Black / Blank Screen on client, but remote control works

[James Weatherall]

Marco,

Have you used Fast User Switching or Remote Desktop on the server machine?

Wez @ RealVNC Ltd.
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marco Gabriel [mailto:listen "at" marcogabriel.com] 
> Sent: 18 August 2004 12:31
> To: James Weatherall
> Cc: VNC-List "at" realvnc.com
> Subject: Re: Black / Blank Screen on client, but remote control works
> 
> the server machine is a windows xp professional sp1 with all 
> current hotfixes (but no SP2), the client machine is the same.
> 
> settings on server (which works with absolutely none of the clients):
> while connected
> -> remove wallpaper -> not ticked
> -> remove background pattern -> not ticked disable user interface 
> -> effects -> not ticked
> 
> settings on client (which works with other servers fine):
> colour/encoding -> auto select
> colour level low (64 colors) (tried the other settings as well)
> 
> 
> thanks.
> marco
> 
> James Weatherall wrote:
> 
> >Marco,
> >
> >What display settings and platform is the machine that is 
> running the 
> >server?
> >
> >Which VNC Viewer are you using?
> >
> >Wez @ RealVNC Ltd.
> > 
> >
> >  
> >
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: vnc-list-admin "at" realvnc.com
> >>[mailto:vnc-list-admin "at" realvnc.com] On Behalf Of Marco Gabriel
> >>Sent: 18 August 2004 11:07
> >>To: VNC-List "at" realvnc.com
> >>Subject: Black / Blank Screen on client, but remote control works
> >>
> >>Hi,
> >>
> >>I have a problem on one machine running a VNC 4 server.
> >>
> >>I connect from a client and can control the server (I see the mouse 
> >>movement and so on), but I don't see the screen contents on 
> my viewer. 
> >>I only have a black / blank screen. I can see many other 
> servers from 
> >>this client without problems, only this one server doesn't 
> provide his 
> >>screen anymore.
> >>
> >>I reinstalled RealVNC4, tried TightVNC and UltraVNC as 
> well, I deleted 
> >>every registry key that had VNC in the name and tried to reinstall 
> >>without success.
> >>
> >>Any hints for me? I don't know what I could check else...
> >>
> >>regs,
> >>Marco
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