Send Ctrl-Alt-Del

[James [Wez] Weatherall]

On Tue, 17 Nov 1998, David Moore wrote:

> Thank you for the input but unfortunately neither solution worked for
> me.  I'm running the viewer from the laptop which has only one set of
> Ctrl and Alt keys (and they are on the left).
> 
> When I try Anne's recommendation all that happens is the mouse pointer
> disappears leaving only that little square.  As soon as I move the
> mouse, the point comes back.
> 
> The "Send Ctrl-Alt-Del" from the Viewer's menu does nothing at all.

My guess is that you're running Windows NT 3.51 or earlier?  NT 3.51 lies
about the shift key states, so WinVNC never notices remote C-A-D events.
It's possible to hack this but at present we don't, since the hack could
confuse other situations.

Cheers,

James "Wez" Weatherall
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