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When is Windows Professional Not

All I want to do is a ‘Remote Desktop’ connection using Multiple Monitors (different resolutions).

A feature that is supposedly available in windows 7.

After all, i now have the “Use multiple monitors” option when i run Remote Desktop.

I can click the ‘Help’ button, and I get the very reassuring message:

“Is there multiple-monitor support for Remote Desktop Connection in this version of Windows?” and in brief, the answer is Yes.

However, I couldn’t get it working.

After doing some digging, I found this rather helpful if not anoying faq from microsoft:

Where it states that:-

“Which editions of Windows 7 include multiple-monitor support for Remote Desktop Connection?

In Windows 7 Ultimate and Windows 7 Enterprise editions, Remote Desktop Connection supports the use of multiple high-resolution displays in a remote session”

So it would appear, that only Windows Ultimate & Enterprise supports multiple monitors.

Its not listed in any product comparisons that I have looked at.

So, just what is the ‘Professional’ product. If ‘key’ functionality is going to missed out, then why have so many different products.

I know, you could argue, just Purchase the other product. But thats not the point. I looked at the feature comparison carefully before selecting, and decided Professional is all I needed.

Looks like I was wrong, I didnt realise I needed to check every minute piece of functionality that I wanted to make use of.

- I Hope I am Wrong, I hope I need to applogise in a later update.

But after all, it would appear that even the installed ‘Professional’ product itself seems to think it should work.