1600x1200 limit in Remote Desktop

I've never noticed this before as I've never had two machines with 1920x1200
monitors.

The server is Vista Business running an nVidia 7600GS at 1920x1200 with a
Dell 2407FPW monitor.
The client is XP Pro running an ATI 9800 Pro at 1920x1200 with a Dell
2405FPW monitor

The settings are 'full screen' in the RDP connect dialog.

When it comes up, it is 1600x1200 with black bars?

How come? Is RDP limited to 1600x1200?

Tom

It isn't 4096x2048 is biggest support. This is on RDP 6.0 though, you may
have the older version.

It was limited due to monitor size when it was designed, bandwidth amd video
memory..

Larger resolution does hog the band width.. 10 users at 1600 would slow
everything down, let alone at 4096.

BTW VIsta Business aint a Server...lol


"Tom Scales" <> wrote in message
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> I've never noticed this before as I've never had two machines with
> 1920x1200 monitors.
>
> The server is Vista Business running an nVidia 7600GS at 1920x1200 with a
> Dell 2407FPW monitor.
> The client is XP Pro running an ATI 9800 Pro at 1920x1200 with a Dell
> 2405FPW monitor
>
> The settings are 'full screen' in the RDP connect dialog.
>
> When it comes up, it is 1600x1200 with black bars?
>
> How come? Is RDP limited to 1600x1200?
>
> Tom

For the purposes of RDP, Vista Business is a server.

Regardless, as I stated, both monitors are 1920x1200. They are connected
with gigabit. Both have 256MB of video memory.

So, any suggestions why it is limiting itself to 1600x1200?


"POP" <> wrote in message
news:6A894042-3195-49B4-97A7-...
> It isn't 4096x2048 is biggest support. This is on RDP 6.0 though, you may
> have the older version.
>
> It was limited due to monitor size when it was designed, bandwidth amd
> video memory..
>
> Larger resolution does hog the band width.. 10 users at 1600 would slow
> everything down, let alone at 4096.
>
> BTW VIsta Business aint a Server...lol
>
>
> "Tom Scales" <> wrote in message
> news:A83A97E6-3D99-45FD-AD5B-...
>> I've never noticed this before as I've never had two machines with
>> 1920x1200 monitors.
>>
>> The server is Vista Business running an nVidia 7600GS at 1920x1200 with a
>> Dell 2407FPW monitor.
>> The client is XP Pro running an ATI 9800 Pro at 1920x1200 with a Dell
>> 2405FPW monitor
>>
>> The settings are 'full screen' in the RDP connect dialog.
>>
>> When it comes up, it is 1600x1200 with black bars?
>>
>> How come? Is RDP limited to 1600x1200?
>>
>> Tom
>

Tom Scales wrote:

> I've never noticed this before as I've never had two machines with
> 1920x1200 monitors.
>
> The server is Vista Business running an nVidia 7600GS at 1920x1200 with
> a Dell 2407FPW monitor.
> The client is XP Pro running an ATI 9800 Pro at 1920x1200 with a Dell
> 2405FPW monitor
>
> The settings are 'full screen' in the RDP connect dialog.
>
> When it comes up, it is 1600x1200 with black bars?
>
> How come? Is RDP limited to 1600x1200?
>
> Tom

Check your rdp setting; display/color. Maybe knock it down to say 15 and
see if that helps.
Frank

save the rdp settings to a file, and manually edit it with notepad and
change the resolution save again with the correct extension, NOT TXT, and
try it...

This works when you want to make various strange resolutions in the
RDP client window for example 1000x700. As for such high res I have never
tried it. I remember talking about the limitations of the RDP client
in the work_remotely xp newsgroups... but that was with 5.x client.

