Re: Remote Desktops MMC problems with Mouse

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From: Laura A. Robinson [MVP] (geekwench_at_snippit.hotmail.com)
Date: 02/25/04


Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 10:53:45 -0500

In article <155601c3fbad$698f2a50$a101280a@phx.gbl>,
anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com says...
>
> Does anyone know of a fix for the problem related to
> Remote Desktops MMC tool. When I have 40+ servers listed
> and connect to more than one at a time, the mouse starts
> to flicker and I can't do anything. I have to shut down
> and restart the mmc. This is happening on all tech
> support PC's in our company. Very frustrating....please
> help. version of RD is 5.2.3790.0
>
This occurs when the screensaver on one of the machines to which you are
connected kicks in. You have three options at this time:

1. Close and reopen the MMC
2. Figure out which machine's screensaver kicked in and unlock it/make
the screensaver go away
3. Disable screensavers on your machines, or at least set them to very
long timeouts. If your servers are all in a server room and you're using
TS as your primary administration mechanism, this really isn't
necessarily a big deal. We have hundreds of servers that we don't even
have connected to displays at all, so disabling the screensaver affects
nothing except our Remote Desktops MMCs.

Laura



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