Outputting PC video signal to laptop screen

[juliaatpcgp]

I know you can redirect a laptop screen output to a regular monitor or a projector.

Is it possible to use a laptop screen to display the video signal from a desktop computer/server ?

I've got a desktop computer in a location where there isn't enough room to fit a regular monitor - whether a CRT monitor or a flat screen, so I want to use one of our older laptops which has a perfect screen but is too slow for use as a working PC (and one of them has a dodgy built-in keyboard/mouse).

Thanks for your help.

Regards,
Julia

 

[seacider]

Only way I can think of is to use a vnc

 

[vacunita]

The Laptop would need to have a video input plug, or as was said USB VNC with the appropriate software installed on it for it to work.

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[vacunita]

The Laptop would need to have a video input plug, or as was said a USB VNC with the appropriate software installed on it for it to work.

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Ignorance is not necessarily Bliss, case in point:
Unknown has caused an Unknown Error on Unknown and must be shutdown to prevent damage to Unknown.

 

[Nelviticus]

There's some software called MaxiVista that lets you use one machine as the secondary display of another. It works over a network connection so you can use ethernet or wireless. You can get a time-limited demo here:

http://www.maxivista.com/

It's designed to let you use a laptop as a secondary display so it sounds ideal for what you're after.

Regards

Nelviticus