Embed Screen of a remote machine

Hi,
I would like to embed the display of a remote machine in the front panel of my application. I thought the best way (at least one way) of doing this is embedding a Remote Desktop Session in the VI. Can this be done using ActiveX? If anyone can share an example or some advise is appreciated.
Thanks
SL2

I've never done it before but it looks possible. Here are a couple pages that might help.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa380808(v=vs.85).aspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa383541(v=vs.85).aspx
It looks like the ActiveX components are a seperate download that needs to be installed, then you should be able to make an ActiveX control. There are several shipped examples on ActiveX in LabVIEW, I think they use Excel and Internet Explorer.
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> I've only come across one other post on this forum concerning this
> issue. Sometimes when we're remotely connecting to an XP workstation
> all that appears is a black/blank screen. The management and remote
> machines are MS Win XP Pro SP3, pretty well up to date with security
> patches and all. On the remote computer, the screen saver at logon is
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> can catch it back at the login screen and go about your business.
>
> Might Zen 11sp1 fix this?
>
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