Win7 – NAS Technology Consulting, LLC

August 1, 2011

Using Your iPad as an Extended Monitor

Looking to use your iPad as a dual monitor / extended laptop screen? There are currently three apps that claim to do the following & I put each through its paces and make a recommendation.

Use your iPad as a second monitor / dual display
Supports both landscape and portrait mode
Allows you to set your screen resolution
Works on either Macs or PCs

Each of these apps basically work in the same way. All three claim to extend your display when both your laptop and iPad are on the same WiFi network. However, the difference between these apps becomes apparent in execution.
Air Display vs iDisplay vs MaxiVista using Win7 64bit SP1 and first gen iPad w/ IOS 4.2.1
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May 31, 2011

Configure Win7 Corporate VPN to Secure Public WiFi Browsing

The following are instructions on setting up a VPN connection to a corporate office specific to Windows 7. In addition, the end of the article includes usage information on securing your web browsing when using public WiFi hotspots. Using a VPN can encrypt passwords, web browsing, email, banking, etc, when connected and checked “use default gateway on remote network”. This added security comes at the expense of increased network overhead and possibly slower browsing / download speeds. The following instructions can be used by any of my offices running Windows server with modification to the line Internet Address: mail.YOURCOMPANYNAME.com. If you do not know this information, contact me. If you do not have access to a corporate VPN, you can use any number of for pay services (and some free). Check out LifeHacker’s Top 5 VPN Services or just skip to the voter favorite WiTopia.
Click – StartControl PanelNetwork and InternetNetwork and Sharing Center –

choose “Set up a new Connection or network”
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May 19, 2011

Only on the iPad + Win7 + XP

What you are looking at here is the culmination of technology in the modern age. iPad connected via 2xClient to Windows7 connected via RDP to WinXP!