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Block remote keyboard and mouse in DRE

This article details how to keep a remote input from interfering during a session, and how to block a remote keyboard or mouse input.

First published date

4/9/2019 8:14 PM

Last published date

4/9/2019 8:14 PM

Overview

This article addresses the following:

How to keep the remote input from interfering during a session?
How to block the remote keyboard/mouse input?

Product section

Dameware Remote Everywhere

Resolution

You can disable remote input during a session as follows:

Select the Remote Desktop tab.
Select the drop-down menu to the right of Remote Desktop (looks like a downward facing arrow).
Select the Commands sub-menu.
Enable Block Remote Keyboard and Mouse (or use the hotkey combination Shift+Ctrl+B).

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