I recently set this sort of thing up here at the autodealership I work for. I ended up with a small PC connected to a 32 inch monitor. The PC is part of my Log Me In computer group, so I can remotely view the output. This works well. In this case the PC in question is reading an HTML page located on a shared network drive. To prep I disabled the screensaver, adjusted the power savings settings so the drive, screen and lan card never turn off, and I wrote a little script to force a reboot once a day and relaunch the page. Works great.
Dave David Smith Systems Administrator Doan Family of Dealerships (585) 352-6600 ext.1730 [email protected] www.upstatedigitools.com -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Joe Yoder Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 9:58 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [NF] Dual display control options I have a client who wants to use a 24 inch LCD screen as a public announcement/display board. The displayed information will probably be from an unattended slide show or Power Point presentation. The screen will be located on the outside of the receptionist's office wall and could be driven from and controlled by the receptionist's computer. It is possible to use the dual screen support built in to XP to have the large screen display one thing while the receptionist uses the smaller screen for normal office work. The problems with this approach include the likelihood of the contents of the two screens getting intertwined and the lack of a simple way for the receptionist to see what is displaying on the large screen without leaving her office to actually view it. Another approach would be to setup a second PC just to drive the large screen and use some kind of remote control software to monitor and control it. Any advice or leads in dealing this situation would be welcome. TIA - Joe Yoder --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/001301c9b159$b354e1e0$19fea5...@com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
