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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Extend Linux Desktop to another X Windows Display
I am a long time Linux user of the Xinerama and other technologies for extending a desktop to multiple monitors. However when I travel with my laptop I miss the multi-monitor support I enjoy at home. ...
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How to connect to VirtualBox remote desktop client using VNC?
I am using VirtualBox 4.0 on Ubuntu Narwhal with guest OS Windows XP. I've installed the VB extensions and enabled remote access through port 3389 as suggested on several sites.
I am trying to ...
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Why does remote desktop not work for me by computer name, and only by IP?
I have a computer at work that I can only connect to remotely when using the computer's IP address and not when using the computer's name.
I can see my computer name is set up correctly as "JoshPC" (...
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How to stop a remote desktop session from ending
We have Windows 2008 r2 servers running at the moment.
If I log into the server using remote desktop connection, and then someone else tries to log into the same server while I am working on it, I ...
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How to force a login for an administrator when using Remote Desktop Connection?
Scenario:
I am at work. I want to remote desktop into my machine at home. Problem is, my 5-year-old daughter is playing games on Starfall.com (or something similar) on her (non-admin) account. When I ...
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Restrict Remote Desktop access to specific users to specific servers in a domain environment?
I have a domain controller and I want to allow certain user accounts Remote Desktop access to certain servers in the same domain.
There are many servers that can be accessed via the Remote Desktop ...
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Is there any way I can make the connection bar "more difficult" to display using the Microsoft Terminal Services Client?
The Microsoft Terminal Services Client (Also known as "Remote Desktop" or RDP) is an awesome remote access tool that I use all the time. It has but one major annoyance -- there's a bar at the top of ...
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Is it possible to have two Win 10 user accounts running simultaneously, with one used locally and one used via RDP?
I need to allow someone to remotely connect to my windows 10 computer, and am wondering if this is possible:
I have two user accounts right now on my computer, one for me to work on and one for my ...
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Restore console session after remote desktop disconnects?
Is it possible (through group policy, etc) to automatically restore the console session to a Windows 8.1 PC after a remote desktop session disconnects?
I'm aware that you can run the command "tscon 1 ...
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How to fix AHK to send keys to RDP fullscreen?
How do you get AutoHotKey hotkeys to work with Remote Desktop in fullscreen on Windows 7?
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How to connect home computers (Linux) from office computer (windows) using putty
Is there any way I can connect home computers (Linux) from office computer (windows) using putty. If yes, please tell me the step to make the connection.
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Good video quality over VNC or RDP?
I am using a Windows 10 PC and I want to access and control it using my iPad. So I installed Microsoft Remote Desktop on my iPad. The problem is that when I play videos in remote desktop, quality is ...
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Why anydesk disconnect frequently?
I install last version of anydesk in two pc .
When i connect after 5 second disconnected .
I check my internet speed that is ok.
I check my internet connection by ping 8.8.8.8 -t command and it is ok....
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RDP to Windows 10 blurry
Since this morning, I have a weird problem with my Remote Desktop connection.
When I connect, Everything on the screen that hasn't had an update for a while becomes blurry. When a screenupdate takes ...
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How to prevent remote desktop login when user is logged in locally?
I have a few windows machines (xp and 7) and I want to allow users to log in remotely using remote desktop (rdp, from any source win, mac, linux, etc.) if others have not logged in.
Currently there ...
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Where is previous Remote Desktop Connection session info stored in Windows 7?
I recently replaced my old Windows 7 machine with a new Windows 7 machine, and have my old drive mounted. If possible, I would like to access the list of "saved" machines from the drop down list in ...
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Command line RDP call CMD on target machine
I need to remote into ~50 machines and run a batch file. Is there any way I can start up an RDP session and call cmd?
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How do I remotely administer Mac OS X Snow Leopard from Windows desktop?
I have tried turning on System Preferences -> Sharing & then connecting using TightVNC in windows, but I cannot connect.
Would prefer a free option for the mac, would prefer it even more if i ...
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Remote Desktop: Prompt before logging off user
I have a Windows XP Pro machine that I regularly log into remotely to work on. If there is already a user logged into the machine it will inform the user that someone is trying to log in and that ...
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Teamviewer connection error: "Partner did not connect to router", "WaitforConnectFailed"
Sometimes I got this error message when trying to connect to a client:
No connection to partner!
Partner did not connect to router.
Error Code: WaitforConnectFailed
Both computers are ready ...
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What's the best(free) vnc server software [closed]
I want a good VNC server to connect to my PC from my iPhone. What's my best bet?
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Remotely accessing OSX Lion from Windows in a sane manner
I have a 3-year old MacMini and 2-year old PC laptop residing on the same home 100Mb network. To manage the Mac, I did the whole screen sharing thing (basically VNC) and I connect to it from Windows ...
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How to tunnel Windows Remote Dektop through two machines
I have the following situation - I actually made this little diagram for you:
Which commands do I need to issue where in order to be able to remote access the Windows XP machine "B"? I know that it ...
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Windows 10 black screen after local login and previous remote desktop session
On occasion when I am not physically at home, I will login remotely to my computer using Remote Desktop. When I return home I then have to login locally; however, immediately after login I am ...
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difficulty installing rdpwrap on windows 10 (to get multiple remote desktop connections)
RDP Wrap helps to allow for multiple connections to remote desktop on eg Windows 7 or Windows 10. I tried to install rdpwrap going to https://github.com/stascorp/rdpwrap/ and I tried running the MSI ...
