Black / Blank Screen on client, but remote control works

[Marco Gabriel]

wez,

no, I didn't use fast user switching nor did I use the remote desktop on 
the machine (not on the client machine and not on the server machine).

marco


James Weatherall wrote:

>Marco,
>
>Have you used Fast User Switching or Remote Desktop on the server machine?
>
>Wez @ RealVNC Ltd.
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>>-----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:
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>>>Marco,
>>>
>>>What display settings and platform is the machine that is 
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>>running the 
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>>>server?
>>>
>>>Which VNC Viewer are you using?
>>>
>>>Wez @ RealVNC Ltd.
>>>
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>>> 
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>>>      
>>>
>>>>-----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 
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>>my viewer. 
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>>>>I only have a black / blank screen. I can see many other 
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>>servers from 
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>>>>this client without problems, only this one server doesn't 
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>>provide his 
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>>>>screen anymore.
>>>>
>>>>I reinstalled RealVNC4, tried TightVNC and UltraVNC as 
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>>well, I deleted 
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>>>>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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