{"id":3456,"date":"2017-10-23T21:09:27","date_gmt":"2017-10-24T04:09:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.coretechnologies.com\/blog\/?p=3456"},"modified":"2017-10-23T21:09:27","modified_gmt":"2017-10-24T04:09:27","slug":"access-session-0-with-vnc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coretechnologies.com\/blog\/windows-services\/access-session-0-with-vnc\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Use VNC to Remotely Access Session 0 (with Keyboard and Mouse!)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016 contain a curious problem affecting interactive windows services. When you switch to Session 0, you cannot use the keyboard and mouse.<\/b> This frustrating flaw makes it impossible to interact with any window displayed in Session 0. You can’t even click the “Return Now” button to go back to your regular desktop!<\/p>\n

Hopefully Microsoft will fix this bug soon. But if you are using RDP to connect to the server running AlwaysUp, you can use the free and reliable VNC software<\/a> instead, to resume normal operation in Session 0.<\/p>\n

What is VNC?<\/b><\/h2>\n

VNC (which stands for Virtual Network Computing) is a cross-platform technology facilitating remote desktop sharing and control. It is very similar to Microsoft’s RDP. With VNC, you install a software component on the machine you wish to view\/control (“the server”) and run another component installed on your local computer (“the client”) to access the server’s desktop.<\/p>\n

Which version of VNC should I use?<\/b><\/h2>\n

Several implementations of VNC are available for Windows. We have used (and can recommend) RealVNC<\/a>, UltraVNC<\/a> and TightVNC<\/a>, but this article will focus on TightVNC because it is:<\/p>\n