook Pro with Cinema Display

I've been using team viewer to render files when I'm not at my office. I alternate between two macbook pros, mid 2012, one with retina display and one without. When I have either of these laptops ...
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