Chris Wilson Posted November 23, 2007 Share Posted November 23, 2007 I am using VNC to remote into my main desktop PC with a laptop. Screen on the desktop is 17 inch at 1152 x 864 true colour. Laptop is a Compaq Evo n600c with 14.1-inch color TFT XGA with 1024 x 768 resolution (up to 16.7M colors internal). Problem: The screen resolution on the laptop means i have to run the mouse cursor to the edges of the laptop screen to shift the desktop or app image to get at the scrollbars of the app itself. This is a total PITA. Do I need to alter the resolution of the desktop PC to fix this, or what? I want the laptop to show all the app on the screen without scrolling, so the apps scroll bars are visible without messing about. possible? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRalphMan Posted November 23, 2007 Share Posted November 23, 2007 I use UltraVNC and yes, you would have to switch the resolution on the screen otherwise you will have to scroll. There is an option (with UltraVNC anyways) that will allow you to stretch the screen to your monitoring laptop, but it can cause some very strange things to happen. Best to view it as normal. Cheers, Paul. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BASHTHEBISHOP Posted November 23, 2007 Share Posted November 23, 2007 I always reduce to 8 bit as well to ensure good connection speed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl0s Posted November 23, 2007 Share Posted November 23, 2007 I take it your desktop isn't running XP Pro ? VNC is so very slow and awful to use. NetSupport Manager is the next best thing to RDP (Remote Desktop, as found in XP Pro). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jevansio Posted November 23, 2007 Share Posted November 23, 2007 Dunno if this helps Chris or not but if possible XP Pro on your desktop & RDP onto it is best way to get onto another computer IMHO, always found VNC very third rate, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl0s Posted November 23, 2007 Share Posted November 23, 2007 Dunno if this helps Chris or not but if possible XP Pro on your desktop & RDP onto it is best way to get onto another computer IMHO, always found VNC very third rate, I agree. It's poor, although I accept it is free. I've tried UltraVNC, TightVNC, vanillaVNC etc, and they all have the same problems which are slow performance all round, and an annoying mouse-cursor tracking method. NetSupport Manager does the mouse properly, just like RDP, so you don't really notice any lag, and it's generally very fast if the bit depth is limited. I'd probably still prefer RDP above NSM but I use NSM on hundreds of computers over ADSL WAN links and it's super. If only they'd bring out a Linux control though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted November 24, 2007 Share Posted November 24, 2007 Does this mean you got the network cable working? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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