Remote Desktop connection starts up, screen draws, then goes black

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Sometimes when I remote into my computer, I can get in and see everything and drive the mouse for a few seconds -- then the screen goes black and just sits there.

Anyone seen this before and know the reason or how to fix?

user14301

Posted 2011-10-14T21:47:25.763

Reputation: 395

Question was closed 2015-03-07T19:55:18.943

Answers

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I encountered very much alike problem few times. Finally, today I've found a solution that worked for me:

  1. Press Ctrl+Alt+End (emulates Ctrl-Alt-Del in RDP session)
  2. Hit Cancel.
  3. Close and reopen RDP (maybe this step is not required). The screen will return.

In the worst case you can try to restart the remote machine.

Mikhail Fiadosenka

Posted 2011-10-14T21:47:25.763

Reputation: 81

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I've had this same problem where the login process is visible then suddenly goes black, and found the solution here. Simply disable "Bitmap caching" in the RDP session properties:

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Carri_OS

Posted 2011-10-14T21:47:25.763

Reputation: 31

I could't comment previous post... It almost worked for me (using windows 7 both on client and server): I had to uncheck also 'visual style' in the experience tab of Remote Desktop Connection properties – user110954 – 2014-07-01T08:10:54.160

Asked: 2011-10-14T21:47:25.763

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