Screen Flickering when Sharing screen in Microsoft Teams

Anonymous
2020-03-30T01:24:41+00:00

Hi guys

Ive googled this and seem to get not the "right" answer.

My work has started using screens for remote access and its terrific. But everytime i share my screen, it has serious constant flicker which not only i see but so does the person on the other end.

Whats the cause

Regards

Adam

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Anonymous
2020-04-21T19:23:39+00:00

OK.. I think I may have found the solution. When sharing your screen many tiles show up for you to share. Some of these tiles are under 2 categories DESKTOP and WINDOW. Make your selection for the screen you want to share under DESKTOP NOT WINDOW. This selection made my screen not flicker anymore.

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-06-16T07:18:35+00:00

    Hehe i see you are sceptical, we use different security measures on our computers, but off course i fully understand if do not allow admin privileges for your users :-)

    Cheers, Fredrik.

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-07-13T12:47:22+00:00

    Thanks for sharing but this is not an ideal solution: there's a reason people prefer to share windows rather than desktop. I don't want to have to check that I don't have private emails etc openly displayed on any windows before sharing screens.

    Microsoft really need to fix this. If anyone with epilepsy encounters this it'll kill them. I tried to just deal with it for a minute or so and felt sick for five minutes after.

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-07-13T21:04:17+00:00

    I have epilepsy and hence started the original question. It is quite bad. That said, as long as you maximise your program window on your desktop, the solution posted does work quite well. And its the only way you can allow other people to be given access to your screen to point to things.

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-07-23T15:28:00+00:00

    I can't replicate the flickering on my work PC, but on another machine we have, it flickers all day.

    Program tested: Google Earth Pro

    My PC (Doesn't flicker):

    AMD Ryzen 3700U w/Radeon Vega Mobile Gfx

    HD Display (1920 x 1080)

    Other PC (Flickers):

    Intel i7-6500U

    Intel 520 chipset + Dedicated Nvidia GPU (Flickers using either or)

    4K display (3840 x 2160)

    Has anyone experienced any similarities with the above? Maybe a 4K issue (scaling)? AMD vs. Intel? I did try different resolutions and scaling options, even DPI settings, but nothing.

    I can resolve the flickering by using the "share desktop" option instead of sharing the program window. Kind of defeats the purpose of having the option of "Window" though!

    Has anyone tried opening a case with Microsoft and see what they have to say?

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