Comments on: remote PC access that support twin-screens.

Question: remote PC access that support twin-screens.

priorpark17 — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 07:01:24 -0800

Looking for remote PC access that support twin-screens. I use Logmein but it doesnt seem to support twin-screens. Is there any remote PC access / control software that supports multiple screens?

By: skybolt

skybolt — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 07:22:43 -0800

windows Vista supports multiple monitors on remote access, but you have to launch the exe (mstsc.exe) from a command line and use the /span command. Has to be vista on the target machine and at least the new version of the client on the originating machine, possibly has to be Vista too.

By: djb

djb — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 07:35:05 -0800

UltraVNC handles it just fine.

By: stew560

stew560 — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 08:53:07 -0800

2nd'ing VNC. I use RealVNC and the client scrolls to the right for the 2nd monitor.

By: zennoshinjou

zennoshinjou — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 08:57:24 -0800

dameware does also.. it gives you a little icon to choose which screen you want to see. VNC is the better choice, but I just thought I'd lay it out there.

By: bumper314

bumper314 — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 09:47:12 -0800

I have UltraVNC. It used to show my two monitors, but now it only shows one... I don't see anything in the options to change this either.

I've been a long time user of UltraVNC, but this latest version I've had to reinstall a few times because it keeps going sour on me (not allowing logins, not displaying my monitors, etc.)

By: blue_beetle

blue_beetle — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 10:59:02 -0800

Just to add to skybolt's response, Microsoft Remote Desktop will work on XP or Vista with multiple-monitor spanning, as long as you have the latest version.

By: flabdablet

flabdablet — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 17:17:50 -0800

I regularly use the VNC client supplied with Ubuntu to connect to an UltraVNC server (including the video hook driver) running on a client's XP machine with twin monitors, and it works fine, showing me both monitors in a single VNC client window. They're laid out according to the desktop settings at the Windows end. The monitor on the right is actually running at lower resolution than the one on the left, so the bottom right corner of my VNC window is full of random colored garbage pulled from somewhere in video RAM, but that's the only weird thing.

By: flabdablet

flabdablet — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 17:21:02 -0800

bumper314, I find I only get one monitor if the UltraVNC video hook driver isn't running on the server. This can have multiple causes - it might not have been installed, it might just be turned off, or you might have one of the rare video cards that still uses 24 bits per pixel instead of 32 when running in True Color (the video hook driver supports 16 and 32 bits per pixel only). Switching to High Color (16 bits per pixel) works around that last cause.

By: bumper314

bumper314 — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 18:06:01 -0800

Thanks for the info flabdablet, I'll give that a try.

By: Chuckles

Chuckles — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 19:58:28 -0800

The new version of Remote Administrator supports multiple displays. Sounds like it handles them a little more gracefully than VNC as well..

By: priorpark17

priorpark17 — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 02:15:58 -0800

I am a moron. There is a little monitor icon in the logmein window that switches between monitors. This is mentioned nowhere in the FAQ, etc. Apologies for the trouble.