What does Multiplicity offer that Windows Remote Desktop does not?

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AzDude
Stardock Community Assistant

RDP is a fine product but its a one-trick pony. It does remote connections fairly well but does not have our 'Seamless' feature at all. The best example of how Seamless works is how I am using it right now.  

The mouse and keyboard are connected to my desktop.  To my left is my laptop.  I can move my mouse to the left-most portion of my desktop monitor and it will continue to my laptop monitor.  I can interact with the keyboard and mouse, copy-paste text and files between the two 'Seamlessly'.

If you have multiple PCs on the same desk, with monitors you can see, you will wonder how you ever did without Multiplicity (I mean that).

And of course, Multiplicity had what RDP has as well, remote LAN connections.

By all means, please install the fully functional 30 trial and test it out for yourself.  

Hope that helps.

Sean Drohan
Stardock Support Manager

OK. I have two desktop PCs but only one monitor, one mouse, and one keyboard. What can it do for me in that situation?

Thanks for the response.

Seamless would not help there - all PCs need monitors for that feature. Multiplicity KVM would be your option.

I would still encourage you to install the trial (you will need to swap monitors back and forth to get it set up).  

If you need help or have issues, just ask.

You are most welcome.

Sean Drohan
Stardock Support Manager

Third party tools like Multiplicity or Teamviewer, R-HUB remote support servers etc. offers features and benefits which Windows RDP does not offer. For e.g. Audio video recording, remote session recording, remote session hidden monitoring etc. are not offered by Windows remote desktop. 

Sorry to resurrect this old thread, but my situation has changed somewhat. I will soon have a laptop and a desktop, and I want to use both with one monitor. I can use the laptop screen when setting up Multiplicity KVM, and I assume I won't need to use that laptop screen after that, correct? Do I have to have administrator access to both PCs? 

Thanks.

Rodney

If you are going to KVM connect to the laptop, yes.  Also, you will likely have to have the laptop lid open ever-so-slightly (so it does not power down) as Windows will often read that there is no monitor - thus not rendering anything for Multiplicity to show. 

To install, yes. 

Sean Drohan
Stardock Product Lifecycle Manager

Also, you will likely have to have the laptop lid open ever-so-slightly (so it does not power down) as Windows will often read that there is no monitor

Well, my guess (and hope), based on the workings of some other laptops I've had, is that what happens when the lid is closed is a Windows setting that is customizable.

Thanks for the response.

Yes, I am aware of that setting but its not as reliable as we would like.

You are most welcome.

Sean Drohan
Stardock Product Lifecycle Manager

One more question: can I connect to a VPN with one of the PCs?

Yes.

Sean Drohan
Stardock Product Lifecycle Manager