Curious input problem when using VNC 4.0 Viewer

[James Weatherall]

Michael,

What happens if you press and then release the Control key from within an
active session to the problem server?

Wez @ RealVNC Ltd.


> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:vnc-list-admin "at" realvnc.com] On Behalf Of Michael Chadwick
> Sent: 30 August 2004 19:55
> To: vnc-list "at" realvnc.com
> Subject: Curious input problem when using VNC 4.0 Viewer
> 
> 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
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