Questions tagged [remote-desktop]
Remote Desktop is Microsoft's software that allows a user to access applications and data on a remote computer over a network.
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How do you use multiple monitors in MS Remote Desktop Connection Manager 2.7?
Using the RDMan from:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/confirmation.aspx?id=44989
Tools->Options->Full Screen-> last checkbox is 'Use multiple monitors when necessary'
however this has no ...
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How to mirror my display to a remote XServer?
We have got a big screen in our office connected to an old PC, whose only purpose is to display information generated by software such as Munin, Nagios, etc. It is running Debian with Xfce to be able ...
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Share MacBook webcam with PC over Remote Desktop
I have a desktop PC in an office with a webcam attached. Normally when I'm in the office I use this for meetings, etc.
I would like to connect to this PC remotely via RDP, but from my MacBook. One ...
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Starting recent remote desktop entry does not put focus in the password field
When I start a remote desktop session through the "recent items" list in the Windows 10 task bar:
I get the credentials window as expected:
However, when I start typing my password, ...
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Windows 10 and precision touchpad in remote desktop session
On my personal notebook I have set "Three fingers gestures/taps" action to "Middle mouse button". Works as expected.
When I use remote desktop session to my workmachine, the gesture propagates and ...
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Windows keyboard shortcuts won't work in Remote Desktop
I'm fairly familiar with Windows remote desktop. Normally, I have "Apply Windows key combinations:" set to "On the remote computer" so that Alt+Tab, Win, etc. are all passed to the machine I'm ...
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Shared connection frequently closes when opening a new connection
I'm making heavy use of reusing a shared connection which I open to a remote box at the beginning of my workday.
My .ssh/config looks somewhat like this:
ControlMaster auto
ControlPath ~/.ssh/...
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Black Screen on AnyDesk Connection while using RDP
I want to use AnyDesk to navigate on my server rather than RDP. When I connect to it via AnyDesk, it only shows a black screen and nothing else. When I connect to RDP while keeping the AnyDesk ...
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Overlay a fullscreen Remote Desktop Connection
What are the options to overlay a Remote Desktop Connection?
The connection is in fullscreen mode. So the taskbar of the host system is no longer visible.
A Brwoser on the host system runs a web ...
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Remote Desktop to Windows 10 will not scale font size
I am attempting to remote desktop into Windows 10. I have adjusted the display size on the actual PC to scale fonts and such to 125%, which is what I had previously set on my WIndows Server 2012R2 ...
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Linux RDP to Windows 2012 r2 Shadow Session
I need to connect to a shadow session in Windows 2012 r2.
From a Windows client it's easy, just run:
mstsc /v:SERVERNAME /shadow:SESSIONID /control
But how can I do this from a Linux PC (with ...
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Using RDP with a passwordless Microsoft Account
I am trying to use Remote Desktop from my iPad to the Remote computer on the same network which is using Windows 11 Pro. The Microsoft Account I am using is a passwordless account and I sign in using ...
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How to use dual monitors with Hyper-V?
I've set up Hyper-V on my Windows 10 pro Laptop (Dell XPS 15 9650), guest OS is also Windows 10 pro.
The host os is using an external display (set to extend).
When I start the VM from Hyper-V ...
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"Your Credentials Did Not Work" on connect, but remoting into another machine first works
I'm trying to remote desktop into a win7 pro desktop across VPN. When I try to connect I get an error saying
Your credentials did not work.
The credentials that were used to connect to [computer] did ...
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Remote Desktop via Ad-Hoc on Windows 7
Is there a way to connect two PCs running Windows 7 via a wifi ad-hoc network and then use Remote Desktop from one of the PCs to the other? In addition to this the Remote Desktop host PC should still ...
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How do I access the *remote* microphone in a RDP session?
I'm doing some remote testing of a system. I have an external camera/mic as well as the built-in laptop camera/mic. Using an Remote Desktop session, I can see into the lab, but I'd like to hear it ...
