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From: msnews on 7 Jul 2010 06:25 I have searched the net for information regarding the controlling of a host and the display of that activity showing up on the monitor of the host itself. Eg. Computer A and B in same room. Computer A is host, B client and both configured accordingly. Connection successful and I can use the desktop of computer A. I want to watch movie clips on computer A while I carry on working on computer B with the rdp connection. How can I see the mouse moving, the movies playing and general activity on the host, computer A's monitor? the user login screen is there. The Host is in the attic and mouse and keyboard are not long enough to reach and usb mouse keyboard does not work efficiently. Does anyone know of a solution? regards donna
From: Pegasus [MVP] on 7 Jul 2010 07:38 "msnews" <notinterestedgoaway(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:#CKOI7bHLHA.5668(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > I have searched the net for information regarding the controlling of a > host and the display of that activity showing up on the monitor of the > host itself. > > Eg. Computer A and B in same room. Computer A is host, B client and both > configured accordingly. Connection successful and I can use the desktop > of computer A. I want to watch movie clips on computer A while I carry on > working on computer B with the rdp connection. How can I see the mouse > moving, the movies playing and general activity on the host, computer A's > monitor? the user login screen is there. > > The Host is in the attic and mouse and keyboard are not long enough to > reach and usb mouse keyboard does not work efficiently. > > Does anyone know of a solution? > > regards > donna While the remote desktop connection is active, the monitor on the RDP host will show you only the login screen. You can achieve your aim only if the host is a proper Windows Server rather than a WinXP workstation.
From: Pegasus [MVP] on 7 Jul 2010 07:41 "msnews" <notinterestedgoaway(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:#CKOI7bHLHA.5668(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > I have searched the net for information regarding the controlling of a > host and the display of that activity showing up on the monitor of the > host itself. > > Eg. Computer A and B in same room. Computer A is host, B client and both > configured accordingly. Connection successful and I can use the desktop > of computer A. I want to watch movie clips on computer A while I carry on > working on computer B with the rdp connection. How can I see the mouse > moving, the movies playing and general activity on the host, computer A's > monitor? the user login screen is there. > > The Host is in the attic and mouse and keyboard are not long enough to > reach and usb mouse keyboard does not work efficiently. > > Does anyone know of a solution? > > regards > donna There a further solution: use WinVNC instead of Remote Desktop. It works very well and it is free.
From: msnews on 8 Jul 2010 04:13 Hi Pegaga sus I downloaded and installed vnc-4_1_3-x86_win32 from http://grox.net/doc/apps/vnc/download.htm. It worked and I was able to have full control of the host. However, when playing movie clips, the players screen was blank. Any reason for this? regards d "Pegasus [MVP]" <news(a)microsoft.com> wrote in message news:%23kU1zjcHLHA.4120(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > > > "msnews" <notinterestedgoaway(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:#CKOI7bHLHA.5668(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >> I have searched the net for information regarding the controlling of a >> host and the display of that activity showing up on the monitor of the >> host itself. >> >> Eg. Computer A and B in same room. Computer A is host, B client and both >> configured accordingly. Connection successful and I can use the desktop >> of computer A. I want to watch movie clips on computer A while I carry >> on working on computer B with the rdp connection. How can I see the mouse >> moving, the movies playing and general activity on the host, computer A's >> monitor? the user login screen is there. >> >> The Host is in the attic and mouse and keyboard are not long enough to >> reach and usb mouse keyboard does not work efficiently. >> >> Does anyone know of a solution? >> >> regards >> donna > > While the remote desktop connection is active, the monitor on the RDP host > will show you only the login screen. You can achieve your aim only if the > host is a proper Windows Server rather than a WinXP workstation.
From: Paul on 8 Jul 2010 06:00
msnews wrote: > Hi Pegaga sus > > I downloaded and installed vnc-4_1_3-x86_win32 from > http://grox.net/doc/apps/vnc/download.htm. It worked and I was able to have > full control of the host. However, when playing movie clips, the players > screen was blank. Any reason for this? > > regards > d VNC monitors only one resource in the video card, which is the resource used by the regular desktop. Video or movie players, may use an overlay plane for rendering. VNC may not be able to "see" that, thus a square area remains blank. Similarly, if you were to start a 3D game, flip it to windowed mode instead of full screen, the window where the game should be, would also be a blank square. (I believe you can buy a program, that will record a 3D game, so this one can be fixed, if the VNC designers worked at it. Still, a game or a movie would require a lot of processor, to keep up with the content changes in any reasonable fashion. Imagine how much network bandwidth it would take to transport a poorly compressed movie.) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraps (for recording 3D) With enough work, they might be able to fix that, but it won't be easy. For movies protected by DRM, for example, the OS may have features to make it difficult to copy such an area of the screen. In the past, it might have been purely an "accident" that a square area wasn't copyable. But now, there can be an ulterior motive for it not working. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PVP-OPM Paul > "Pegasus [MVP]" <news(a)microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:%23kU1zjcHLHA.4120(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >> >> "msnews" <notinterestedgoaway(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message >> news:#CKOI7bHLHA.5668(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >>> I have searched the net for information regarding the controlling of a >>> host and the display of that activity showing up on the monitor of the >>> host itself. >>> >>> Eg. Computer A and B in same room. Computer A is host, B client and both >>> configured accordingly. Connection successful and I can use the desktop >>> of computer A. I want to watch movie clips on computer A while I carry >>> on working on computer B with the rdp connection. How can I see the mouse >>> moving, the movies playing and general activity on the host, computer A's >>> monitor? the user login screen is there. >>> >>> The Host is in the attic and mouse and keyboard are not long enough to >>> reach and usb mouse keyboard does not work efficiently. >>> >>> Does anyone know of a solution? >>> >>> regards >>> donna >> While the remote desktop connection is active, the monitor on the RDP host >> will show you only the login screen. You can achieve your aim only if the >> host is a proper Windows Server rather than a WinXP workstation. > > |