Curious input problem when using VNC 4.0 Viewer

[Michael Chadwick]

This concerns VNC 4.0 Final, on a Windows 2000 network (client and server):

When I use VNC viewer to connect to a remote user, a problem occurs sporadically.

First, the mouse buttons seem to get mixed up and when I double-click something (like, say, My Computer) it acts as if I right-clicked on it and chose Properties.  The Ctrl key on the keyboard is also seemingly pressed down in the computer's mind because if I left-click on something and then another, they both get highlighted, and so on.  Right-clicking on things seems to work, and that is how I have to open things.  This only seems to happen on icons, as left-clicking on the Start Menu works as intended.

Second, the keyboard stops functioning.  And this continues even if I stop viewing the remote user.  Also, the user at the local computer loses keyboard functioning, as well.

One time this happened on a server and I just kept trying to type and the problem went away after about 15-20 minutes of frustrating experimentation.  With all subsequent occurrences on users' workstations I just have them reboot and it fixes it.

Anyone else have this problem or (better yet) know of a fix?

- Michael