Bug: Mouse cursor doesn't disappear when typing

[Robin Hill]

On Thu Apr 24, 2003 at 05:37:47PM -0400, Adam Roben <aroben@fas.harvard.edu> wrote:

>    The problem we're having is that when a professor uses the keyboard to
> advance a slide in PowerPoint, the mouse cursor disappears on the
> professor's computer (which is normal) but not on the client computer
> where the screen capture is happening.  This also happens when typing in
> something like NotePad or WordPad.  The cursor disappears for increased
> visibility while typing/presenting, but it is still shown on the client
> computer.
> 
>    We're using TightVNC 1.2.8, but I suspect that the problem is with the
> VNC protocol, not any of TightVNC's modifications.  If anyone thinks
> otherwise, I'm happy to test using RealVNC.  We're running on Windows 2000
> with Microsoft Office XP.
> 
I suspect it's the local cursor tracking in TightVNC (I'm not sure
whether it's made it into the standard version now) - you can disable it
in the viewer connection options (setting to "Let remote server deal
with mouse cursor" should work).

HTH,
        Robin

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