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Date:  7 Sep 00 00:25:01 MDT
From: <norbert.bladt@usa.net>
To: cygwin@sources.redhat.com
Subject: Re: Rsh starts notepad but no window
CC: Karri.Honkoila@fortum.com
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Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> 
> Karri.Honkoila@fortum.com wrote:
> >
> > Hello!
> >
> > I'm trying to start an application with a GUI in remote NT PC using rsh.
For
> > testing I have tried to start notepad by command
> >
> > rsh host notepad
> >
> > Notepad seems to start because it appears in processes window of the task
> > manager but the notepad-window does not apper on screen.
> >
> > Does anyone know solution ?
> 
> AFAIK, there is no solution. The desktop of the rshd process isn't
> the interactive desktop so it's invisible. As a rule, you can't
> run GUI processes from a remote session.
Correct.
You have either the choice connecting from remote or running
a GUI application on the remote computer display (access the desktop).
And, this is an exclusive or meaning that choose one or the other
but not both.
Welcome to NT !
Remote sessions with redirected GUI output to your local display
ise not possible because there is no network
protocol for Windows messages (except the Terminal server edition).

> However, if somebody has a solution, please let us know.
If you really want remote control or access, i.e. running
a GUI application on the remote computer and have the display
of the remote computer shown on your local computer use:
	PC-Anywhere ($$$)
	IBM Netfinity
or
	VNC (resource hog on Windows) - someone mentioned this already.

Cheers,

Norbert - back from a small accident - Bladt.

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