Oops. I did what I should have done long before. I went to the NVIDIA web
site and downloaded the latest driver. Fixed everything.

I hope no one spent any time researching this, yet.

(Although that feature enhancement at the end would still be nice... :-)

Thanks,

Lowell

"theyas@community.nospam" wrote:

> I've been using remote desktop with several computers (Win XP, and Win 2K at
> home and at work). I just got a brand spanking new Dell with a NViDIA Quadro
> NVS 280 PCI-E video card and two dell 1920x1200 analog monitors. Obviously,
> it rocks--except for the annoyance I'm asking about here.
>
> When (from this new system only), I remote-desktop to another system and
> move the 1600x1200 window to another part of the desktop, it changes the
> mouse pointer into the "Move" cross (cross with arrows on all for ends) while
> I move the window. Then, when I do something else on the local machine (the
> new one) the cursor stays as this cross. It won't change to the default
> pointer, or to the text-select "I-beam" or any of the other things. I have
> to go into the "Mouse Properties" and change the "Pointers" "Scheme" to get
> my mouse pointers back. It's gotten so bad that I pulled a shortcut out of
> the control panel to my desktop and copied the Windows Default scheme so I
> could more quickly switch between the two and click "OK".
>
> Much better if I can get rid of the problem to begin with.
>
> To recap: Log on to new system described above, remote desktop to another
> system (doesn't matter which), click and hold on title bar to move remote
> desktop to another part of the local desktop, cursor stays a "move" pointer
> on local system, and cursor works fine in screen within the remote system.
> That situation remains until "Mouse Properties" is used to restore the
> default scheme. Then, cursor is fine everywhere--until a return from screen
> saver or screen lock--in which case the remote desktop window comes up at the
> top left of screen and needs to be moved again.
>
> BTW. A feature request. It would be nice to be able to use a 1600x1200
> (non-full-screen) remote desktop on a 1920x1200 local display without having
> the full window limited to 1600x1200 so that you need the "left-right" slider
> bar across the bottom.
>
> I know, I know. "It must be nice to have such problems." Indeed it is.
> And I am grateful. Still would like to get this fixed, however.
>
> TIA.
>
> Lowell