VNC® Enterprise Edition 4.3 - known bugs and features
The following are known bugs, features and omissions in VNC Enterprise Edition 4.3. You may also wish to check the known bugs, features and omissions in VNC Enterprise Edition 4.2.
| Date | ID | Platform / Program | Description | Workaround | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Sep 2004 | 9 | Windows server | The Control and Alt keys can become "stuck" when the Send Ctrl-Alt-Del command is used remotely. | Press and release each key a couple of times from a new viewer session, to cause the server to reset the keys' states. | Under consideration |
| 1 Sep 2004 | 10 | Windows viewer | When Fullscreen mode is selected via the F8 menu, the Windows taskbar can remain on top of the VNC viewer window. | Use the system menu (accessible via the icon at the top left of the VNC viewer window) to enter Fullscreen mode - the bar will then dissappear after a short delay. or Click on the taskbar, then back on the VNC viewer window - the bar will dissappear. |
Under consideration |
| 27 Apr 2006 | 60 | Windows viewer | Copy-through operations fail, i.e. copying a file from a server, via a viewer & server on an intermediate system, to another viewer does not work. | Copy the file to the intermediate system, then re-copy from there to the destination. | Under consideration |
| 15th Aug 2007 | 93 | Windows viewer & server | Transfer of small files from Windows viewer or server to a remote server or viewer running on any platform can result in truncated (zero-length) files. | No workaround | Fixed in E4.3.1 |
| 15th Aug 2007 | 94 | Unix viewer & server | Large files (>2Gb) are not listed in the Share Files dialog as candidates for transfer. | Move the file into a directory. Open the Share Files dialog and select the directory containing the file for transfer. | Fixed in E4.3.1 |
| 15th Aug 2007 | 95 | Windows viewer & server | Large files (>4Gb) are truncated at one byte short of 4Gb in size when transferred to pre-Vista Windows systems. | No workaround. | Fixed in Windows Vista |
| 24th Oct 2007 | 96 | Windows server, versions 4.3 & 4.3.1 | The VNC Mirror Driver uninstaller does not actually uninstall the VNC Mirror Driver. | After running the uninstaller, use Device Manager to select the VNC Mirror Driver device for removal | Fixed in E4.3.2 |
| 24th Oct 2007 | 97 | Windows server, versions 4.3 & 4.3.1 | If all entries are removed from the NT Logon access control list then access is incorrectly granted to Everyone, due to a bug in Windows' handling of access control entries. | Do not leave the NT Logon access control list empty | Fixed in E4.3.2 |
| 24th Oct 2007 | 98 | Windows server, versions 4.3 & 4.3.1 | Excessive error messages are logged by the clipboard helper application while there is no user logged on to the console of the computer. | No workaround | Fixed in E4.3.2 |
| 24th Oct 2007 | 99 | Windows viewer | Invalid or missing disk image paths in the registry can prevent the Virtual Media dialog from being correctly displayed. | Edit the registry manually to remove invalid/missing image paths | Fixed in E4.3.2 |
| 24th Oct 2007 | 100 | Mac OS X viewer | Ghost characters may be sent to the server when function keys are pressed. | Do not press function keys | Fixed in E4.3.2 |
| 24th Oct 2007 | 101 | Unix server | Xvnc processes launched by inetd may fail to terminate when the associated connection is dropped if it is extremely short-lived. | No workaround | Fixed in E4.3.2 |
| 13th Nov 2007 | 102 | Windows server | When configured to use the VNC Mirror Driver 1-pixel-wide lines are not correctly updated. | No workaround | Under consideration |
| 10th Oct 2007 | 103 | Mac server | VNC Server reports "VNC requires a restart to complete installation" when run in Service-Mode under Leopard. | No workaround | Fixed in E4.3.3 |
If you encounter a bug with VNC Enterprise Edition, please first make sure you are running the latest release. If the bug still exists, please report it via the appropriate support channel.