How can I improve my remote desktop connection?
Back in the day, one of the more tantalizing promises of the internet was the ability to shop favorite stores while still wearing jammies. (For those of us living in small college towns, it seems like theres no shame in wearing jammies anywhere shopping, school, out to dinner but I digress). Were now at the point where the internet wave has also brought the ability for many folks to work a full-time, professional job while still wearing their jammies, via telecommuting.(Seen at right is the Business Bib, a suit-falsie so that jammies-wearing telecommuters can still look professional when in a videoconference.) Many Windows users are familiar with Remote Desktop, which allows you to access your work computer, say, from your home or elsewhere. Depending on the robustness of your internet connection, however, you may find that Remote Desktop sometimes lags or provides a slow screen refresh, so that moving your mouse results in action on-screen several seconds later. In this post, Ill cover how to change a few settings in order to improve the performance of Remote Desktop so that you can be just as efficient in your jammies as you are when actually at school or work. Four Steps to a Faster Remote Desktop ExperienceFor the purposes of this discussion, Ill use the term parent computer to refer to the computer thats initiating the Remote Desktop call into another computer. The computer being remoted into will be referred to as child computer.
Thats it! From here, click the Connect button and youre on your way to a smooth Remote Desktop experience. Heres what a Remote Desktop connection looks like with the default connection settings: Heres what a Remote Desktop connection looks like with the connection settings as described in this post: Not that different, eh? (The most obvious difference is in the taskbar at the bottom of the screen.) But the changed connection settings will provide a smoother, more efficient Remote Desktop experience. |