Re: Remote Desktop only updating on mouse movement

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From: Shenan Stanley (news_helper_at_hushmail.com)
Date: 02/11/05 

Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 01:37:05 -0600

Paul Goodyear wrote:
> I have been successfully using Remote Desktop for months now, but
> tonight when I started it, The update was very unresponsive.
>
> When I do anything with the keyboard or mouse nothing appears to
> happen as if the connection has dropped, and when I wiggle the mouse
> the remote catches up with me.
>
> I have connected to other PC's on my network and they are fine. The
> PC i'm connecting to is a Windows XP Professional system with SP1a. I
> have restarted this system, but it is still laggin.
>
> Has anyone encounted anything like this before?

Yes - when the connection is slowed for whatever reason.

Also for the remote desktop client make sure the experience is not set too
high. Modem (56k) is usually sufficient. 

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