Remote desktop with 1920x1280 displays

[Uwe]

Howdy!

I have a laptop that has a 17" wide aspect-ratio screen (I believe it's
1920x1280), and my main machine at home has the same aspect ratio -- it has
the 24" Dell LCD display. However, if I use remote desktop from the laptop
to my home machine, the display is always 4x3 with black bars on either side
so I can't use the entire laptop screen.

Does the remote desktop program only support standard-size screens, or is
there a work-around? If not, is this fixed in the new beta version? And if
so, what product beta is the new version part of? I didn't see a beta only
for the remote desktop.

Thanks!

--- Uwe

 

[Sooner Al [MVP]]

AFAIK that is outside the range of the current version. I can't speak to the
beta version since I am not sure that information has been publicly
released...

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[Sooner Al [MVP]]

Ok...here is the deal...

"...previous RDP Client allowed a maximum resolution of 1600*1050. This new
version allows a maximum resolution of 4096*2048. And these higher
resolutions work against Win2k3 (and XP). Check out the /span option or the
/w and /h options of mstsc."

There is a beta version of the new RDP 6.0 client available if your part of
the Vista beta program. Vista is now a public beta release by the way...

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[Uwe]

Hi Al:

Thank you for your response. That clears it up. I believe we are in the
Vista BETA program, so I'll check that out.

Best regards,

--- Uwe

 

[anybody43]

Hi,

RDP client today supports up to 1200 x 1600 I believe. The GUI
interface
allows only certain pre-defined aspect ratios but you can specify any
size from the command line.

mstsc /v:host /w:1600 /h:957
mstsc /? as usual

rdesktop (rdesktop.exe) works up to 4096 x 2048
Runs on cygwin but you have to build it yourself.
Not too hard, even for me.

I would guess that the *.rdp files also allow any size up to the limit.

Here is one I made earlier
screen mode id:i:1
desktopwidth:i:1152
desktopheight:i:864
session bpp:i:16
winposstr:s:2,3,0,0,800,600
full address:s:bloomberg19
compression:i:1
keyboardhook:i:1
audiomode:i:0
redirectdrives:i:0
redirectprinters:i:0
redirectcomports:i:0
redirectsmartcards:i:1
displayconnectionbar:i:1
autoreconnection enabled:i:1
username:s:bloomie
domain:s:mydomain
alternate shell:s:
shell working directory:s:
disable wallpaper:i:0
disable full window drag:i:0
disable menu anims:i:0
disable themes:i:0
disable cursor setting:i:0
bitmapcachepersistenable:i:1
connect to console:i:1

All parameters are GUI editable except the last one
which is equivalent to /console.