Before anyone says anything.....I know I'm flooding this board recently
But....when you've got a problem you've got to sort it out - right?
I'm having a problem getting VPS to span both of my monitors. I go to 'Run' and enter 'Mstsc /span' but that only presents me with the Remote Desktop Connection Box.
Both my monitors are side by side, both are on high resolution and both are the same make.
Am I missing something?
One thing I have noticed is that if I look at the display settings on my pc it shows 2 screens but if I look at the display settings on VPS it only shows 1 - is this part of the problem?
Thanks!
Setting Up Multiple Monitors On VPS
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I put in:
mstsc /span /v:
and it seems to work fine. Make sure you have the spaces - hope that helps?
mstsc /span /v:
and it seems to work fine. Make sure you have the spaces - hope that helps?
Cool - a support request... something that comes easier to me than trading
yes, if you have version 6 (I think its 6) of mstsc.exe then it support the span parameter (XP updated onwards)
so yeah if you run the following
mstsc.exe /v:xxx.xxx.x.xx /span
where xxx is the IP address of your VPS
If you are still having trouble can you let me know
Cheers
Gary
yes, if you have version 6 (I think its 6) of mstsc.exe then it support the span parameter (XP updated onwards)
so yeah if you run the following
mstsc.exe /v:xxx.xxx.x.xx /span
where xxx is the IP address of your VPS
If you are still having trouble can you let me know
Cheers
Gary
i Know this has been a couple years ago but I'm currently having this problem. Im on windows 2008 standard sp2. I can't get it to extend across both monitors. I am on version 6 also...Can I upgrade my RDC to 7 if my RDC is only 2008 standard?
thank you
thank you
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Hi nova,
Not sure if this helps but I have a twin monitor set up, running windows XP via a Matrox twin headed graphics card... Easy to fit and set up. It works really well on a 4 year old not very powerfull pc!!!!
Groovy
Not sure if this helps but I have a twin monitor set up, running windows XP via a Matrox twin headed graphics card... Easy to fit and set up. It works really well on a 4 year old not very powerfull pc!!!!
Groovy
Regarding spanning monitors, multiple monitor support with the RDC is poorly implemented and confusing. My latest information is that multiple desktop is not possible - the span option with the RDC will simply give you a single desktop that you can span across two monitors as long as the total resolution does not exceed 4096 x 2048. There is no clear answer from Microsoft and the usual fuddery exists (Fear Uncertainty & Doubt).
I would love to see a true multiple desktop support but as far as I'm aware this is not possible.
See here for XP information: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/969084
I would love to see a true multiple desktop support but as far as I'm aware this is not possible.
See here for XP information: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/969084