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I'm using Remote Desktop to connect from a Windows 7 Professional client machine to a Windows 7 Enterprise host machine. Both machines have identical quad-monitor setups. I want the Remote Desktop session to open and to display the exact same four monitors with all the windows laid out exactly as they are when I use the host machine locally.
When I try this, it takes the windows on all four monitors and moves them all to the upper-left monitor of the client machine. I can then manually spread the windows out to all four monitors. This is certainly better than when I had Windows 7 Professional on the host machine and it didn't support multi-monitors. mstsc /span
would be good, too except that the 3200x2400 total resolution of the monitors exceeds vertically the maximum mstsc
screen size of 4096x2048.
If this is not possible using Remote Desktop, I would be willing to use 3rd party software to meet this need. Free software is a bonus. Software that can also remote into my CentOS box with the same feature is a big bonus. Software that can do both at the same time with easy switching would probably get me to open my wallet.
Of course, I'm really more interested in how to get Remote Desktop to work, since we spent a whole day reconfiguring the machine to Windows 7 Enterprise for it.
Have you tried Fences. I know it handles the resolution changes when ones RDPs.
– Darius – 2011-05-26T04:27:31.070@Darius: Fences doesn't appear to be a Remote Desktop protocol. It looks like icon organization. Does it have this feature where I can run it as a client and a server? – Erick Robertson – 2011-05-28T09:58:21.823
@ Erick - No it does not but what it helps with is the resolution changes while one RDPs from a smaller one to a bigger one or the other way around. It will scale the Desktop accordingly. – Darius – 2011-05-28T17:02:42.540
@Darius: I don't need that. I don't have any resolution changes - both workstations have the exact same monitor & resolution configuration. I just want my same windows to open in the same place on the monitors when I remote in. – Erick Robertson – 2011-05-28T21:19:58.967
AFAIK, there is no way to do this in RDP. This is because RDP works independently from the host's monitor configuration. eg. The host could have 1 monitor, but you can RDP into it and have a 4 monitor RDP session running. I also know of no RDP software that will handle this. – surfasb – 2011-12-12T13:31:07.117
@Erick You could always try TeamViewer, with the bonus that it is able to be run on CentOS (Red Hat). It does claim to support multiple monitors. However, for commercial use the license is rather expensive. It is free for non-commercial use. I would expect it to not rearrange any windows, as it is designed to also be usable as a remote assistance tool (someone on both the host and client at the same time).
– Bob – 2012-02-13T05:28:36.053