Remote Desktop/Remote Assistance

[Raumarik]

Does anyone know if it's possible to connect to a computer in view only mode without any user interaction using either RD or RA ?

I can't seem to find any information about it and I'm guessing I'll have to use VNC to do it it's important that the user doesn't have to click anything, basically I want to be able to check that a users not in the middle of something when I try to connect with remote desktop, as it is many have a bad habit of leaving thier PCs logged in all day but I can't take the risk of them losing work when I connect.

 

[Raumarik]

hmm good point, I'll give it a shot and see what happens on a pc I have up here at the moment never had the balls to try it when someone was logged in so far!

watch this space!

 

[Raumarik]

alas no it quits anything they're in and if they're midway through a word document it just ends the process loosing whatevre they were working in

I find it really odd that it lacks a "view" only or "share" function that you can get with VNC. have the feeling I'll be installing VNC on all the PCs in the coming weeks!