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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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| 1447509 | 2018-03-20 00:11:00 | 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. On the desktop : RDC (MSTSC) : options, local resources, drives ; tick c: (or d: etc) That will add the desktops c: as a drive in the laptops my computor . So the laptop will be able to see & access the desktops hard drives you add there. Or share folder on the desktop , map network drive on laptop. done. Much better way. |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1447510 | 2018-03-20 00:44:00 | 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. Does this work with the Non-Steam game library additions? |
DeSade (984) | ||
| 1447511 | 2018-03-20 00:46:00 | On the desktop : RDC (MSTSC) : options, local resources, drives ; tick c: (or d: etc) That will add the desktops c: as a drive in the laptops my computor . So the laptop will be able to see & access the desktops hard drives you add there. Or share folder on the desktop , map network drive on laptop. done. Much better way. But I don't want to "run" anything on the laptop I want all processing and all the grunt work done by my desktop machine. |
DeSade (984) | ||
| 1447512 | 2018-03-20 01:37:00 | Basic and simple remote desktop would be the easiest way. You have several choices. The Inbuilt in Windows 10, but a bit of mucking about jumping from PC to laptop to start, the Audio may be a problem as well. The good Ol RDP, dead simple to setup in W10. With the Desktop being Pro it will work fine, doesn't matter what the Laptop is. RDP Via W10 has been made simple. Go to the Store (on Laptop) search for "Microsoft Remote Desktop" Install the App. On the Desktop, enable remote desktop. Get either the IP address ( if static) or PC Name, Then on the laptop, open the App, Add - Enter the PC name, connect, enter the user name and password for the Desktop, Tick remember (if you want- recommended) - and that's it, you are now looking at the desktop as if sitting in front of it. The Laptop will of course be connected to the TV some how, usually by HDMI, so what ever is on the Laptop screen will be on the TV. Just tried the remote app on this - The Workshop PC is Pro, this is home, can connect to the Desktop, play a music or video from the desktop, and the audio is coming out the speakers on the Home. Video is no jittering/ lagging, smooth as silk. The only downside is you need to have a password on the Desktop, and when it connected it will log you out so you need to log back in again. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1447513 | 2018-03-20 02:07:00 | Basic and simple remote desktop would be the easiest way. You have several choices. The Inbuilt in Windows 10, but a bit of mucking about jumping from PC to laptop to start, the Audio may be a problem as well. The good Ol RDP, dead simple to setup in W10. With the Desktop being Pro it will work fine, doesn't matter what the Laptop is. RDP Via W10 has been made simple. Go to the Store (on Laptop) search for "Microsoft Remote Desktop" Install the App. On the Desktop, enable remote desktop. Get either the IP address ( if static) or PC Name, Then on the laptop, open the App, Add - Enter the PC name, connect, enter the user name and password for the Desktop, Tick remember (if you want- recommended) - and that's it, you are now looking at the desktop as if sitting in front of it. The Laptop will of course be connected to the TV some how, usually by HDMI, so what ever is on the Laptop screen will be on the TV. Just tried the remote app on this - The Workshop PC is Pro, this is home, can connect to the Desktop, play a music or video from the desktop, and the audio is coming out the speakers on the Home. Video is no jittering/ lagging, smooth as silk. The only downside is you need to have a password on the Desktop, and when it connected it will log you out so you need to log back in again. I think this is the best way, tried and true RDP. Although I really did want to get the games to run through this set up..... I will try RDP and the steam cast thing in conjunction, means the laptop has to process some but all good. |
DeSade (984) | ||
| 1447514 | 2018-03-20 02:19:00 | I think this is the best way, tried and true RDP. Although I really did want to get the games to run through this set up..... I will try RDP and the steam cast thing in conjunction, means the laptop has to process some but all good.The App mentioned does the same thing as the older Remote connection, just looks a bit more modern and graphical. The games may run fine, the bottle neck will be the LAN connections, it will only run as fast as the slowest point ( what ever that may be including the cast). |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1447515 | 2018-03-20 02:32:00 | Does this work with the Non-Steam game library additions? Haven't tried but I'd say no. It doesn't even work with every steam game. The ones it works for it does well though. |
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