Use a laptop or one of those green machines.
************************************************* --- On Mon, 3/30/09, Joe Yoder <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Joe Yoder <[email protected]> > Subject: RE: [NF] Dual display control options > To: [email protected] > Date: Monday, March 30, 2009, 1:57 PM > Thanks to each one who > responded. You are all suggesting a second PC > which we have plenty of. It's really more a question > of finding the > space to locate the PC. If we could use the > receptionist's machine the > space problem would be solved. > > I had hoped someone would know about a way to drive a video > card remotely > from a terminal services session or an application > that uses two > separate video cards in the same PC for this purpose. > It is probably > better to figure out a place to locate a second PC and > figure out a way > to have staff power it on and off as appropriate. > > Thanks again - Joe > > On Monday, March 30, 2009 1:05 PM, David Smith > wrote: > > > >Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 13:05:12 -0400 > >From: David Smith > >To: [email protected] > >cc: > >Subject: RE: [NF] Dual display control options > > > >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/[email protected] > ** 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. > _______________________________________________ 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/[email protected] ** 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.
