Re: Clients with Dual Monitors: Extended Desktops

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On the same line of quesitons ...

Would it be possible to open two TS sessions within the original client OS
(Win98) and have each one on its own monitor?

"Vera Noest [MVP]" wrote:

> I'm at least as intrigued as Rickard by this.
> Ben, do you mean that this application is supported on plain
> Windows Terminal Services, but not when Citrix is installed on a
> TS? That sounds highly unlikely.
>
> I know that a lot of software application vendors state "our
> application is not supported under Citrix" when they in fact mean
> "our application is not supported under Terminal Services".
> Could that be what you mean also? But I got the impression that you
> already have the application running on a Terminal Server?
>
> Note also that the "is not supported" phrase from the vendor means
> just that: not supported. It sometimes also means "cannot be made
> to function properly", but most of the time it only means that the
> vendor has no clue about TS and doesn't know how or if it will
> work. Many times, you can get such applications to work perfectly.
>
> --
> Vera Noest
> MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
> http://hem.fyristorg.com/vera/IT
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>
> "Ben" <Ben@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote on 02 apr 2005 in
> microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:
>
> > Hi Rickard
> >
> > We have a couple of pieces of Industry specific software which
> > are both unsupported on citrix.
> >
> > One of which I know does not operate on citrix.
> >
> > Many Thanks
> >
> > B
> >
> > "Rickard" <triddler@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:e7JEnrvNFHA.3356@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> "Some of our software is not Citrix compatible." Can you please
> >> explain?
> >>
> >> Rickard
> >> "Ben" <Ben@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >> news:OCTNS3rNFHA.3928@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>> Some of our software is not Citrix compatible.
> >>>
> >>> Oh well I will have to continue looking.
> >>>
> >>> Thanks for the info
> >>>
> >>> B
> >>>
> >>> "Rickard" <triddler@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >>> news:%23QKAn1gNFHA.2880@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>>> You will need Citrix for this.
> >>>>
> >>>> Rickard
> >>>> "Ben" <Ben@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >>>> news:umIIomdNFHA.576@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>>>> Hi
> >>>>>
> >>>>> We are using terminal services for a small remote office
> >>>>> that we have.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> We are looking into giving staff two monitors extending the
> >>>>> desktop onto the next monitor.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I am currently testing this, when logged into terminal
> >>>>> services I find that the TS window (and all other windows)
> >>>>> will maximise on one monitor and not across both.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> This is ideal for me as when I am off site i often use local
> >>>>> files on one monitor and ts on the other, but our other
> >>>>> users will only have files located remotely on the TS>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I am not sure if this is a TS of a hardware/driver issue but
> >>>>> any advice would be much appreciated
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Thanks
> >>>>> B
>
>
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