WinVNC and AutoLogout Feature

[James "Wez" Weatherall]

> Hello!
>
> On several NT-Server (NT4 SP3) I've installed WinVNC as a service. I set
the
> global per user setting LockSetting=2, which should logoff the
remote-session if
> the client  disconnects. This works very well, but if I lock out
regulary - via
> Ctrl+Alt+Del->Logoff or Start->Shut Down->Close all programs and logon as
a
> different user? - the _machine_ shuts down!
>
> Does anybody has had similar problems and can help me? Thanks in advance
for any
> suggestion.

I'm not sure what causes this.  There seems to be a race-condition, caused
because when you log out, WinVNC sees the screen resolution change, kicks
off all users and thus logs you out again, since all the remote users have
gone!

I have a patched build of the executable which might fix the problem because
it calls ExitWindowsEx instead of ExitWindows(the old version.)

I could send you a copy of that to try, if you like.

James "Wez" Weatherall
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