Windows Remote Desktop - I hate Windows....

Windows Remote Desktop - I hate Windows....

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jesusbuiltmycar

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4,620 posts

260 months

Monday 23rd January 2023
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My work Windows laptop just updated and has a new hap-handy "feature"...

I currently use it via Windows Remote Desktop from my Mac, which is something I have used for various clients for years. Since the update the following now happens:

  1. Click to another app on my Mac (e.g. Teams)
  2. Return to the Windows Remote Desktop session
  3. Magically Windows thinks the CAPS-LOCK key is on
  4. If I push CAPS-LOCK the light on the keyboard comes on, and windows still thinks CAPS-LOCK is on
  5. A second push corrects things....
As I only use Windows for compilation via the DOS Prompt or MingGW (bash) it is a real P.I.T.A. - every time I click to another app this happens - why has it started now and how can I fix it?

I have already tried the usual Windows fix of Reboot but no luck

Any suggestions greatly appreciated.

somouk

1,425 posts

204 months

Tuesday 24th January 2023
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Sounds like it is interpreting a mouse click or a key press somehow. Have you tried different sofware to connect to the Windows machine?


Steve_H80

361 posts

28 months

Wednesday 25th January 2023
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The old adage is true; some people swear by Windows, those that have used anything else swear at Windows. wink