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What happens when I Teamviewer to a computer that is Teamviewered back to me? Will it create an Infinite loop?

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sirwoetang
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    Have you tried it? – Ramhound Oct 02 '13 at 13:30
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    Yes. Then it lags. Then it crashes. Congratulations, you just tore a hole in the space-time continuum. Are you happy now?! – Bob Oct 02 '13 at 13:31
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    Teamviewered? I like it. – Keltari Oct 02 '13 at 13:48
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    probably.. VNC does, it's amusing. windows open up within other windows. And it doesn't even crash I don't think, I think the computer runs out of RAM with VNC.. So you have to have a cmd prompt open and do taskkill /f /im vncviewer.exe or something like that and it goes through all processes terminating them very fast, faster than they open.. Or you could try to manually close them faster than they're opening. If you succeed in closing the windows faster than they open, then you can save the day too. that's with VNC. Teamviewer may have similarities. – barlop Oct 02 '13 at 14:06
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    @Bob fortunately a computer technician can repair the hole in the space-time continuum, and make it shrink and disappear rather than grow almost exponentially! – barlop Oct 02 '13 at 14:07
  • @Keltari I avoided using it for a while after somebody thought I was installing something called "Teen Viewer". But fortunately they never again asked me to fix their computer and what with their naked little children running around me, it's a lucky get away ;-) – barlop Oct 02 '13 at 14:12

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This example assumes your example when I Teamviewer to a computer that is Teamviewered back to me?.

Assuming you "Teamviewer" their computer, the view should be a recursive tunnel of your desktop, somewhat similar to this:

first image I could find on Google Images

As Kevin Panko mentioned, the effect is similar to a mirror facing another mirror.

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    If you use a screen magnifier and look closely, Bill Gates is slowly falling down the tunnel! :P –  Oct 02 '13 at 14:33
  • I have tested this with the latest version of TW and your statement is correct, an infinite tunnel loop is created. – Overmind Dec 28 '16 at 10:10
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The effect would be similar to when you view a mirror facing another mirror. It forms a loop, and the image on one screen appears on the other screen after a short time, which then causes a new image to appear on the first, and so on.

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