Protect privacy by locking the Remote PC Screen.
Prevent exposing sensitive information to other users by hiding the remote computer’s screen with Screen lock option.
Screen lock offers 3 methods
to protect the remote PC’s screen.
- Power off method
- Turns OFF
the display power.
- Black layer method
- Covers the screen
with S/W.
- Signal block method
- Blocks the video signal
to the display.
NEWPower off method
- What is ‘Power off’ method?
- Control and lock the monitor by powering it off through Rsupport RemoteView Agent.
- Supported
- Windows Vista, Windows 7, 8, 8.1, 10 and server prod. (laptop excluded).
- Rsupport
RemoteView
Agent - Monitor
power
control
NEWBlack layer method
- What is ‘Black layer’ method?
- Adds a black layer on the top
most screen layer covering it completely.
- Supported
- Windows XP sp3+, Windows Vista, Windows7, 8, 8.1, 10 and server prod.
- Rsupport
RemoteView
Agent - Apply
Black Layer

Signal block method
- What is ‘Signal block’ method?
- Blocks the video signal being sent from PC to the display using Rsupport Monitor Driver.
- Supported
- Most Windows OS and server prod.
- Video
Driver - Rsupport
Monitor Driver - Signal
block
Specification by method
Signal block | NEW Power off | NEW Black layer | |
---|---|---|---|
Type | OS Driver | OS Driver | S/W |
Supported OS | Windows 7 ~ Windows 10 | Windows 7 ~ Windows 10 | Windows 7 ~ Windows 10 |
Supported device | All H/W | Desktop PC | All H/W |
Version | Ver. 6.0.11 (2018.07.17) | Ver. 6.0.12 (2019.04.23) | Ver. 6.0.12 (2019.04.23) |
Set the screen lock using the configuration wizard
Step 01Setting up the locking method

Press Apply after testing the option through the wizard.

Run the test and press Apply to complete.