The semantics of IdleTimeout are currently to disconnect only if there are input events or update requests from the viewer. If you have a clock updating in the taskbar, for example, nothing more than a minute will have any effect.
It would be possible to add more control to what IdleTimeout means, will consider it for a future release. Regards Andy ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, October 28, 2002 8:01 PM Subject: How to set time-out > I hope I am not out of line with this question. I have just started using > VNC. We need to set our machines up so that they time out after about five > minutes, if a user forgets to log off. I am using the following registry > key: > HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\ORL\WinVNC3\IdleTimeout. If I set the time to > 30 seconds or less, it works. If I set it to anything above that, the > machine does not time out. > > Can someone please tell me what we are doing wrong? > _______________________________________________ > VNC-List mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
