Symantec 14541094 User Guide - Page 107

Controlling another computer remotely 107 Ways to set up a remote computer To modify connection speeds 1 In Advanced View, on the left navigation bar, under pcAnywhere Manager, click Remotes. 2 In the right pane, under Remotes, do one of the following: ■ To configure an existing connection item, right-click the item, and then click Properties. ■ To create a new connection item, on the File menu, click New Item > Advanced. 3 In the Remote Properties window, on the Remote Control tab, under Bandwidth Optimizations, select one of the following: Auto Detect Bandwidth High Bandwidth Low Bandwidth Automatically detects the connection speed and adjusts performance settings. This option is selected by default. Optimizes the connection for speed and video resolution. Lowers the video resolution on the host screen to optimize speed. 4 Click OK. Adjusting video performance settings Video quality and ColorScale options affect product performance, image resolution, and color depth. For high-bandwidth connections, you can adjust the video quality to increase performance. For low-bandwidth connections, you can adjust the color levels to increase performance. If a sharper display is more important to you than color, use the 4 colors setting. This setting changes the color to gray scale, but provides sharper resolution. By default, pcAnywhere automatically detects the connection speed and applies the video quality and ColorScale performance settings to that connection. See "Changing display settings during a remote control session" on page 119. See " Modifying connection speeds" on page 106. To adjust video performance settings 1 In the Symantec pcAnywhere window, on the Edit menu, click Preferences. 2 In the pcAnywhere Options window, on the Remote Operation tab, under Performance, move the Video Quality slider to the left to increase performance.