Windows Remote Desktop XP Pro SP3 stop resizing screen?

isofa

Is there any way to stop a Win XP Pro SP3 Remote Desktop session from resizing the desktop it's viewing and screwing up all the icons on the larger screen?

E.g. a 1024x768 netbook controlling a desktop with a native res of 1280x1024.

Obviously the netbook views the remote at 1024x768, and resizes the desktop on the remote session, but when returning to the desktop, although the resolution has remained set at 1280x1024 all the desktop icons have been rearranged to fit in the remote 1024x768 screen even after remote control has ended.

Both systems running XP Pro SP3.

Very annoying!

-TangleFoot-

Does this help?

andy2004

Dont use it and use teamviewer instead, and lot safer.

Strider590

Hmmmm, off the top of my head all I can think of is a little script I found that saves and restores the desktop icon locations.

http://users.rcn.com/taylotr/icon_restore.html

Looks like the one I used, but virus scan it before you open it.

isofa

-TangleFoot- wrote: »

Does this help?

Will give it a try!

isofa

Strider590 wrote: »

Hmmmm, off the top of my head all I can think of is a little script I found that saves and restores the desktop icon locations.

http://users.rcn.com/taylotr/icon_restore.html

Looks like the one I used, but virus scan it before you open it.

Looks very interesting, will test it!

isofa

andy2004 wrote: »

Dont use it and use teamviewer instead, and lot safer.

I use LogMeIn for external IP connections over the Internet, but internally taking control of servers/systems in different rooms etc, I've always used the standard RDC in Windows, what are the safety implications?