They've all been kept at default settings, which does appear to have 'Fast User Switching' selected. Should this be switched off?
Ben > -----Original Message----- > From: B. Scott Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, 26 January 2006 12:22 PM > To: Ben > Cc: vnc-list@realvnc.com > Subject: Re: "The connection closed unexpectedly" > > > Are they using Fast User Switching? > > Ben wrote: > > >Hi all > > > >I'm having some problems logging into several remote > systems. Each PC > >is running Windows XP (home 5.1), and the Windows Firewall has been > >configured to accept connections through port 5900 for VNC. > The router > >has also been set to port forward 5900 to the local IP of the PC. > > > >In general, I have had very little problems accessing these systems > >through VNC over the last six months. However, occasionally > just after > >a re-boot, I am given the usual password login interface but then an > >error message pops up without letting me in ("The connection closed > >unexpectedly"). This has happened to a number of systems in the last > >few days. > > > >Logging into the router, I can see that the local IP of the > PC hasn't > >changed, and the PC is obviously still switched on > (otherwise I would > >not have received the VNC login interface). A hard boot seems to fix > >the problem, but this is can be difficult to acheive at some > locations > >as they are located in remote locations. > > > >I'm not sure why this problem only seems to happen > intermittently, but > >if anyone has any suggestions I'd be most grateful. Perhaps it's a > >startup issue on the PC - but I do find this hard to believe > that it'd > >happen at such a large number of locations (especially when > remaining > >systems still work fine). > > > >Kind regards > > > >Ben > >_______________________________________________ > >VNC-List mailing list > >VNC-List@realvnc.com > >To remove yourself from the list visit: > >http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________ NOD32 1.1380 (20060125) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
