VNC through VPN

Wall, John JWall "at" agric.wa.gov.au
Wed Sep 15 00:56:00 2004


Hi,

I use DOS on my remote pcs and YES a very good point TRY ALT Enter if a
black screen as this is the symptom of a DOS programme running in full
screen mode when you access via VNC. Possibly always worth a try on a black
screen to use Alt Enter.

John

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> From: 	Michael Reitz[SMTP:realvnc "at" assimilate.de]
> Sent: 	Tuesday, 14 September 2004 11:59 PM
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> Subject: 	Re: VNC through VPN
> 
> | [...]
> | 
> | Hmm.. The system doesn't have any wallpaper. (just a black background)  
> | Generally, the POS software is open and cannot be minimized by the user 
> | without an administrative password.
> | 
> Just a guess, but is this POS software running in a full-screen DOS
> window?
> You should be able to switch into DOS window mode with Alt+Enter.
> 
> Michael
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