How to Change the Resolution of a Remote Desktop Session Print

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A quick tip about how to get the resolution of a Remote Desktop session just right for your monitor, so you don’t have to deal with scrollbars. The screenshots shown below are from a Windows 7 machine.

When you launch Remote Desktop, you are initially presented with a very simple window:

To get to all the good stuff, we need to expand the Options. Now 6 tabs are displayed:

On the Display tab, you find the standard screen resolution settings. This is great, but sometimes you need a screen resolution that’s just a little bit different than what’s offered on the slider. For now, just select the resolution that is closest to what you want:

You are Done, Click Connect button to see the Resolution changed.


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