I have a windows 7 box at home that I VNC into for maintenance. That same Windows 7 box is also a HTPC (hooked up to the TV) that my kids use to watch movies while I'm at work. What I am trying to do is manage the machine without interrupting my family watching their stuff. I know I can SSH in, but would prefer something like a different session altogether.
Does anyone know if it is possible to VNC into a different session on Windows 7? Thanks!
This question doesn't belong here, but to answer your question: Remote desktop (built into every Windows PC) connects to a different session and has better performance than VNC.
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My PC at work has Windows 7 Professional Edition which I know I cannot use the regular RDP to connect using 2 monitors.
Is there any alternative I can use to connect to a Windows 7 Professional Edition via RDP?
Just to clear this up
Windows 7 pro can use true multiple monitors when it is the client (connecting to server 2008/windows 7 ult or enterprise)
When it is the HOST (ie the one you are connecting to) it will only allow single monitor connections to it, the span option works to stretch the session over 2 screens but it ISNT true multimonitor mode
Sorry sam but you cant connect to windows 7 pro in tru multimon mode, the screenshot you have shown is the remote desktop client, hence why the options are there
The situation is that when Win7 Pro is the host (meaning it is the remote machine), it does NOT provide multiple monitor support.
No matter what settings you use on the client, you will get only a single monitor, if the host is Win7 Pro. Period.
The sad fact is that the Win7 FAQ - for a long time - said ALL versions of Win7 supported multiple monitors through RDP, without qualification.
After many users complained of this failing with Win7 Pro as the host, Microsoft fixed it - by changing the FAQ. Frankly, Microsoft owes this feature to all Win7 users, but Win8 is now the new (and obviously, at the time of this writing, failed) focus of attention.
There ARE programs out there that patch Windows Home to have full RDP hosting (actually, the 2008 server version, which allows multiple remote desktops). Apparently it is a single DLL and, possibly, some registry changes. I have no idea if they'd work for Pro, but my guess is that they would.
That said, if you have an IT department managing your host PC, you probably can't do this, and will have spend $130 to use the Anytime upgrade to the Ultimate version.
This despite the fact that the overwhelming desktop being remotely connected to at businesses is Pro. Yeah, I think MS just found a possible cash cow, and of course won't ever admit it, or live up the promise they made via their FAQ for quite a long time.
Win7 does have duel monitor support
WinXP does not
As long as the PC you are using, and the PC you are connected to is Win7, there should not be a problem. Also the PC you are Using the RDP connection from must have duel screens. If not you well have to use a VNC like Teamviewer.
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I would like to make a Windows Phone 7 application that takes advantage of it's USB port to communicate with the PC. I would like to write an application to control or push information/data to the PC from the application. But I am having problems finding information on where to start. Can anyone help point me in the right direction with some resources?
The only way to communicate over the USB connection is over HTTP.
To get this to work you'll need:
- a webservice hosted on the PC you're connecting to.
- a way for the app (on the phone) to know the hostname of the PC. (You'll probably need to enter it manually)
When you have these it should be straight forward.
You can't.
If you want to make sure to push data to a client PC, you will have to use a kind of synchronization by using the internet. For example create a wp7 application and a desktop application and let them sync the data based on a user object or anything like that.
As far as I know also the updated SDK for Mango will not support programming against the USB dataconnection.
I have a desktop with win 7 ultimate and a laptop with win 2000 pro.
Is it possible for me to log in to my desktop from the laptop without kicking out the user that's currently on the desktop?
I want to have a separate session.
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No. You need a server OS for this.
BUT.... I found this (untested but looks promising)...
http://www.blogsdna.com/2336/enable-multiple-user-accessconcurrent-user-sessions-for-remote-desktop-on-windows-7.htm
I need a virtual server for web development, it'll host Apache+Postgres+Ruby+something else.
What's the most effective software to run such a server? (ie with least virtualization overhead)
Is there a way to run Linux as as service?
I use VirtualBox at the moment, but it's inconvenient in some ways, such as it needs an emulator window open which also captures keyboard input when alttabbed into.
(Also, coLinux hangs at boot on my machine, so it's probably not an option)
Check out the features of VMWare Server. It's free, you just have to register.
I've never found VMware to be much of a performance hog unless running 3+ virtual machines.
The latest free server version (VMware Server 2) runs as a service IIRC, so you can set up your dev server to start up and shut down when your PC does, and you can either log on to the VM's console through the web interface, or create a shortcut on your desktop so it's fairly non-obtrusive.
There is a very convenient utility that hides VirtualBox from the foreground completely: vboxctrl. With vboxctrl you can run a Linux server on your Windows machine, make it automatically go to sleep when Windows shuts down or hibernates; then use any SSH client to log in to the server. Or you can use Xming to open graphical windows from the Linux server; I've worked quite a lot of time in GVim open through Xming.
If anyone needs more details, leave a comment, I may write an article about this.
Does anyone know of a similar product to Citrix Server that'll run on the Mac OS?
Essentially, I'm looking to allow multiple remote users to log in to the same OSX Server at the same time (with full visual desktop, not SSH).
OS X's Quartz window server has no remoting abilities, unlike its predecessor. X11 does, but 'native' OS X applications don't use that; of the few Mac apps typically run in X11 (such as GIMP or CrossOver), none are specific to the Mac, so you might as well run them on a different OS.
That said, if all you want is to visually remote-control a session, it is possible to use VNC or a derivative, such as Apple Remote Desktop. Since 10.4, this allows for multiple simultaneous sessions, as implemented with Vine Server. Remote Desktop also has other abilities such as remotely installing and updating software.
(Unlike Citrix and X11, VNC does not send drawing commands over the network; it instead transmits a compressed image representation pixel-per-pixel.)
You should specify your exact needs. You will not get a Citrix-like experience where you can run single Mac apps in their own remote session. You will, however, get remote graphical control, and that may be more than enough for you.
I've never heard of it, but from their blog:
Aqua Connect Terminal Server uses the VNC (Virtual Network Computing) protocol to send data between Mac OS X and the client application.
Now, if someone does know of a non-VNC solution, I'd be happy to hear it.
Anyone have experience with Aqua Connect? Found them from Google, and they claim the next version works on RDP as well as VNC. Wondering if it's just a nice wrapper around the VNC capabilities #Soeren Kuklau pointed out.
Thanks for the link to Vine Server, that's worth investigating.
John Vasileff,
Back to My Mac is a tunnelling / NAT traversal technique that enables the use of any networking (including VNC-based remote control). iChat screen sharing, Finder Screen Sharing and Remote Desktop all use VNC. Apple does not offer any non-VNC solutions.
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