RealVNC slowness (WinVNC)

[ViNCe]

> Your comment about XP and BSODs doesn't seem to relate to VNC,
> so I'll skip that. :)

upon the point that it only happens when connecting VNC viewer set to scale
screen to 8/9

> The screenshots you posted show that VNC has determined an effective
> bandwidth between the two hosts of only 10kbps and has therefore switched
to
> 8bpp and ZRLE.

(for other readers: screenschots are @ http://vnc.simbox.nl)
now is the question, why does it do this on a 100mbit lan connect?

> 10kbps is a terrifically slow link.

something for GSM maybe :)

> How well VNC can operate over it will depend heavily upon the complexity
> of your desktop (whether or not you have a background set, use of
> graded/stippled/otherwise complex graphical decoration on windows, etc).

no background, no skins

> The Windows 98 disconnect thing is to do with mouse events being
> queued before you disconnected, but taking a long time to process.
> A common cause is Windows 98's poor task scheduling,
> which might cause each mouse event to require a context switch and/or
> cause the display to be re-scanned.

is there a way to check this?

> If your Windows 98 machine had a DOS prompt selected when you
disconnected,
> that might explain the effect.

sorry, no dos-box. and only systray & explorer running

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