Question:

 Hi Tony

I came across your Microsoft article about dual screens when looking into MaxiVista and Ultramon. However, both of these applications are ‘just’ outside of the scope i require.

I am searching for an application which will enable the mirroring or cloning of a window. Not the entire screen.

I would like a remote system to view only select information, not my entire desktop. eg. I would have the ViewWindow open, and I would then drag into the window images, files I would like the remote system to display.

It will be similar to mirroring/cloning, as only a display of it is required. The remote system will ’see’ it only. But only ’see’ what i choose, not the entire desktop and normal operations.

Do you know of any program which would be able to do this?

I thought of using Ultramon on an extended display, so I would have Mon1 and Mon2. I would then operate my local system on Mon1 and treat Mon2 as a separate screen.

Then apply MaxiVista to Mon2 and to the remote Mon3, as MaxiVista can only mirror one to one. However, will MaxiVista choose Mon1 over Mon3?

Or will Ultramon allow mirroring over a network as MaxiVista does?

Looking forward to your reply.
Sok

Answer:

Hi, Sok. Vista has a cool feature that does exactly that–Meeting Space. To launch it, just follow these steps:

1. Click Start, click All Programs, and then click Windows Meeting Space.

2. When prompted to setup meeting space, click Yes, and then respond to the UAC prompt that appears.

3. Follow the prompts to setup Meeting Space.

4. Click Start A New Meeting. Type a password, and then click the green arrow.

5. Click Share a program or your desktop.

6.  Click OK when prompted.

7. In the Start A Shared Session window, click the program you want to share, and then click Share.

8. Click the Invite People link to invite other people to your meeting. They’ll be able to see your window.

That’s the Vista way to do it. For earlier versions of Windows, you can use NetMeeting, or various third-party products