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Screens 3 6 5 – Access Your Computer Remotely

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If you RDP (remote desktop) to a Windows 7 or 8 PC and see only a black screen the computers involved appear to be arguing over screen resolution. The easy way to resolve it is to:

Screens 3 6 5 – Access Your Computer Remotely

Support and IT professionals can remotely access and view iOS device screens (iPhone and iPad screens) using Splashtop SOS. SOS is support software for IT, help desk and support professionals to provide quick, attended support on iOS, Android, Windows and Mac. How to remotely view your customer's iPhone or iPad Screen with SOS Get Splashtop SOS. A recommenced alternative to using Screens Connect in order to make your PC reachable remotely is No-IP. Please refer to the Making your computer reachable remotely without Screens Connect article to learn how. Selecting a Display. In order to select a particular display on your computer, you need to specify a different port number. A recommenced alternative to using Screens Connect in order to make your PC reachable remotely is No-IP. Please refer to the Making your computer reachable remotely without Screens Connect article to learn how. Selecting a Display. In order to select a particular display on your computer, you need to specify a different port number. Remote access is a useful feature when you need to access your computer from another location, such as when you need to connect to your home computer when you are at work. A remote connection is also handy in support situations in which you help others by connecting to their computers or when you need tech help and want to allow support.

  1. Click on the black RDP windows (to select it) and press CTRL-ALT-END to bring up the Windows Security screen and select LOG OFF, then log back in
  2. Start a new RDP client on your desktop but BEFORE you click CONNECT, click the SHOW OPTIONS link, click the DISPLAY tab and set the DISPLAY CONFIGURATION to a low resolution like 640×480

To actually solve the problem in the future:

Remotely

Support and IT professionals can remotely access and view iOS device screens (iPhone and iPad screens) using Splashtop SOS. SOS is support software for IT, help desk and support professionals to provide quick, attended support on iOS, Android, Windows and Mac. How to remotely view your customer's iPhone or iPad Screen with SOS Get Splashtop SOS. A recommenced alternative to using Screens Connect in order to make your PC reachable remotely is No-IP. Please refer to the Making your computer reachable remotely without Screens Connect article to learn how. Selecting a Display. In order to select a particular display on your computer, you need to specify a different port number. A recommenced alternative to using Screens Connect in order to make your PC reachable remotely is No-IP. Please refer to the Making your computer reachable remotely without Screens Connect article to learn how. Selecting a Display. In order to select a particular display on your computer, you need to specify a different port number. Remote access is a useful feature when you need to access your computer from another location, such as when you need to connect to your home computer when you are at work. A remote connection is also handy in support situations in which you help others by connecting to their computers or when you need tech help and want to allow support.

  1. Click on the black RDP windows (to select it) and press CTRL-ALT-END to bring up the Windows Security screen and select LOG OFF, then log back in
  2. Start a new RDP client on your desktop but BEFORE you click CONNECT, click the SHOW OPTIONS link, click the DISPLAY tab and set the DISPLAY CONFIGURATION to a low resolution like 640×480

To actually solve the problem in the future:

Screens 3 6 5 – Access Your Computer Remotely Password

  1. Disable BitMap Caching in your RDP client (on the EXPERIENCE tab).
  2. You can use THIS process to reduce the RDP compression to none.

How To Remote Access A Computer

For more details see, THIS Microsoft KBase article or THIS blog.

Access My Pc Remotely

For the record, I like the phrase BLACK SCREEN OF DOOM that has been coined by others.





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