UltraVNC

OK. Thanks for the clarification.

Viewer - not in listening mode. Here is my command line: vncviewer.exe pcname -directx -nostatus -fullscreen -notoolbar -nohotkeys -quickoption 1 -password mypassword -autoreconnect 60 -reconnectcounter 100000 Connecting to server that is already running. Display of remote PC is as expected. Now ...

You still have to acknowledge the dialogue box that pops up behind the viewer, and when you do, the viewer eventually connects but then exits.

I just tried the Real VNC viewer. That will automatically reconnect, and seems to work well with UltraVNC. But .... you can't put the password in on the command line. Rats.

We have both on lots of PC's. Works fine.

I tried that - doesn't seem to work. According to something else I read, I think that the autoreconnect is if you are using the viewer in listen mode? -autoreconnect Is used in conjunction with the -connect switch when having a server "back-connect" to a listening viewer. You can use it in a batch ...

Is there a command line switch for the viewer that you can set so if the connection is lost, the viewer will try to re-connect indefinitely?

Anyone?

There is a similar effect when you try and use 1.1.8 on a PC with Terminal Server software (TSPlus) installed. When I connect to the PC itself (not a VM running on the PC, but the actual server) then I can only get 16 colours if the mirror driver is running. If I stop the mirror driver, I get full ...