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RDP to Linux. Set remote resolution to 1080p, and use 200%-zoom full screen?
Windows (Remote Desktop Connection, 4K monitor, 200% DPI) -> Linux (xrdp). The thing I want is that setting Linux's resolution to 1080p, and use 200% zoom, and make the RDP window full-screen.
In ...
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The display settings can't be changed from a remote session
I have following setup:
A Windows 7 client
A Windows 10 Pro server that has RDP enabled
The client is connecting via RDP to the server.
For years, it was possible that that the Windows 10 Pro had a ...
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How does tigervnc auto-resize VNC sessions?
When you open a tigervnc server session with a tigervnc client, the desktop resolution auto-resizes to match the size of the client window.
Do any other clients implement it? Remmina doesn't seem to,...
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Remote Desktop: how to switch between monitors?
How can I switch between monitors on a remote connection?
Typical scenario: imagine yourself in a conference room with one single big display. Therefrom, you remote into your two-monitor rig, and ...
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Microsoft Remote Desktop - "Started Connecting, Giving Up"
My local machine is a Mac and I ran out of disk space on on my remote machine's "/dev/xvda1" filesystem.
% sudo df
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
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Remote desktop to a machine on ipv6 from ipv4 network
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I have a ipv6 connection at home my prefix is 2a02:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx::/64
I do have a ipv4 address but this seems just to be a shared IP and I have no control over it.
My ISP is Virgin Media ...
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Is it possible to set up Chrome Remote Desktop from the command line?
Chrome Remote Desktop is a lot better on linux than any kind of VNC type set up.
I'd like to run a linux desktop in the cloud, and use Chrome Remote Desktop to access it.
Can I set this up, without ...
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Can RDP into my desktop using my phone, but not using other computers, what could be the cause?
I habitually use RDP to access my desktop, but have enountered some problems after moving and setting up my computer on a new network.
When using the RDP app on my android phone (on 4G so not same ...
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Windows 10 Volume Mixer fails to keep System Sounds muted over Remote Desktop Connection
After having muted the System Sounds on the remote desktop machine, it shall unmute itself after several seconds. This pattern is persistent.
I use my laptop at work, and use Remote Desktop Connection ...
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Extra mouse buttons don't work with Remote Desktop (Windows)
I use Remote Desktop on my home PC to connect to two different PCs at the office. On one of the remote PCs, my extra mouse buttons work, and on the other remote PC, the extra buttons sadly do nothing. ...
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Allow to users to RDP into same Session on Same User
So im running a console application that logs a lot of information and also contains a user interface that 2 people will have to access, so hear me out - The 2 people the developers me and a friend, ...
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What limitations are there when I try to run an Adobe Creative Cloud application as a RemoteApp?
I posted this as a question on Adobe Forums, but after waiting a while, there have been no replies and low views.
I'm planning on installing [Adobe Creative Cloud] applications on a Windows Server ...
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Windows 7 Host Initial RDP Connection Slow after Sleeping
My desktop runs Windows 7 64-bit Enterprise. When connecting to my desktop via RDP from various other Windows 7 clients, the first connection after resuming the desktop from sleep is slow.
To help ...
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SSH tunnel over HTTP(S) proxy (Reverse RDP)
I've been trying to accomplish this scenario:
HOST_WORK is behind non-transparent squid_proxy (its not, but to get outside you need to use it, all other packets are black-holed on gateway not to ...
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Is there a screen sharing/remote desktop app for mac that lets you use a different host screen resolution?
Ok, there are tons and tons of questions about remote desktop for mac and they're all being closed as duplicates. I however am specifically looking for one that will let me use a different resolution ...
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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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Cannot enable remote desktop connection in win 7 ultimate
I'm trying to enable Remote Desktop connection on Windows 7 Ultimate (signature edition, yes I had a Windows 7 party, lol!)
Anyway, the options for enabling rdp are not there, not greyed out they ...
