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May 30, 2006 | Comments: (0)

Remote Desktop 3 "curtain mode" bug

I've encountered a bug in Remote Desktop 3. After I switch on curtain mode, which masks the user's display while permitting remote control, the remote interface hangs. Ironically, the mouse and keyboard continue to drive the target machine, but you can't see what you're doing (so don't do anything).

Turning off curtain mode re-enables the target's display and you're still driving it remotely, but the console's screen never updates. Changing the session's color depth forces the console to reconnect to the target, and all is well. It's a bummer, though, because curtain mode is one of ARD 3's best new features.

I'm using a MacBook Pro console and a Power Mac G5 Quad target.

Posted by Tom Yager on May 30, 2006 01:30 PM


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