> On Fri, 6 Jul 2001, Gustavo Wagner wrote:
>
> > Yes, we all have this problem.... unfortunatelly the bug that causes this is
> > in Windows, and not on WinVNC...
> >
> > What happens is that Windows is not sending information about which programs
> > have updated their screens correctly to VNC, so it can't update the client
> > correctly.
> >
> > To solve this, all you can do is turn on the option 'Poll Full Screen' in
> > the WinVNC (App Mode), right inside it's 'Properties' option.
>
> I did try this, but then it is so extremely slow that it is nearly
> impossible to use the computer.
>
> I have not been able to find any Windows program that works properly
> except in "poll full screen" mode, with the possible exception of the
> WinVNC configuration tool itself, but even that seems to have problems.
> Even Windows itself does not function (e.g. the start menu, desktop etc.)
>
> Do the other modes (like "poll foreground window/poll console windows
> only) truly not work, or am I just doing something wrong? The
> documentation states that the default configuration should work for most
> people, but I have not been able to get any useful results with the
> default configuration at all. The screen simply never updates.
>
> Is that really normal?
>
> The curious thing is that even when the screen is not updating, the
> computer is still running very slowly as if WinVNC is doing some work. But
> with no visible result.
WinVNC should operate pretty well for normal apps, including the desktop,
under Win9x, WinNT and Win2K, without tweaking the settings.
Have you rebooted the machine since you installed?
Cheers,
James "Wez" Weatherall
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