Benjamin, The error you're describing is sometimes caused by Remote Desktop having been used on session zero of the target computer, but may also be caused by the graphics card having gone into a power-saving state. Is it possible that this might be the problem that you're seeing?
Regards, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Benjamin Jitima > Sent: 02 December 2005 15:09 > To: [email protected] > Subject: SelectObject to CompatibleDC failed: The operation > completed successfully. > > Hello, > > > > I've seen this several times in the archives, but never have > I seen a real > solution. There was mention of a fix in version 4.1, but we > are running > 4.1.1 and we are getting this problem, so they must not have > implemented a > solution. We are running RDP from time to time, but I don't > understand why > this is still causing a problem because we had it running > fine in a test > environment before deploying it. It is a Windows 2003 server > with very > little installed. We also have a Windows XP computer that we > have at the > same site that I just tried to connect to and got the same > error message. > We are not running RDP on that computer at all and never > have. I saw a > couple of suggestions for a work around such as tscon 0 > /dest:console but > this did not work because the RDP session was not 0 and the > console was > already logged in to session 0. I also saw something talking about > mstsc.exe /console and I tried working with that but it also > did not work. > > > > We are connecting through a point to point VPN using Cisco > PIX firewalls. > Everything from one internal network to another is explicitly > permitted, and > the PIX config is basically identical to all of the other > sites, so I don't > think that it would be causing any problems. > > > > Like I said, we have had this computer in a test environment > where we ran > both VNC and RDP for a week and a half without any problems > whatsoever, and > then when we deployed it we started having issues. We also > have several > other sites where we run RDP and VNC together where we have > not had any > problems. In fact, two of the sites have identical hardware > and install > images. Does anyone have any ideas as to what else could possibly be > causing this? > > > > I appreciate any suggestions, > > > > _____ > > Benjamin Jitima > > Forth Foods > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > (304) 617-5806 > _______________________________________________ > VNC-List mailing list > [email protected] > To remove yourself from the list visit: > http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [email protected] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