Please tell me if this helps.. since I am gathering knowledge by helping
:-)



"Tom Scales" <> wrote in message
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> I've never noticed this before as I've never had two machines with
> 1920x1200 monitors.
>
> The server is Vista Business running an nVidia 7600GS at 1920x1200 with a
> Dell 2407FPW monitor.
> The client is XP Pro running an ATI 9800 Pro at 1920x1200 with a Dell
> 2405FPW monitor
>
> The settings are 'full screen' in the RDP connect dialog.
>
> When it comes up, it is 1600x1200 with black bars?
>
> How come? Is RDP limited to 1600x1200?
>
> Tom

And the intended purpose is just to get the job done, access remote files,
check on something, not for video conferencing or video editing.
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"POP" <> wrote in message
news:6A894042-3195-49B4-97A7-...
> It isn't 4096x2048 is biggest support. This is on RDP 6.0 though, you may
> have the older version.
>
> It was limited due to monitor size when it was designed, bandwidth amd
> video memory..
>
> Larger resolution does hog the band width.. 10 users at 1600 would slow
> everything down, let alone at 4096.
>
> BTW VIsta Business aint a Server...lol
>
>
> "Tom Scales" <> wrote in message
> news:A83A97E6-3D99-45FD-AD5B-...
>> I've never noticed this before as I've never had two machines with
>> 1920x1200 monitors.
>>
>> The server is Vista Business running an nVidia 7600GS at 1920x1200 with a
>> Dell 2407FPW monitor.
>> The client is XP Pro running an ATI 9800 Pro at 1920x1200 with a Dell
>> 2405FPW monitor
>>
>> The settings are 'full screen' in the RDP connect dialog.
>>
>> When it comes up, it is 1600x1200 with black bars?
>>
>> How come? Is RDP limited to 1600x1200?
>>
>> Tom
>

In message <#> "kirk jim" <11@11.11>
wrote:

>save the rdp settings to a file, and manually edit it with notepad and
>change the resolution save again with the correct extension, NOT TXT, and
>try it...

It won't do you any good, the limitation is on the RDP client not the
server. Oddly enough this is true in XP too, with the original RDP
client my 1680x1050 monitor shows black bars on the side, but after
upgrading to the latest RDP client, when connecting from XP SP2 to XP
SP2 I can use the full resolution of my monitor.
--
Insert something clever here.

I know where the limitation is... there is a new rdp client 6.0 available..

has anyone tried that are higher res? I can do it later



"DevilsPGD" <> wrote in message
news:...
> In message <#> "kirk jim" <11@11.11>
> wrote:
>
>>save the rdp settings to a file, and manually edit it with notepad and
>>change the resolution save again with the correct extension, NOT TXT, and
>>try it...
>
> It won't do you any good, the limitation is on the RDP client not the
> server. Oddly enough this is true in XP too, with the original RDP
> client my 1680x1050 monitor shows black bars on the side, but after
> upgrading to the latest RDP client, when connecting from XP SP2 to XP
> SP2 I can use the full resolution of my monitor.
> --
> Insert something clever here.

What wasn't clear about what I wrote (pasted below)?

"DevilsPGD" <> wrote in message
news:...

>but after
> upgrading to the latest RDP client, when connecting from XP SP2 to XP
> SP2 I can use the full resolution of my monitor.

In other words, yes the new RDP client solves the problem.


In message <#> "kirk jim" <11@11.11>
wrote:

>I know where the limitation is... there is a new rdp client 6.0 available..
>
>has anyone tried that are higher res? I can do it later
>
>
>
>> In message <#> "kirk jim" <11@11.11>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>save the rdp settings to a file, and manually edit it with notepad and
>>>change the resolution save again with the correct extension, NOT TXT, and
>>>try it...
>>
>> It won't do you any good, the limitation is on the RDP client not the
>> server. Oddly enough this is true in XP too, with the original RDP
>> client my 1680x1050 monitor shows black bars on the side,
>> --
>> Insert something clever here.
>
--
Insert something clever here.

kirk jim wrote:
> I know where the limitation is... there is a new rdp client 6.0 available..
>
> has anyone tried that are higher res? I can do it later
>
>
>
> "DevilsPGD" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> In message <#> "kirk jim" <11@11.11>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> save the rdp settings to a file, and manually edit it with notepad and
>>> change the resolution save again with the correct extension, NOT TXT, and
>>> try it...
>> It won't do you any good, the limitation is on the RDP client not the
>> server. Oddly enough this is true in XP too, with the original RDP
>> client my 1680x1050 monitor shows black bars on the side, but after
>> upgrading to the latest RDP client, when connecting from XP SP2 to XP
>> SP2 I can use the full resolution of my monitor.
>> --
>> Insert something clever here.
>
>

Works for me with connecting to dual monitor machines. I can actually
see whats on both monitors now with the new rdp client. I tried it to
see if it works, but VNC does a much better job and with no fiddling
with the settings. I've decided to stay with VNC.

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