UltraVNC

devone, you are so right, and now i'm wondering why i didn't figure that out myself because it perfectly accounts for the behavior i was seeing.

other than that problem, i don't think i'm having stability issues with the latest ultravnc version, so i guess i'll hold off on the patch for now and ...

udpate: i upgraded the server i was using to 1.0.2 and the problem is still there. attempting to logon with the incorrect DSM plugin renders the server unreachable until the service is restarted.

there are ways of doing this remotely through an SSH shell, but who wants to deal with that if there's ...

i believe i'm having the same problem, or a variation on this problem that other posters are having. here's what is happening with version 1.0.1 of the server (i need to confirm whether or not it's also happening with 1.0.2 but i'm not near those servers at the moment):

1) i logon using the viewer ...