I recently obtained a Windows 10 PC (with an RTX 30 series card if it matters) that I was planning on leaving headless and remote in from my Mac with VNC Viewer. I didn’t want to pay for Win Pro and deal with Microsoft’s Remote Desktop app. Anyway… I came upon an extremely irritating limitation — I think, a money grab is more like it.
Basically, if you don’t have a physical output source (e.g. monitor, projector) connected to the GPU, VNC exhibits a black/blank screen after logging in to VNC Server and sometimes shows the Desktop briefly after logging into Windows then stops refreshing/updating the video feed.
The PC is already set not to sleep and I tried leaving an HDMI cable attached, although, Windows apparently needs a device reporting back. I refuse to purchase an EDID emulator on principal, plus they’re ~$50 or more from what I saw.
So, does anyone know of a way to have RealVNC function this way or of an alternative RD client (except MS’s) that doesn’t fall prey to this ‘feature’?
P.S. Because I’m in the mood to rant… Of course, Windows won’t activate either. However, I’ll get that sorted out through other channels.
#WindowsWillAlwaysBeGarbage
Display issues when connecting to VNC Server running on Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016/2019
In some circumstances, your Windows 10 (1803 or later)/ Windows Server (2016 or later) remote computer will not display correctly in VNC Viewer. The commonly reported issues are: a black or blank ...
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Basically, if you don’t have a physical output source (e.g. monitor, projector) connected to the GPU, VNC exhibits a black/blank screen after logging in to VNC Server and sometimes shows the Desktop briefly after logging into Windows then stops refreshing/updating the video feed.
The PC is already set not to sleep and I tried leaving an HDMI cable attached, although, Windows apparently needs a device reporting back. I refuse to purchase an EDID emulator on principal, plus they’re ~$50 or more from what I saw.
So, does anyone know of a way to have RealVNC function this way or of an alternative RD client (except MS’s) that doesn’t fall prey to this ‘feature’?
P.S. Because I’m in the mood to rant… Of course, Windows won’t activate either. However, I’ll get that sorted out through other channels.
#WindowsWillAlwaysBeGarbage
