RE: Re: WinXP 1.2.9 get black screen and no control

[Christopher Mc C. <cmc...@gl...>]

Only time I've encountered a blank screen is when I setup a second account
on my XP machine at home (I think I had Fast User Switching turned on as
well).  Can't remember if I was already logged on to one of the accounts
(locally).

So do you have FUS activated?

>Message: 3
>Reply-To: Jay...@ho...
>From: "Jay Burrill" <jay...@ho...>
>To: m.g...@he...
>Cc: vnc...@li...
>Subject: Re: WinXP 1.2.9 get black screen and no control
>Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2003 23:19:49 -0500
>
>I would wish to have something to share with you.  But I do not, as I 
>haven't tried hitting my ADSL machine from the outside.  I 
>typically use my 
>ADSL machine to get at another remote that has a static IP.  But I am 
>intrigued to hear from others what might be suggested for you to look 
>into....
>
>
>----Original Message Follows----
>From: "Matt Ross" <m.g...@he...>
>To: <vnc...@li...>
>Subject: WinXP 1.2.9 get black screen and no control
>Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2003 15:48:48 -0000
>
>Up until recently I have had no problems connecting from my own XP Pro
>TightVNC viewer (1.2.9) connecting to my brother's XP Pro 
>running TightVNC
>1.2.9 also.
>
>However now when I connect I get just a black screen with a 
>mouse cursor in
>the top left corner. I can move the mouse cursor but it has no 
>effect on the
>remote PC. No movement or any indication I am connected.
>
>Where it gets interesting is when I resort to using Windows XP's Remote
>Desktop feature. After that is connected and working I tried 
>TightVNC again,
>without changing anything else. It worked straight away. I can then use
>either VNC or Remote Desktop to manipulate the remote PC. As soon as I
>terminate the Remote Desktop connection the VNC screen freezes 
>and I can no
>longer control it via that. If I kill VNC viewer and restart 
>it I get just
>the black screen again.
>
>Recently my brother changed from dial-up to ADSL, and I have never got
>TightVNC working correctly on his PC with ADSL, though dial-up 
>caused no
>problems. I have setup TightVNC on many PCs in the past and 
>have never seen
>anything like this.
>
>Is there anything I should be looking at with regards to the 
>networking or
>built-in remote desktop software? There is no firewall on the 
>remote PC. I
>start the server on the PC by getting my brother to run 'net 
>start winvnc'
>when I need to connect, so it isn't running permanently.
>
>Any insight into this TightVNC oddity would be greatly appreciated.
>
>Regards,
>
>Matt Ross