LapLink MN-LGD011-XX-US User Manual
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78Using Remote Control—OverviewWhen you open a Remote Control window, you can view and operate the host as if you were sitting infront of it. Images from the host appear on your screen in a Remote Control window within the LapLinkworkspace. .Remote Control provides a way to operate another com-puter at a distance. You begin Remote Control as soon asyou open a Remote Control window. While you are workingin this window, your mouse moves the mouse pointer on theremote computer, your keyboard types characters on theremote computer, and your Remote Control window showsthe remote computer’s screen.Remote Control terminologyA LapLink Remote Control session consists of the following:Guest The Remote Control window and the mouse andkeyboard on the guest are your links to the remote com-puter. Working in the Remote Control window, you use yourmouse and keyboard to operate the host. Your work, mean-while, is being processed on the host computer.Host There is no special procedure associated with settingup a host. The computer need only be running LapLink andconfigured to allow incoming connections. You do not needto be at the computer. On the other hand, you may want tojoin the guest as an observer or an active participant.Opening a Remote Control windowOn a guest, you can open a Remote Control window at thetime you connect to the host. Or you can open one some-time after the connection is made. Because LapLink sup-ports multiple connections, the guest can maintain severalRemote Control windows, one for each host computer.To open a Remote Control window while connecting:• Click the Connect Over button on the LinkBar and thenclick Modem, Network, or some other means of con-necting. Under Services, check the Remote Controlbox. (For more information about connecting to othercomputers, see ”How can I connect to other comput-ers?)To open a Remote Control window after opening a con-nection:• Click the Open Remote Control button on LapLink GoldCorporate’s left shortcut bar.. Or click Open RemoteControl on the Window menu.• If you have more than one connection, select a windowfor the desired connection before clicking the OpenRemote Control button.What you seeThe host screen appears on your screen as a window withinLapLink. The name of the host computer appears in thewindow’s title bar. You can move, resize, minimize, or maxi-mize the window as you would any other window. Use thescroll bars to view other parts of the host screen. |
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