Enable RDP Connections: Search in Windows 'Allow Remote' and you should see the application in the search results.

If you still get a White Screen after rebooting the machine, in Chrome Remote Desktop change the screen size to 'Fit To Screen Size' that somehow does a refresh and then you can see your desktop.Ģ.

White Screen Issue Fix: CurtainModeWhiteScreenFix.reg (153.00 bytes).

Download: ChromeCurtainMode.reg (292.00 bytes).

Enter a Registry Key: Add two new registry keys. The basic instructions come from Google's documentation.ġ. This post documents the steps to get it Chrome Remote Desktop Curtain Mode to work on Windows 10.

I know this sounds strange, but it works, assuming they have the correct privileges to log into their own account with Screen Sharing.I had some issues getting Chrome Remote Desktop Curtain Mode to work in Windows 10 PRO.

They won't hear it remotely, but anyone in the office will! Also, any sounds played under the other account, I think, will play on the remote Mac, so they may want to jack the volume down to off just in case they open a website that has any auto playing content. Keep in mind every time they use the Mac remotely, it will wake up to come back to that unlock screen password field. To a user passing by, they will only see screened locked, with the password field up for 'screenlock', not their real account, so no snooping from passersby. If they do the latter, the existing local 'screensaver' account will stay logged in, complete with a locked screen, and Screen Sharing will log them into their actual account behind the scenes. When they later use Screen Sharing to remote into their Macs, assuming they are using their own account credentials when connecting, they will get a prompt asking if they'd like to share the screen with existing logged in user ('screenlock'), or log in as themselves. While there are tools, like ARD (Apple Remote Desktop) that can do 'curtain mode', it may not be necessary to buy them all a copy of ARD.Ĭreate a simple local account on their Macs (for example, call it 'screenlock'), that when they leave the office they can log out of their primary account, log into the basic local 'screenlock' account, then lock the screen (turn on screensaver, or use the Lock Screen menu from the keychain access menu item for example) No easy way to automate these steps, or have it happen automatically when they leave, so it will be up to them to remember to do this.

Remote desktop curtain mode