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Is there any way to enable Remote Desktop Connection with a password without setting a password on the OS?
I'm running Windows 7 and would like to use Remote Desktop Connection to connect to my home computer. As such I want to enable password security for Remote Desktop Connection, but I do not want to ...
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RDP to User with Microsoft Account
It's pretty obvious really: a user creates an account for someone with "add a user" and uses a Microsoft Account email, only trouble is, the other user is only able to log in with remote access, but ...
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How to perform some action every time computer with Windows starts?
I'd like to perform some task (start a program) on a computer running Windows every time it's (re)started. It's remote computer and just placing shortcut in autostart doesn't work because it's run ...
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Remote desktop graphics card
So as most people know, when you use RDP to connect to your desktop, it disables the graphics card and uses generic CUDA.
I don't want Windows to revert to using CUDA instead of the Graphics Card. I ...
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software-based dual-monitor solution via LAN
Does anyone know of a software-solution which makes it possible to use a monitor attached to another (running) PC via LAN in the same way as a second monitor?
My situation is this: I have a PC and a ...
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How can I configure my ADSL modem and Home PC to be able to access from external?
I tried to do it some years ago without success. If I remember well there were more software involved, maybe now the process is easier.
Practically I have an ADSL connection with dynamic IP and I ...
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what's the remote desktop software that requires least configuration on client side? [duplicate]
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Remote desktop type software that the client need not install anything…
I need to help my sister in Bangkok maintain her PC (running Windows XP), and since she's not ...
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Registry Settings to lockout too many Remote Desktop login attempts?
I need settings to do two things - via Registry or otherwise. (This is for a Windows 10 Pro PC, acting as my "server").
Registry settings to lockout Account after specified number of login attempts ...
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Windows to Ubuntu desktop Remote Desktop?
Is there an equivalent to Remote Desktop Connection that I can use to remote into my Ubuntu desktop at home from a Windows machine? Preferably this would be free.
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Windows 7 Remote Desktop Multi Monitor Support
In my office I have an HP workstation with two dual port graphics cards in it. I then have three monitors connected to these 3x1280x1024) which is my general "at work" setting.
At home I have an HP ...
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Concurrent remote desktop in windows with multiple session support
I'd like to have a remote desktop solution that allows me to connect to remote PCs even while other users are logged in, using a different session. The whole idea is that the user working locally in ...
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Forcing a resolution on a computer without monitor
I have this computer running an embedded version of Windows 7 and it does not have any monitor attached. It is only accessed with VNC (alternatice for RDP) so a monitor is not needed. The problem is ...
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How to get a list of users who has logged on to a remote computer?
I'm using a remote computer with admin rights. But looks like that someone has logged on this remote computer while I'm not logged and disturbed my running work.
Question: How to know who has logged ...
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Having no password on windows 7 log in physically, but with password through RDP
I am trying to make my main desktop be able to reboot right into the desktop without asking for a password, but I still want to be secure when I'm accessing it remotely. No one is ever going to ...
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How to enable RDP to a Server 2008 R2 on another network? VM network
I have a W2008 R2 installed on a different network (I am on 192.168.0.x - new server on 192.168.3.x)
I had trouble ping and RDP to it. I disabled the firewall to test the connection:
and that opened ...
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How to connect to XP Home PC from XP Pro using Remote Desktop
I want to connect to my XP Home PC on the same LAN workgroup (MSHOME) with my XP Pro machine - but I always get the following error
Remote Desktop Disconnected
This computer can't connect to the ...
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Remote Desktop through multiple ssh tunnels (A - B - C)
I have 3 machines. Machine A which can access B, and B which can access C (which is a windows computer)
How can I connect with remote desktop directly from machine A to C with ssh tunnel
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Is there a (free) way to set up remote desktop sharing without configuring the router?
I want to be able to access a linux machine at home from anywhere. I understand just enough about routers that I normally need some static ip address.
I have read about DynDNS, and honestly do not ...
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Alt-Tab sometimes switches out of full screen Remote Desktop
I'm using Windows 7 64-bit Home Premium locally and Windows 7 Enterprise remotely via Remote Desktop. The RD window is full screen. Sometimes, when I press Alt-Tab, it is processed by both the remote ...
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Remote screen control
At my house we have a 42" LCD connected to a media PC running Vista and use it for things like streaming video & music, playing games, etc. We control the media PC with a wireless mouse & ...
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What (Fedora) Linux tool can I use to view my desktop on the same network from my laptop?
What I want is for my desktop to appear as a window from my laptop. Both are running on Fedora 12. Better if my desktop can appear as the other workspace.
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Connecting to remote Windows PC using Remote Desktop from home over VPN
I am trying to connect to a Remote Windows PC (Windows 7 32 bit OS) over VPN from my home laptop (Vista 32 bit). At the remote PC I have enabled below settings which I thought would allow me to ...
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Start RDP as Shell
I have a WinXP installation that is used to only connect to another PC with RDP.
A dummy user account gets logged in automatically, then the user must click a link to start the RDP connection with ...
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Teamviewer & other screen sharing showing a blank or black screen to remote user
I’m using Windows 8.1. and TeamViewer version 9.0.299 on a Dell Inspiron 15r 3521 laptop. Intel HD4000 with AMD HD8370 graphics.
I have set AMD graphics to work on high performance for TeamViewer by ...
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How reboot computers in a LAN knowing the external IP only?
I know the external ip, like the provided by the ISP and the administrator account password.
I need to restart one computer, but I don't know his local ip (given by the router), how can I reboot it ?
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