Remote desktop with multiple workspaces?

~digitalman Aug 20, 2012

Okay, in my quest to work a projector from 80 feet away, I've decided to try out a dual-system setup, with one system right next to the projector, and one all the way back in the sound room, with Remote Desktop between the two. Ideally, this should keep any lag in the controlling computer, with absolutely no lag on the projector.

However, sometimes I may be called upon to look up information or perform a task on-the-fly, where the process should not be shown on the projector, but the end result should be. This sounds like a task for workspaces, and I'd like the process to work something like this:

Connect remotely; Control System is viewing Remote System's Workspace 1.

Hit hotkey; Control System is now viewing and working in Remote System's Workspace 2, but the projector is still showing Workspace 1.

Google, Powerpoint, or whatever is necessary to prepare data for display on Workspace 2.

Hit different hotkey; Projector is now showing prepared Workspace 2.

Now the question is, is this something Windows 7 can manage, in any fashion?

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`nokari Aug 20, 2012 Professional Interface Designer

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If you need to do things "off-screen" from the projector on the wirelessly connected computer, then I think a simple dual monitor setup would suffice. For example, on my Mac at work I have a secondary monitor on the right and whenever I test a PowerPoint presentation, the presentation displays on the right monitor while the off-screen controls are on the left monitor.

But honestly, in most situations I've seen, people either prepare ahead of time and end one presentation and start the next one right away (showing their desktop only briefly on the projector as they switch) or they temporarily close the connection (blank projector screen) while preparing the next presentation and then connecting again when they're ready.

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