First attempt question

[B. Scott Smith]

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
>   brian "at" wildbirdshop.com 
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