Chrome Remote Desktop is one of the most popular remote access applications available for free. It’s quick to set up, it’s easy to use and provides a stable connection between remote computers.
Chrome Remote Desktop is more than enough if all you need is connecting to your own devices now and then, or helping a family member or a friend with a quick computer fix.
But what if you’re starting out an IT support business of your own and need to assist a larger number of remote users outside your network? Will Chrome Remote Desktop suffice?
Let’s dive in and consider some of the key pros and cons of using Chrome Remote Desktop.
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- Start 'Remote Desktop Connection'. Click on 'Options'. Click on the 'Display' tab. On 'Display configuation' settings, you can change the 'Remote Desktop Connection' display by moving the slider from 'Small to Large'. By moving the 'Slider' all the way to large, the display settings will automatically set to 'Full Screen'.
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Pros
- It’s free. Like any of other proprietary remote desktop services, Chrome Remote Desktop comes free of charge. You don’t have to spend a single dollar on a commercial tool if your needs are limited to accessing your own devices on-the-go or remoting into a friend’s computer.
- It’s quick to set up. You don’t have to be tech savvy to run Chrome Remote Desktop on your computer. If you have Chrome browser installed on it, then you’re almost all set.
Cons
- No built-in chat. Built-in text chat is one of the key features of a great remote support application, as you’ll obviously need to exchange messages with the remote user in real time to avoid any miscommunication. Sure, you can use Google Hangouts for that, but that’s far from being convenient.
- Chrome browser is required. If you’re not a fan of Google Chrome, which is believed to be quite resource-consuming, then Chrome Remote Desktop isn’t for you, as it doesn’t work with any other browsers. Besides that, you’ll need a Google account to use the application.
- No (drag-and-drop) file transfer. There are many situations where you might need to send a file to the remote computer. While many third-party remote desktop tools, such as FixMe.IT, allow you to drag and drop files onto the remote desktop in the same way you move files on your own screen, Chrome Remote Desktop fails to do the same.
- Inability to reboot the remote machine and automatically reconnect. This is another vital feature to have when it comes to supporting users remotely. It allows you to reboot the remote computer even in the user’s absence and automatically reconnect without having to end the active session. Read this post to learn more about the benefits of using remote reboot.
- No multi-monitor support. In fact, Chrome Remote Desktop does allow to view multiple remote monitors on your screen. The bad news is that all of the remote monitors of the machine you’re connected to will be crammed into your display, and you won’t be able to conveniently navigate between them.
- No multi-session handling. Chrome Remote Desktop simply can’t handle dozens of simultaneous connections with different network settings, which makes it unsuitable for viewing/controlling multiple devices. Techinline’s FixMe.IT, in turn, allows you to run an unlimited number of concurrent sessions and easily switch between them in the process. Besides that, FixMe.IT lets you open multiple remote desktop windows and even transfer files between different remote machines.
Conclusion
Whether it’s accessing your own devices on-the-go or sharing your screen with a friend or family member, Chrome Remote Desktop is a great tool that’s free and easy to use. However, if your goal is to deliver high-quality remote tech support, you’d better consider third-party applications such as FixMe.IT. Chrome Remote Desktop is simply not that feature-rich to serve as a full-blown business tool.
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I love Remote Desktop. It enables me to connect to other computers over a network connection so I don’t have to get up walk over to a server room, drive to a data center or basically leave my desk. As long as both my Remote Desktop client and the remote server are on the same network I can do all kinds of cool things such as emulate a local session and share my clipboard between computers.
I have two monitors and started to wonder if there was a way to consistently open a full screen remote desktop session on the same secondary monitor. By default, the Windows remote desktop client opens on the primary monitor but I like to have Google Chrome open on my primary monitor.
Train it
The easiest way to get Windows to open your remote session on your other monitor is to train it to do so. In other words, Windows has a propensity to remember the last monitor that the remote desktop session was maximized on. Since the remote session defaults to your primary monitor it will keep using your primary monitor until you train it to do otherwise.
Here’s what I mean by train it:
How To Set Chrome Rdp For Google Cloud In Full Screen Modem
- Open the remote desktop client
- Move it to your secondary monitor
- Click the window maximize icon or press Ctrl + Alt + Break
- Close the window
- Open it again and it should open on the secondary monitor
Edit it
Training the program to open on the secondary monitor is the easiest approach; however there is an alternate approach that lets you specific the exact pixel coordinates where the remote desktop window opens. We just need to open the RDP file and do a search for this string:
You’ll see something that looks like this:
This is the format:
You can change the horizontal and vertical coordinates by substituting the pixel values in for xpos and ypos accordingly. This forces the remote desktop client to open subsequent sessions at the exact coordinates you specified.
You might have to do a little trial and error before you get it just right but you can start with these values and then tweak accordingly:
If you subtract 2942 minus 2142 you get 800
…and 750 minus 150 is 600 so this figure is good for an 800×600 resolution secondary monitor; however you can tweak it to match your current setup by adjusting the values.
That’ll do the trick, now the remote desktop session will always open on your secondary monitor.
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If my little guide helped you please let me know in the comments below!