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Don't know if anyone spooted this on msdn blogs, but i thought it was
interesting and relevant here
Vista Remote Desktop Client Available on XP: Now with Multi-Monitor Support
By peterlau on Nuggets
Back in October, I wrote about how excited I was to learn that the new
Remote Desktop (RDP) client that comes with Windows Vista supports
ClearType. With the hack I wrote about, I was able to run the Vista RDP
client on my home XP machine to use my work laptop on one of my two
flat-panel monitors. This is nice because I can seamlessly go from working
on my home machine to my work laptop just by moving the mouse from one
monitor to the other.
Since writing about the hack, the updated Vista RDP client was
officially released for Windows XP via Microsoft Update as an optional
download. You can now pick that up here.
While I've been happy using the new RDP client to work on my laptop
through one of my flat-panel monitors, it only lets me use one of those
monitors. It would be nice if I could 'maximize' the remote window to span
across both monitors instead of just one.
Over the weekend, I made another cool discovery by chance. While
troubleshooting an un-related connectivity problem in the RDP help file, I
stumbled upon the fact that the new Vista RDP client supports multiple
monitors!
It's not easy to find this feature. The only way to access this
feature is to invoke the RDP client via the command line with a switch. You
can create a special shortcut in Windows XP or Vista to launch the Remote
Desktop client in multi-monitor mode by doing the following:
1.. "Right-click" anywhere on the desktop and select
"New->Shortcut".
2.. When the "Create Shortcut" dialog appears, enter "mstsc.exe
/span" into the location textbox, then click "Next".
3.. Give the shortcut a name, such as "Remote Desktop
Multi-Monitor", then click "Okay".
That's it. This is way cool! So now I'm using my new Dell work
laptop via my dual monitor setup at home. Now if only they can get it to
support the Aero interface across the remote connection on XP, then I'd be
set! (I am aware that you can get Aero via the RDP client, but only if the
local machine is running Vista w/Aero too).
interesting and relevant here
Vista Remote Desktop Client Available on XP: Now with Multi-Monitor Support
By peterlau on Nuggets
Back in October, I wrote about how excited I was to learn that the new
Remote Desktop (RDP) client that comes with Windows Vista supports
ClearType. With the hack I wrote about, I was able to run the Vista RDP
client on my home XP machine to use my work laptop on one of my two
flat-panel monitors. This is nice because I can seamlessly go from working
on my home machine to my work laptop just by moving the mouse from one
monitor to the other.
Since writing about the hack, the updated Vista RDP client was
officially released for Windows XP via Microsoft Update as an optional
download. You can now pick that up here.
While I've been happy using the new RDP client to work on my laptop
through one of my flat-panel monitors, it only lets me use one of those
monitors. It would be nice if I could 'maximize' the remote window to span
across both monitors instead of just one.
Over the weekend, I made another cool discovery by chance. While
troubleshooting an un-related connectivity problem in the RDP help file, I
stumbled upon the fact that the new Vista RDP client supports multiple
monitors!
It's not easy to find this feature. The only way to access this
feature is to invoke the RDP client via the command line with a switch. You
can create a special shortcut in Windows XP or Vista to launch the Remote
Desktop client in multi-monitor mode by doing the following:
1.. "Right-click" anywhere on the desktop and select
"New->Shortcut".
2.. When the "Create Shortcut" dialog appears, enter "mstsc.exe
/span" into the location textbox, then click "Next".
3.. Give the shortcut a name, such as "Remote Desktop
Multi-Monitor", then click "Okay".
That's it. This is way cool! So now I'm using my new Dell work
laptop via my dual monitor setup at home. Now if only they can get it to
support the Aero interface across the remote connection on XP, then I'd be
set! (I am aware that you can get Aero via the RDP client, but only if the
local machine is running Vista w/Aero too).