win key is hanging since vnc & the computer crasehd

[James Weatherall]

Hi,

The problem you describe isn't something that VNC can cause.  It's possible
for a key to become temporarily "stuck" in software, such that pressing &
release it on the physical keyboard (or remotely) will correct it, but that
can't cause problems across reboots.  VNC Server doesn't touch the keyboard
until a connection is made to it, so it wouldn't cause such behaviour on
startup.

If you've changed the keyboard & drivers then the only other option I can
think of is that you've installed something on the computer that is mucking
about with the Windows Key on startup.

Regards,

Wez @ RealVNC Ltd
 

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:vnc-list-admin "at" realvnc.com] On Behalf Of by the way
> Sent: 14 May 2007 01:34
> To: vnc-list "at" realvnc.com
> Subject: win key is hanging since vnc & the computer crasehd
> 
> hi
> 
> i used vnc viewer to manage my server remotly...  then the vnc crashed
> while i pressed the windows key. i couldnt connect to my server
> anymore.. he crashed also...
> 
> now windows "thinks" that the winkey is pressed since then. so if i
> try to write anything, the windows shortcuts will be called(if i press
> the "e" key windows thinks i pressed "winkey+e" and opens the
> explorer).
> 
> i can solve temporary the problem if i connect with vnc to my server
> and close the connection while i press the winkey. but everytime i log
> on my server again the problem persists.
> 
> a system restart doesnt change anything. i also removed the windows
> keyboard drivers and installed a new one. with another keyboard the
> problem persits also. onscreen keyboard has the same problem.
> 
> does anyone know how to solve this problem? (yes, disabling the
> windows keys works, but that isnt a solution for me.)
> 
> thanks
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