Hi,

There is a computer in our lab that controls a plasma reactor. It is running an application that allows us to open/close valves, start/stop the plasma, and measure stuff in the reactor. I am using TeamViewer to connect remotely to this lab PC from my local laptop, so I can view its progress without physically being in the lab all the time.

The problem is: by default, TeamViewer gives me full control over the remote pc. I can control the mouse and keyboard of the lab pc from here. This will sometimes come in really handy, if I ever have to quickly change a setting, but most of the time I do not want this at all. If I accidently click in the TeamViewer window and open a valve, I could ruin the measurement, or even blow up part of the reactor... Not good

So, what I want to do is DISABLE full control from my local laptop, unless I explicitly tell my PC that I am willingly going to control the pc. In short: I want to prevent myself from accidentally controlling the remote PC, while still being able to control it if I really want to. Basically, for once, I do want a "Are you sure?" message box, or even a "Are you REALLY sure?" message box...


I cannot find any setting that allows me to do this... I know I can set the host pc (the lab pc) to 'presentation' mode, so that I can only view it and not control it, but as far as I know I have no way (remotely, on my laptop) to switch it back to full control, which makes sense I suppose

But the other way around shouldn't be a problem? If the lab pc is set to full control, I should be able to choose not being able to control it remotely, if only sometimes?

Is this possible..? Thanks!