Two PCs, One Monitor

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It's not just the monitor you need to emulate, it's the keyboard and mouse, and maybe audio too.

vnc/remote desktop etc, is "a window on a pc", which could be the other side of the world, with no monitor attached at all - you'd just be viewing what would be on the monitor if you were sat there, in a window on the controlling pc, but you are really complicating things, if you need them both on at the same time, without any sluggishness in control, buy a switch and cables - if you can find one that supports your monitor inputs/outputs for a reasonable price

If you aren't bothered about responsiveness, install a vnc server on one, and a client on the other - but you need to make sure your server pc can boot without any keyboard/mouse attached.

the other possibility is, ditch the older pc completely, and run it under a virtual machine on the newer one.

m5rcc

closed wrote: »

vnc/remote desktop etc, is a window on a pc, which could be the other side of the world, with no monitor attached

I know what it is, but as I remember it the 2nd PC needs to accept the RD request from the main PC manually, does it not?

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it depends on your operating system, but vnc can be setup to accept requests automatically, with password if required.

m5rcc

closed wrote: »

it depends on your operating system, but vnc can be setup to accept requests automatically, with password if required.

main is Win 7 64
client is XP

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pro or home.

If you don't need sound, just try vnc, install server on xp, install a client on W7

http://www.realvnc.com/download/


http://www.intelliadmin.com/index.php/2006/06/vnc-navigator-new-product-released/

m5rcc

This is the issue closed. I cannot install anything on the XP machine as I have no monitor to connect to it. If I had, I wouldn't have started this thread asking for monitor access via an unorthodox method.....

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Flat screen tv with vga input, or vga-dvi adapter, or borrow one.

What monitor is it?

bazster

m5rcc wrote: »

I know what it is, but as I remember it the 2nd PC needs to accept the RD request from the main PC manually, does it not?

No. With Remote Desktop, you simply need to tick a box once (it's somewhere in the Control Panel) to tell the computer to accept Remote Desktop requests, and away you go. I think you're getting VNC/Remote Desktop confused with Remote Assistance.

bazster

m5rcc wrote: »

This is the issue closed. I cannot install anything on the XP machine as I have no monitor to connect to it. If I had, I wouldn't have started this thread asking for monitor access via an unorthodox method.....

Well if you'd made that clear in the first place...

This is a long shot, but where are you (roughly, not your address!)? I've got a couple of working old monitors I want to get rid of for the price of a donation to charity.

m5rcc

bazster wrote: »

Well if you'd made that clear in the first place...

This is a long shot, but where are you (roughly, not your address!)? I've got a couple of working old monitors I want to get rid of for the price of a donation to charity.

Why would I go through all this then?

Never mind... I'll source a monitor from somewhere...

Thanks all the same.