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Is there a way to blank the screen and lock input (preferably separate of one another) on the remote connection on-demand after connecting. Like a toggle that controls the screen / input after connecting.
I don’t always need the screen to be blanked, and in fact there are times when I specifically don’t want it to be (more often than not)…so I don’t want it to be set to do it out of the box to always blank when connecting…but there are also times when it is necessary.
By design, and it’s an important security aspect of desktop sharing/screen sharing, NoMachine by default gives priority to keyboard and input events from the local user logged-in to the remote computer over input generated by a user connected remotely via NoMachine. So to lock input only would undermine this.
To answer your other question:
“Is there a way to blank the screen and lock input on the remote connection on-demand after connecting.”
Yes there is. You use the same checkbox that you use in the server settings to blank the screen upon connecting. During the NoMachine session just go to the !M icon of the desktop you are connected to and open the Server settings. Enable screen blanking on the fly. Once you’ve finished, you can disable it and then disconnect.
Ok thanks. I think that subconsciously I concluded that that wouldn’t work due to the wording “when somebody connects” and didn’t even attempt to try this. Maybe that was intentional.
Khaotiq, for an upcoming version we have added a “blank screen on demand” shortcut. Take a look at my answer here: https://forum.nomachine.com/topic/feature-request-add-ability-to-blank-the-server-screen-remotely-on-demand#post-46389
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