Lightroom and Remote Desktop (RDP)

Have you tried updating your server 2008 video driver to the latest version?

RDP doesn't tend to handle graphics very well; it's one of the reasons that gaming over RDP connections isn't really done. Getting things like that to happen over a remote connection was something that OnLive struggled with and seems to have come up with reasonable answers for, but that's a pretty new development.

morph2_7 wrote in post #15134500
Have you tried updating your server 2008 video driver to the latest version?

You get 9 points for this suggestion. Mainly because I didn't think of this even though I have been in IT for close to 2 decades.

You lost one point because even after updating the video driver, it didn't work.

Snydremark wrote in post #15134521
RDP doesn't tend to handle graphics very well; it's one of the reasons that gaming over RDP connections isn't really done. Getting things like that to happen over a remote connection was something that OnLive struggled with and seems to have come up with reasonable answers for, but that's a pretty new development.

I know but I can't think of any other solution to using Lightroom. I tried exporting some images as a catelogue to work on my laptop and when I imported them back, I seemed to have a lot of duplicates. This is why I like to use the same copy of the lightroom whereever I am by using RDP. I have not found a different remote solution that even comes close to this.

Baadil wrote in post #15135192
You get 9 points for this suggestion. Mainly because I didn't think of this even though I have been in IT for close to 2 decades.

You lost one point because even after updating the video driver, it didn't work.

aw, shucks! You did restart the server after updating the driver, didn't you?

Is this just your solution for being able to use LR and get to your photos anywhere? If so, would a portable HD work as a solution for you instead? That's the method I've been using for around 3 years now, and it's been good so far.

morph2_7 wrote in post #15135406
aw, shucks! You did restart the server after updating the driver, didn't you?

Yep, Indeed.

Snydremark wrote in post #15135464
Is this just your solution for being able to use LR and get to your photos anywhere? If so, would a portable HD work as a solution for you instead? That's the method I've been using for around 3 years now, and it's been good so far.

I have my images sitting on a large array of disks with daily automatic backups to multiple NAS devices. Unfortunately, keeping them on a single portable device is not an option because I could be using any one of the many laptops available locally as well as remotely. Also, LR 4 isn't really known for blistring speed so I will lose performance as well by sticking them onto a portable drive.

Any other ideas I could use?

Thanks.

OK, I found a workaround to this issue. If I turn on Mouse Pointer locator in the control panel/Mouse settings, I can hit the Control button and find the pointer. It is no longer a circular shape for a brush but at least I can see where I am going to be clicking.