Re: Character corruption with Remote Desktop

ghotion wrote:
I recently purchased a Sony VAIO running Media Center. I use it to
Remote Desktop to another XP computer (SP1). The connection is fine,
but while I'm typing, frequently the cursor moves somewhere else in
the document (and the character I had just typed does not appear).
Any new characters I type will be after the new cursor position
(which could be anywhere in the document). It seems to me that I
most frequently see an 'i' get corrupted, which would indicate some
bit corruption, I think.

The connection itself (wireless) is OK, because it works fine with
my other laptop.

So, I'm trying to determine what might be wrong with my VAIO:

It's not the internal modem - I switched to a wired to wireless
bridge and still had the same problem.

It's not the network - my other laptop works fine.

It could be something in Media Center (my other laptop is XP)
It could be the keyboard itself, but I haven't noticed any problems
when typing locally.

Any ideas? I'm trying to figure out if this is a Sony problem or an
Media Center problem.


Sounds like a more sensitive touchpad/pointer stick and/or weaker internal
wireless card (update drivers, etc..)

Truthfully though - sounds more like the old 'palm touches glide-pad, mouse
moves.

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