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    Hi All,
         Both my Vista laptop and my XP desktop have monitors with 16:9 aspect ratios, but my work computer has a 4:3 aspect ratio.

    When I connect to my home machines from work, the Vista machine is letterboxed, with black bands above and below the screen, whereas the xp machine is squished/stretched to fit to the 4:3 aspect ratio.

    Is this expected behavior or a known issue?
    Thursday, January 8, 2009 4:58 PM

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    When you connect from the work machine, are you then making the Live Mesh Remote Desktop full screen? Bascially, I believe that what you are seeing is expected behavior based on how the Live Mesh Remote Desktop handles the video display for the remote machine. I've not paid a whole lot of attention to the differences, but when I connect, I typically don't make the session full screen on my host machine, which is not wide screen. When I connect to my laptop, running Vista, which has a wide screen display, I get a windowed view of the remote desktop. If I make it full screen, I get the black bands. I don't have any XP machines connected to a wide screen monitor, so I can't compare, but I know I don't get the black bands on any of the XP machines that I do connect to that are using 4:3 standard displays locally.
    -steve
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    Thursday, January 8, 2009 7:20 PM
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    dishragwhore said:

    Hi All,
         Both my Vista laptop and my XP desktop have monitors with 16:9 aspect ratios, but my work computer has a 4:3 aspect ratio.

    When I connect to my home machines from work, the Vista machine is letterboxed, with black bands above and below the screen, whereas the xp machine is squished/stretched to fit to the 4:3 aspect ratio.

    Is this expected behavior or a known issue?



    Hi,

    Our devs have told me that this is likely expected behavior, if you have different resolutions on your Vista laptop and XP desktop.  Is that the case?

    Ben.
    Thursday, January 8, 2009 8:52 PM

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    When you connect from the work machine, are you then making the Live Mesh Remote Desktop full screen? Bascially, I believe that what you are seeing is expected behavior based on how the Live Mesh Remote Desktop handles the video display for the remote machine. I've not paid a whole lot of attention to the differences, but when I connect, I typically don't make the session full screen on my host machine, which is not wide screen. When I connect to my laptop, running Vista, which has a wide screen display, I get a windowed view of the remote desktop. If I make it full screen, I get the black bands. I don't have any XP machines connected to a wide screen monitor, so I can't compare, but I know I don't get the black bands on any of the XP machines that I do connect to that are using 4:3 standard displays locally.
    -steve
    Microsoft MVP Windows Live / Windows Live OneCare Forum Moderator
    Thursday, January 8, 2009 7:20 PM
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    dishragwhore said:

    Hi All,
         Both my Vista laptop and my XP desktop have monitors with 16:9 aspect ratios, but my work computer has a 4:3 aspect ratio.

    When I connect to my home machines from work, the Vista machine is letterboxed, with black bands above and below the screen, whereas the xp machine is squished/stretched to fit to the 4:3 aspect ratio.

    Is this expected behavior or a known issue?



    Hi,

    Our devs have told me that this is likely expected behavior, if you have different resolutions on your Vista laptop and XP desktop.  Is that the case?

    Ben.
    Thursday, January 8, 2009 8:52 PM