From one computer you can look at the screen of another, in a window. Someone at that computer has to say yes first. It works on the local network only.

Ask to look

  1. Open "Arrange". The map shows your computers and their screens.
  2. On the other computer's screen in the map, press "Ask to look".
  3. At the other computer, a question shows. Press "Yes, show it", or "No".
  4. The picture appears on the map. Press "Enlarge" to open it in a viewer window.

While you wait, the map says "Waiting for someone" at that computer "to say yes".

What the other computer shows

A computer that is being looked at shows a sign at the top of its screen, for as long as it lasts: someone "can see this screen now". Press "Stop" on it to end the viewing. The emergency keys stop it too.

Control through the viewer

Looking gives no control. To use the other computer's mouse and keyboard from inside the viewer window:

  1. In the viewer window, press "Request control". The window says "Waiting for approval on the other computer".
  2. At the other computer, someone presses "Allow control".
  3. The viewer window says "Approved. Click the screen to begin." Click the picture.
  4. To stop, press "Stop control", or Scroll Lock.
  • "Viewing and control are separate permissions."
  • "An unanswered request expires after one minute."
  • While it lasts, that computer's sign says who "is controlling this computer through the viewer".

Remembered permissions

The question at the other computer offers to remember the answer for that computer. You can see and take back what is remembered in "Settings", under "Remembered screen permissions", with "Revoke permission".

To stop looking

Press "Stop looking" on the map, or "Close viewer" in the viewer window.

Good to know

  • Nothing is saved, on either computer.
  • Pictures of a screen never go through the relay.
  • An organization can turn viewing off altogether.