On my desktop computer I have a **remote desktop connection** open using my laptop.

In the remote desktop connection window, I am installing (unzipping) **XAMPP** which is pretty CPU intensive for the **laptop**.

However, the CPU on the **desktop** machine is constantly between 60% and 95%. **Why would the desktop CPU be so affected by what laptop is doing?** I thought that was one reason to use remote desktop connections is to perform tasks independent of your host computer which are resource intensive, without it affecting your host computer.

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