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Fast User Switching on Windows XP with VNC?

A not-so Anonymous Coward asks: "I have searched the web for links on how to make VNC work with Windows XP fast user switching, and all I have seen is people saying that they cannot get it to work. I would now like to ask the Slashdot community to give it their shot, and see if they cannot find a way to make your standard VNC utilities cooperate with Windows XP fast user switching. For those who don't know what the problem is; when using fast user switching, if you switch users (without logging out) from the first user to log on then VNC comes up with a blank screen. Hopefully someone can come up with a fix for this." It sounds like (and I might be way off base here)Windows isn't necessarily running multiple desktops for its fast user switching, and once the switch occurs from the user running the VNC process, that VNC then somehow loses rights to the desktop. It would be interesting to note if VNC sessions will work once the desktop is switched back. Has anyone else tried getting this to work? Have you run into the same problems, or were you able to find a solution?

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  1. Re:well by reynaert · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Me, as a matter of fact.

  2. Re:Spelling correction to /. article by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Newsflash!! Spelling error on Slashdot!! The sun rose today!!

    Thanks for the notice, mcfly.

  3. Re:Makes me wonder by pocopoco · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Since someone will probably point it out if I don't anyway ^^...that "your" should be "you're". T.T