Hi there, The problem was with the escape key. If you press the escape key while using a Mac VNC Viewer (could also be true of other viewers) while in W2K, I get the access denied messages from W2K. Pressing the escape key again recovers.
-C vnc-list-digest wrote: > Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2002 17:25:24 +1100 > From: Christopher Hunt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Interesting W2K Behaviour? > > Hi there, > > I've got a W2K machine with no keyboard, mouse or screen physically > plugged in. I purchased it like this hoping I could use VNC to access > it. > > Things are mostly fine however I occassionally lose the ability to open > files and launch control panels via VNC. When I try opening a file, > nothing happens i.e. double-clicking, selecting then returning, > right-click & open. Additionally when I try opening a control panel I > get 'access denied'... (interestingly I can go to the command line and > issue a 'control' command successfully)... > > I'm wondering if these things are somehow related to WinVNC. I tried > searching the archives but the search engine wasn't behaving (not > showing results). My apologies if this type of question has been asked > before. > > I should also tell you that I'm accessing the PC using VNCThing on Mac > OS X (I also tried the traditional Mac Classic version with the same > results) and that WinVNC is running as a service. > > Thanks so much for any light that you can shed on this. -- When traveling let your family, friends and colleagues know where you are: http://www.mytimetraveler.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: 'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the message BODY See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------
