Windows Remote Desktop with auto-resolution changing

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Is there any way of having windows remote desktop change the resolution of the remote system when I change the window size of the client on my workstation. I want to be able to fullscreen / window a connection and have the remote system change it's resolution to match what the window is.

Basically, how do I make mstsc behave like VMWare Workstation Console.

Update

  • I am using Windows 8 as a client
  • I am remoting into Server 2003, 2008, 2008R2 and soon 2012
  • I am also remoting into Win7 and WinXP in VMs (HyperV on my Win8 workstation)
  • Not relevant but I'm also VNC'ing into various flavours of Linux

I would be happy for solutions to any version of server, with Win8 as the client.

Best Answer

You can set the desired resolution on the display tab before you connect, however this will not help you if you resize the window. With the introduction of Windows 8 Microsoft also added a "smart sizing" option to the UI (it was previously only available by setting smart sizing:i:1 in the .rdp file), this option will try to fit the remote desktop by scaling.

Unfortunately no of the options available will let you change the remote desktop's resolution on resize.

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