Remote Desktop Oddity ... Why?

Hi --

This is not a critical issue but I would prefer that the behavior be
changed.

I have successfully configured my home desktop and my notebook for remote
access. When I did that, I had the two computers side by side, so I could
see what was happening on the desktop.

Is it supposed to be the case that as soon as the connection is made, the
host screen changes to the login screen but beneath the login, there is an
indication of the number of progams running? This doesn't affect the
functionality of the connection because the remote computer continues to
show the host's desktop and as soon as I terminate the connection I must
sign back in on the desktop and the regular windows desktop reappears on the
host.

If that is the way it is supposed to be, I can live with it, but if there is
a setting that can be changed, I would prefer that someone sitting at the
computer be able to see what I was doing for training purposes. When I am
at work and my co-worker connects from home via her own gotomypc account,
her host computer doesn't do that and you can see exactly what she is doing.
All of the computers in question are running XP SP2.

Thanks.

Zan

"tempgal" <tempgal@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:ue8IuWCQIHA.1188@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Hi --
>
> This is not a critical issue but I would prefer that the behavior be
> changed.
>
> I have successfully configured my home desktop and my notebook for remote
> access. When I did that, I had the two computers side by side, so I could
> see what was happening on the desktop.
>
> Is it supposed to be the case that as soon as the connection is made, the
> host screen changes to the login screen but beneath the login, there is an
> indication of the number of progams running? This doesn't affect the
> functionality of the connection because the remote computer continues to
> show the host's desktop and as soon as I terminate the connection I must
> sign back in on the desktop and the regular windows desktop reappears on
> the host.
>
> If that is the way it is supposed to be, I can live with it, but if there
> is a setting that can be changed, I would prefer that someone sitting at
> the computer be able to see what I was doing for training purposes. When
> I am at work and my co-worker connects from home via her own gotomypc
> account, her host computer doesn't do that and you can see exactly what
> she is doing. All of the computers in question are running XP SP2.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Zan
>

That is the normal operation for Remote Desktop and can't be changed
natively. You might look into Remote Assistance (built-in), TeamViewer or
any flavor of VNC (I recommend UltraVNC) if you need to have both desktops
displayed. I presume GoToMyPC also is similar although I have never used it.

--

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Thanks, Al.

Zan


"Sooner Al [MVP]" <SoonerAl@somewhere.net.invalid> wrote in message
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> "tempgal" <tempgal@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:ue8IuWCQIHA.1188@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> Hi --
>>
>> This is not a critical issue but I would prefer that the behavior be
>> changed.
>>
>> I have successfully configured my home desktop and my notebook for remote
>> access. When I did that, I had the two computers side by side, so I
>> could see what was happening on the desktop.
>>
>> Is it supposed to be the case that as soon as the connection is made, the
>> host screen changes to the login screen but beneath the login, there is
>> an indication of the number of progams running? This doesn't affect the
>> functionality of the connection because the remote computer continues to
>> show the host's desktop and as soon as I terminate the connection I must
>> sign back in on the desktop and the regular windows desktop reappears on
>> the host.
>>
>> If that is the way it is supposed to be, I can live with it, but if there
>> is a setting that can be changed, I would prefer that someone sitting at
>> the computer be able to see what I was doing for training purposes. When
>> I am at work and my co-worker connects from home via her own gotomypc
>> account, her host computer doesn't do that and you can see exactly what
>> she is doing. All of the computers in question are running XP SP2.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Zan
>>
>
> That is the normal operation for Remote Desktop and can't be changed
> natively. You might look into Remote Assistance (built-in), TeamViewer or
> any flavor of VNC (I recommend UltraVNC) if you need to have both desktops
> displayed. I presume GoToMyPC also is similar although I have never used
> it.
>
> --
>
> Al Jarvi (MS-MVP Windows Networking)
>
> Please post *ALL* questions and replies to the news group for the
> mutual benefit of all of us...
> The MS-MVP Program - http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> rights...
>