NEC PA571W - ❽ Using the Projector to Operate Your Computer over a LAN (Desktop Control Utility 1.0) (MM Models); What You Can Do with Desktop Control Utility 1.0; Connecting the Projector to a LAN

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8. User Supportware
❽ Using the Projector to Operate Your Computer over a LAN
(Desktop Control Utility 1.0) (MM Models)
UsingDesktopControlUtility1.0allowsyoutoremotelyoperateyourcomputerplacedatadistancefromtheprojector
overanetwork(wiredLANorwirelessLAN).
What you can do with Desktop Control Utility 1.0
• AcommerciallyavailableUSBmouseisconnectedtotheprojectortooperatethecomputer.
• Suppose,forexample,aPowerPointletobepresentedinaconferenceissavedtoacomputerinyourofce.Ifthis
computerisconnectedtotheprojectorintheconferenceroomwithLANwhentheconferenceisheld,thedesktop
screenofthecomputerinyourofce(Windows8/Windows7/WindowsVista/WindowsXP)canbeprojectedand
thePower-Pointlecanbepresentedbyoperatingtheprojector.Inotherwordsthecomputerdoesnotneedtobe
broughtintotheconferenceroom.
IMPORTANT:
• YoucanusetheDesktopControlUtility1.0tooperateacomputerlocatedinaseparateroomfromtheprojectoroveranetwork.
Therefore,caremustbeexercisedtopreventanythirdpartyfromviewingthescreenofyourcomputer(importantdocuments),
copyingles,orturningoffthepower.
 NECassumesnoliabilityforanylossordamagesarisingfrominformationleakorsystemfailurewhileyouareusingDesktop
ControlUtility1.0.
• ThiswilldisconnectLANconnectionwhenthecomputergoesinthestandbymodewhiletheDesktopControlUtility1.0isbeing
used.
 IntheWindows8/Windows7/WindowsVista,select[ControlPanel]→[HardwareandSound]→[PowerOptions].Set[Change
whenthecomputersleeps]to[Never].
 In the Windows XP, click [Control Panel] →[Performance and Maintenance] → [Power Options] → [System Standby] →
[Never].
• ThescreensaverfunctionisoffwhileDesktopControlUtility1.0isrunning.
Connecting the projector to a LAN
ConnecttheprojectortotheLANbyfollowingtheinstructionsin“ConnectingtoaWiredLAN”(→page169),“Con-
nectingtoaWirelessLAN”(→page170)and“9ApplicationMenus”(→page138)