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Disable showing the mouse movement in VNC server

Here's the scenario:
vnc server - Windows XP
vnc viewer - Linux

When I connect to my vnc server, I am able to see the mouse / keyboard movement at the vnc server from my vnc viewer. For example, when I click on something at the vnc viewer, I see the same thing at the vnc server.

Is there a way to disable the mouse / keyboard movement (i.e. put the vnc server in a 'blank' mode, so that whatever I do on the vnc viewer, it will not be reflected on the server side)? I mean the easiest way would be to just turn off the monitor... but I'm not sure this can be with a laptop.

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Its part of the VNC Viewer input options http://www.realvnc.com/products/free/4.1/winvncviewer.html#Input

reach4thelasers  2009-11-13 22:59:19
From how I understand this documentation, this basically set the vnc viewer in a read-only mode. This is not what I want since I want to still be able to use the vnc viewer. Imagine when I am moving my mouse at the vnc viewer screen, I do not want the movement of the mouse to be seen in the vnc server side. Hope I explained this better.
bichonfrise74  2009-11-13 23:20:09
Sorry I misunderstood! You can't do that! VNC viewer basically gives you control of the server's mouse and keyboard, its not like VNC produces an 'extra' pointer that you can somehow hide - there is only one pointer. If you could hide the pointer on the server you wouldn't see it on the viewer either - it would be invisible!
reach4thelasers  2009-11-13 23:35:12

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