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Using Remote Control—Overview
W
hen you open a Remote Control window, you can view and operate the host as if you were sitting in
front of it. Images from the host appear on your screen in a Remote Control window within the LapLink
workspace. .
Remote Control provides a way to operate another com-
puter at a distance. You begin Remote Control as soon as
you open a Remote Control window. While you are working
in this window, your mouse moves the mouse pointer on the
remote computer, your keyboard types characters on the
remote computer, and your Remote Control window shows
the remote computer’s screen.
Remote Control terminology
A LapLink Remote Control session consists of the following:
Guest The Remote Control window and the mouse and
keyboard on the guest are your links to the remote com-
puter. Working in the Remote Control window, you use your
mouse 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 setting
up a host. The computer need only be running LapLink and
configured to allow incoming connections. You do not need
to be at the computer. On the other hand, you may want to
join the guest as an observer or an active participant.
Opening a Remote Control window
On a guest, you can open a Remote Control window at the
time 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 several
Remote Control windows, one for each host computer.
To open a Remote Control window while connecting:
• Click the Connect Over button on the LinkBar and then
click Modem, Network, or some other means of con-
necting. Under Services, check the Remote Control
box. (For more information about connecting to other
computers, 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 Gold
Corporate’s left shortcut bar.. Or click Open Remote
Control on the Window menu.
• If you have more than one connection, select a window
for the desired connection before clicking the Open
Remote Control button.
What you see
The host screen appears on your screen as a window within
LapLink. The name of the host computer appears in the
window’s title bar. You can move, resize, minimize, or maxi-
mize the window as you would any other window. Use the
scroll bars to view other parts of the host screen.