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# Hiding a User's Screen While Controlling

Sometimes you may want to control a client computer with a user at the client computer, but you don't want the user to see what you're doing. In such a case, you can disable the client computer's screen while preserving your own view of the client computer. This is a special control mode referred to as "curtain mode." You can change what's "behind the curtain" and reveal it when the mode is toggled back to the standard control mode.

1. Control a client computer.

   See Controlling Apple Remote Desktop Clients or Controlling VNC Servers for detailed information

2. Click the "Lock computer screen while you control" button in the control window toolbar.