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Peter Stegnar
Asked: 2010-03-22 00:01:26 +0800 CST

Windows 7 Multi Monitor RDC Problem

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I would like to use all my monitors for the remote session (an option in RDC dialogue) if I connect (from Windows 7) to the one server with Windows 2008 R2 it works OK (I have remote connection on my all monitors) when do I connect to the another machine with Windows 7 it just wound not use all my monitors, but just one (full screen mode).

What do I missing here? Some setting on the Windows 7 RDP server?

Basically my question is:
How to establish multimonitor RDC connection from Windows 7 to another Windows 7 running computer?

windows rdc

3 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    You need Windows 7 Ultimate or Enterprise at the end-point to support multiple terminal services displays (or any edition of Windows Server 2008 R2).

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  2. Check the group policy setting "Computer Configuration, Administrative Templates, Windows components, Remote Desktop Services, Remote Desktop Session Host, Remote Session Environment, Limit maximum number of monitors" on your Windows 7 machine.

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  3. Well, first:

    • THERE IS NO WINDOWS 7 SERVER, dude. Seriously. As such you can not have a setting on it.

    • Windows 7 is not a server os, so you should not run it on a server ;) That said, it also works if you are connecting to windows 7 workstations remotely from a Windows 7 workstation, ad I do that a lot (virtualized desktop here for certain applications).

    • If your servers run a OS before 2008 R2.... then you basically are out of luck. As in: the SERVER side of multi monitor support was added with R2. A 2008 server simpy can not serve multiple monitors.

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