Unfortunately, VNC does not work well at all with Remote Desktop. Once
RDP has been used to an XP box, you will usually not be able to VNC to
it. To prove whether or not this is your issue, reboot the XP box fresh,
and then try VNC before anyone uses RDP or Fast User Switching. If so,
you're out of luck. Not sure if maybe the "pay for" versions of VNC
handle this any better...
If it is the problem, let me know. There is a strange workaround that
sometimes works for me. It involves RDPing into the box, issuing some
commands at a DOS prompt that reset the RDP session, and then VNCing
back in.
Brian M. Godfrey wrote:
Hi,
I just installed RealVNC 4.1 (the basic, free one) on two WindowsXP
systems which are on two separate LANs connected by a VPN. I installed the
full package on the remote system, and configured the server. I installed
just the viewer on the local system. If I open the viewer and try to
connect it to the remote system I get the login screen, choose my user and
type the password. At that point the viewer shuts down with no error
message or anything - it just disappears.
I can use remote desktop to connect to this remote system, and in fact I
have tried connecting with RealVPN both when I already had a remote desktop
connection established and when I did not. It does not seem to matter.
Any idea what's wrong or are there any settings I need to report for
someone to help me diagnose this?
Oh, and before someone says "if remote desktop works, why not just use
it?" it's because some Windows applications have problems with remote
desktop and/or terminal services and I'm trying to find something that will
bypass that whole mess. But I suppose this will have its own problems,
too...
Thanks!
--Brian M. Godfrey
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