For connecting to XP machine, I find that SSH + Windows Terminal Services is
works well.  With TS, you can have multiple users, use the local printer and
drag and drop files between local and remote.

Carl

----- Original Message -----
From: "Angus Macleod" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "David Gurr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 8:27 AM
Subject: Re: Black screen in VNC and Terminal Services


> I have found (with RealVNC 3.3.6 and TightVNC 1.2.6) that if you connect
to
> an XP machine running VNC server that if there is already a second log on
> (i.e. user switching has been used), you will get a black screen. If you
log
> on as the second user, as soon as your logon is processed, the VNC
> connection will be dropped, and subsequent reconnections get the black
> screen. It must be something to do with the way XP handles the screens of
> "background" users. If the extra logged on users log off (bringing the
logon
> count down to 1 or 0), then VNC will see the desktop again as usual.
>
> Angus.
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