Gloria Boyer [MSFT]

Hi DancingOak. First, a question:

What applications and how many of them are you running when this happens?

One possibility to try is to disable IPv6. We'll know more when we get the
answer to the above question. Thanks!

Gloria

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Gloria Boyer
Windows User Assistance
Microsoft Corporation


"DancingOak" <DancingOak@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I purchased Vista Ultimate with my new Toshiba laptop. I am finding that
> Window's Vista's Remote Desktop seams to have a compatibility problem with
> earlier OS. I want to be able to take remote control of my work machine,
> which is Windows XP Professional. When I do, it works OK for a while and
> then
> freezes anywhere between 10 and 30 seconds - after which, it resumes. If I
> was in the middle of typing something, a few extra characters before I
> realized, the letters will not be lost. But this can be frustrating when
> clicking on a different part of the screen. If I click elsewhere and wait
> for
> the pause to finish, the cursor will go to the new location after the
> freeze/delay is over with.
>
> I have isolated it to Vista's Remote Desktop. I have another older laptop
> which has XP Professional and it works fine. On the Vista laptop, I tried
> both wireless and ethernet. I also tried to take remote control of an XP
> Pro
> desktop that was within my home network (workgroup) - essentially taking
> the
> VPN out of the equation.
>
> There is a message that pops up when I first take remote control -
> something
> to do with the earlier operating system. I will follow up with the exact
> text. I am really hoping this can work though. My other option, when
> drivers
> become available, is to revert back to XP Pro on the new laptop - not
> desirable.