Use only 3/4 of monitors in enhanced session.

I have 3 displays connected to my physical machine(1 over 2) and I have a 4th on it's way for a 1 over 3 setup. RIght now I am trying to test multiple monitor functionality within a VM. I am connecting using Enhanced Session and can successfully use all
available displays. However, once the 4th monitor arrives, I would like to only use the lower 3 displays. For now I only have 3 and I have created a group policy on the VM in
Local Computer Policy>Computer Configuration>Administrative Templates>Windows Components>Remote Desktop Services>Remote Desktop Session Host>Remote Session Environment>Limit Number Of Monitors=2
However, when I connect using this, it will only use a single monitor. When I un-configure this policy, or set the limit to 3, it will use all monitors. Right now this is not an issue, but when my 4th monitor arrives tomorrow, I want to be able to use all
3 lower monitors, and leave the top monitor for the client system. Can anyone test this and confirm functionality, or suggest an alternate method?

Hi,
Did you mean that let 3 of 4 monitor work for VM, the last one works for Host Machine? I'm sorry for don't have enough displays to make a test for you.
For further assistance about Hyper-v problem, you can also provide your problem at Hyper-v board in Windows Server forum.
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-us/home?forum=winserverhyperv
Roger Lu
TechNet Community Support

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