On 17 May 2011 at 10:49, Ben Serebin wrote:
> I'm well aware of the "span" feature in RDC 6.0 for outbound RDP
> connections to a multi-monitor environment, BUT I'm trying to do something
> DIFFERENT. I need to know and find something documented that says inbound
> (yes, inbound) to what level OS (XP SP3, Vista, 7, etc) is required to get
> multi-monitor support. So, I have a client that uses real desktops + RDP
> connections + vpn (sigh) for remote workers, and I need to get a remote
> worker operational with a multi-monitor setup on their desktop. Any helpful
> insight is appreciated...
Interesting question. UltraVNC over a VPN should support this natively. Cost
is the same as RDP, but IMHO it works better in this case. I have used
UltraVNC inside a LAN control multi-monitor computers from a client with only
one monitor and it works.
No personal experience with RDP on multi-monitors, but the 3rd link on this
search for me:
rdp multiple monitors - Google Search
https://encrypted.google.com/search?q=rdp+multiple+monitors
leads to this article:
Remote Desktop Dual Monitor Support tip
http://blog.tmcnet.com/blog/tom-keating/microsoft/remote-desktop-dual-monitor-support-tip.asp
To have the remote computer's desktop span two monitors, simply type
'mstsc /span' at a command prompt (i.e. Start, Run, cmd.exe, mstsc
/span). This feature is sometimes called continuous resolution. To
toggle in and out of full-screen spanned mode, press Ctrl+Alt+Break.
The TMCnet article recommends a commercial app for tricky situations (or maybe
if you're using XP):
SplitView | Split your monitor! Multi monitors for Remote Desktop ...
http://www.splitview.com/
Lower down in the same search I found an MSDN article on using multiple
monitors with RDP:
Using Multiple Monitors in Remote Desktop Session - Remote Desktop
Services (Terminal Services) Team Blog - Site Home - MSDN Blogs
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/rds/archive/2009/07/01/using-multiple-monitors-in-remote-desktop-session.aspx
but it seems like this really only works right connecting from Win7 to
Win7/WS2008R2 and you said you're using XP & Vista.
Let us know how you end up getting this working as I could use this too ;-)
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