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susan15
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5 years ago
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GoTo Meeting: Screen Sharing in Remote Desktop mode

I am a GoTo-Meeting user who uses a personal laptop to log into my desktop computer (Windows 7) via RemoteDesktop when I work from home.  I can call in by telephone and see what other people share wh...
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    GlennD
    5 years ago

    Thank you. As the work desktop is virtualized GoToMeeting is not going to be able to share it's screen. My suggestion would be to host the meeting on your Laptop, share it's desktop and then have your connection to your work desktop open displaying the documents. The attendees will see whatever is on your Laptop's screen, so they will be able to see the work desktop you are viewing.

     

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GlennD
GoTo Manager
5 years ago

Thank you. As the work desktop is virtualized GoToMeeting is not going to be able to share it's screen. My suggestion would be to host the meeting on your Laptop, share it's desktop and then have your connection to your work desktop open displaying the documents. The attendees will see whatever is on your Laptop's screen, so they will be able to see the work desktop you are viewing.

 

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susan15
New Contributor
5 years ago

Thank you for the workaround.  It is not ideal because of the small screen size and resolution incompatibility between my laptop and desktop, but I suppose it is the best that can be done under the circumstances.