Re: Large resolution / dual head?
From: Shenan Stanley (news_helper_at_hushmail.com)
Date: 08/21/04
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Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 20:12:41 -0500
Oliver Sturm wrote:
> On Fri, 20 Aug 2004 13:18:52 -0500, Shenan Stanley wrote:
>
>> What you describe is normal and should be expected.
>
> No, I don't expect that. I've never seen a similar behaviour with any
> other remote desktop software like PC Anywhere, VNC or whatever.
>
>> Get a free third party application to remember the icon positions at
>> each resolution.
>
> I don't think you really understood the problem. What I'm saying is
> this:
>
> - I have my desktop system running. Windows are open and arranged
> somehow over the large space of a dual head setup. When leaving
> the system, I simply switch off the screen.
> - I log on from the laptop into that same running session. All
> windows, icons, docked bars, ... you name it, changes position and
> size. Same behaviour, actually, as if I had changed the 3200x1200
> resolution on the desktop down to 1024x768 or similar. Working in
> that setup is of course more than awkward, with the resolution
> reduced that drastically and all the apps configured to run at a
> much larger resolution... not enough space for all the columns in
> mailer and news reader, vs.net doesn't fit in the screen, more or
> less, ... - Getting back to the desktop system, I spend 20 minutes
> rearranging windows, icons, finding my recycle bin, ...
>
> Every remote desktop system I have ever seen simply offers the
> options to map a larger size remote desktop into a smaller local
> window. Of course I have to use the scrollbars to see parts of the
> remote desktop, but at least I can work with it as if sitting in
> front and I don't disturb the desktop in itself. PC Anywhere even
> offers the option to scale a larger resolution so that it fits into a
> smaller window.
>
> I was mentioning the topic of remote support, because I thought that
> while to me using that feature just for myself it's a mere nuisance,
> it's rather unusable in remote support, isn't it? As a supporter, I'd
> want to be unintrusive and solve problems remotely, not introduce new
> ones because the user doesn't find his windows after I have left
> because they are suddenly arranged one behind the other.
You don't understand my answer.. Let me clarify:
It is expected with Windows Remote Desktop. Yes - VNC and other remote
desktop applications may not do this, Remote Desktop does.
I have several systems with Dual and up setups - it happens every time.
Some video card manufacturers provide icon/layout remembering. Otherwise
you need to get a third party application to remember the icon/layout and
reset it for you.
As for Remote Assistance (not remote Desktop) it does not resize the remote
desktop to your resolution, leaving it at the resolution that the remote
user has it - but NOT dual monitor.. Only one of the screens will be seen
in the remote console.
-- <- Shenan -> -- The information is provided "as is", with no guarantees of completeness, accuracy or timeliness, and without warranties of any kind, express or implied. In other words, read up before you take any advice - you are the one ultimately responsible for your actions.
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