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Thread ID: 145970	2018-03-19 21:32:00	What is the best way to access my Desktop from a Laptop	DeSade (984)	Press F1

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1447499	2018-03-19 21:32:00	Hi All I want to create a new setup for myself and I am not sure what it the best way to do it. My Desktop is wired to the internet and very powerful. It is in my office. I also have a Laptop and large TV in another room I want the desktop to be used to send its signal to the laptop and then the laptop use the TV as its monitor. It is necessary for me to do everything I normally would if I was sitting in front of the Desktop, from Media to Games to working in Excel etc. Essentially the laptop is a "thin client" for the Desktop machine. I can't test any of these yet as I lack the laptop which is coming but not available to me right now. Would something as simple as RDP work or do I need specialized software? I need to mitigate any lag as well Thoughts, ideas, suggestions please?	DeSade (984)
1447500	2018-03-19 22:13:00	RDP would work for most things.....but not games. You can also tell it to bring the sound to the laptop from the desktop for video, but you might find some lag. Teamviewer is another option, might work better for games, but there'll still be the lag to deal with. Media you'd be better to play on the laptop natively using the network, as you'll have better control over it. If the laptop isn't powerful enough for that (then RDP/Teamviewer will be a stretch), but you can then put plex server/or emby on your desktop and client client n your laptop and it will convert down for playback (if needed)	psycik (12851)
1447501	2018-03-19 22:16:00	RDP would work for most things.....but not games. You can also tell it to bring the sound to the laptop from the desktop for video, but you might find some lag. Teamviewer is another option, might work better for games, but there'll still be the lag to deal with. Media you'd be better to play on the laptop natively using the network, as you'll have better control over it. If the laptop isn't powerful enough for that (then RDP/Teamviewer will be a stretch), but you can then put plex server/or emby on your desktop and client client n your laptop and it will convert down for playback (if needed) Media is just files that won't be an issue at all. The main issue for me is running EXE's over the link	DeSade (984)
1447502	2018-03-19 22:23:00	Hi All ....... to Games to ..... I need to mitigate any lag as well You need to be realistic . gaming via remote connection .......:badpc: Anyway, RDC is what I'd do, BUT , the PC you are remoting onto MUST be Win Pro. Not win home Otherwise , VNC, Teamveiwer etc.	1101 (13337)
1447503	2018-03-19 22:28:00	You need to be realistic . gaming via remote connection .......:badpc: Anyway, RDC is what I'd do, BUT , the PC you are remoting onto MUST be Win Pro. Not win home Otherwise , VNC, Teamveiwer etc. Games are a "nice to have" but not a deal breaker. The other EXE's are, I need full functionality without installing software to the laptop. My Desktop is Pro, the laptop may not be.	DeSade (984)
1447504	2018-03-19 22:30:00	The main issue for me is running EXE's over the link That works, BUT, the exe will be running on the remote PC. It wont interface with the PC at the other end via the remote (more or less) You are after all just sending whats on the remote screen (more or less) You can send sound, printing , file access (partial file access of the drives on the non remote pc) , clipboard across the remote, within reason.	1101 (13337)
1447505	2018-03-19 22:37:00	That works, BUT, the exe will be running on the remote PC. It wont interface with the PC at the other end via the remote (more or less) You are after all just sending whats on the remote screen (more or less) You can send sound, printing , file access (partial file access of the drives on the non remote pc) , clipboard across the remote, within reason. I mean the worst case scenario, I can transfer media files across the link and just run them on the laptop.	DeSade (984)
1447506	2018-03-19 22:54:00	I have used RDP before cos we had a older PC attached to a printer since the printer driver was only 32 bit. We also used RDP curiously to play live TV broadcast with a TV tuner device and that also worked but lagged. If you include gaming, I suppose the laptop is spec'ed to run games? Why not just install games on the laptop also then. Then you can just share your media files. Just install VLC ? What about using a category cable and send HDMI from your desktop PC to your HDTV? And somehow rig up a wireless keyboard / mouse that works long distance.	Nomad (952)
1447507	2018-03-19 23:06:00	I have used RDP before cos we had a older PC attached to a printer since the printer driver was only 32 bit. We also used RDP curiously to play live TV broadcast with a TV tuner device and that also worked but lagged. If you include gaming, I suppose the laptop is spec'ed to run games? Why not just install games on the laptop also then. Then you can just share your media files. Just install VLC ? What about using a category cable and send HDMI from your desktop PC to your HDTV? And somehow rig up a wireless keyboard / mouse that works long distance. The laptop could run its own games yes but that is not what I am trying to do here. Laptop will be connected to the TV as a monitor and I will be using a wireless keyboard and mouse to the laptop for control.	DeSade (984)
1447508	2018-03-20 00:08:00	For gaming if you play steam games the steam client will stream many games over a network. I've played racing & fighting games fullscreen with a controller in the lounge on a low powered NUC this way with no appreciable lag - it works really well. All you have to do is install steam on both machines and log into the same account, it adds the option to stream to the library automatically. For the rest I've tried teamviewer in the past and it worked fairly well, but I've ended up just running everything besides games locally so I abandoned that myself.	dugimodo (138)
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