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Remote Desktop switch workspaces on host (Windows 10)
I have two machines, both windows 10, I'm remoted into one machine. On the local machine I have multiple workspaces and can switch between them using Ctrl + Win + left/right arrows, really snazzy.
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Restoring keyboard settings after a remote desktop session - Windows 7
We have USB scanners that require Num Lock key to be ON to work properly.
I noticed when I remote logged in to a PC (remote desktop) and my num lock key was OFF then the remote PC will also turn it ...
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RDP From Mac to Windows with FULL keyboard control
Hey guys I've become accustomed to controlling my main rig from light laptops using RDP.
Recently got an M1 pro and I've tried MS Remote desktop and Teamviewer and neither seem to be able to pass all ...
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Strange remote desktop connections after Windows 11 startup
Recently I have noticed that when I start Windows, just after startup, before doing anything or starting any other application, I always have 3 remote desktop processes in the task manager (screenshot ...
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RDP Colour Artifacts/Pixelation
I'm connecting with RDP from a Windows 10 laptop using an 8-bit screen to a 10-bit enabled desktop (1 screen has 10bit colour). Once connected, I'm seeing the below.
When I physically disconnect the ...
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Remote desktop with no copy & paste (“read-only”)
Are there any VNC or Remote Desktop clients (like Chrome’s) that let me disable copy & paste or downloading of files to the client computer?
I’d like to give a user access to my computer in “read-...
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Is it possible to change the color of the Remote Desktop Connection client bar?
Sometimes I need to make a Remote Desktop Connection within another connection. This results in two client bars like this:
As I'm often switching between all three environments, it would be nice if I ...
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Is it possible to find out attached display hardware while connected via RDP?
While connected via RDP msinfo32 will display the information about the driver responsible for RDP.
The Windows display settings are unavailable and - in my case - the nVidia control panel shows ...
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RDP slow unless monitor plugged in
I have a computer (local network) that I use via remote desktop only. Yesterday, I think it installed Windows updates and rebooted itself. Immediately after that, RDP was very, very slow. It took ...
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RDP session locked out
After setting up an automated deployment env, we somehow locked up the RDP account. I get the following message:
As a security precaution, the user account has been locked because
there were too ...
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VNC Keyboard Mapping Mismatch
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I am using a VNC Viewer to connect from my local client Windows 10 Home to a remote mac OS X El Capitan host. Unfortunately, on my remote desktop the key-to-character mappings are ...
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Remote desktop client stopped mapping the keyboard input layout to the remote machine
By default, the RDP client maps the client machine keyboard input layout to the remote machine automatically. For example in my local machine I have two input methods for the language English: (note ...
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Desktop for multiple remote sessions on Ubuntu?
I am looking to buy a desktop PC for my company, fast enough that multiple users (4 at a time, at most) can login over network and have decent a development experience. I am looking for some advice on ...
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Ubuntu multiple KDE sessions for same user?
I have KDE on my Ubuntu and I have installed XRDP. I have startkde in my .xsession but I cannot login into it remotely unless I logout from it first.
The same is true vice-versa. If I logout and then ...
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Copy files via RDP without establishing a UI connection first (for automated jobs/no interaction required)
Is it possible to copy files via RDP without opening a connection via mstsc first (so no shared folders - at least not for manual copying - and no clipboard)?
I want to use, similar to FTP, network ...
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Remmina Copy-Paste issue
I utilize the Remmina software in order to connect through the XRDP service in a remote Ubuntu server. However, I cannot use the copy-paste functions to copy information from the remote machine to my ...
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Is it possible to send the equivalent of an ALT+F4 to a windowed Remote Desktop Connection?
I'm already aware that you can send all the following, but how do I send an ALT F4?
CTRL+ALT+END CTRL ALT DEL
ALT+PAGE UP ALT TAB (more or less)
ALT+PAGE DOWN ALT SHIFT TAB (more ...