Remote Desktop: Limited to 16x12?

[(PeteCresswell)]

Client site.

My trusty old 20" CRT got fried. Same month, the group I'm working for has
lost 3 laptops so far. I'm guessing the AC power up there is suspect.

Currently, the box there is running without a monitor.

So I ran out and bought a GateWay 19x12 - intending to swap one of my home
monitors in to the client site box and use the new monitor at home.

But when I Remote Desktop-ed into the client site PC with the new monitor on my
home box, I only got 1600 x 1200.

Is this a limit built in to Remote Desktop?

Seems like the Remote Desktop software bypasses the video card completely - or
have I got that wrong and maybe I should go up there and play around with the
PC's video card (Radeon 7000)?

 

[(PeteCresswell)]

Per (PeteCresswell):

Is this a limit built in to Remote Desktop?

I should add that I popped the Remote Desktop Connection setup dialog and
set Display|Remote desktop size = Full Screen.... and the next setting down from
"Full Screen" was 1600 by 1200 pixels... so it *seems* like it SB supporting
more...

And when I connect and right-click the desktop to get Display
Properties|Settings, I see:
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Display:
(Default Monitor) on

Screen resolution
1600 x 1200 pixels.
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But when I attempt to move the slider bar control towards "More", it will not
move and "Color quality" cannot be changed from "Medium (16 bit).

I *think* I have the same video cards in the home and client site PCs....but
like I hypothesized earlier it seems that Remote Desktop bypasses the video
card.

??

 

[(PeteCresswell)]

Per (PeteCresswell):

I *think* I have the same video cards in the home and client site PCs....but
like I hypothesized earlier it seems that Remote Desktop bypasses the video
card.

Drove up there and confirmed: same video card. I even set the monitor that I
swapped in up there to 1920x1600. But still can't get more than 16x12 on
Remote Desktop.