If you are using Win Key + L to lock your desktop, this is a known issue. We have completed work on a fix that should prevent the problem in the future; to my knowledge it is due to be released with Vista SP1.
The bug arises most frequently when you use Win+L to lock your desktop while the Remote Desktop window has focus. It is caused by a synchronization issue between client and server that only arises on a subset of machines, possibly due to a driver or 3rd party software conflict that messes up the timing of the Remote Desktop client. There are a few ways to avoid this:
1. Don't use Win+L to lock your local desktop. Either lock your machine through the start menu or, if your machine is configured for it, Ctrl-Alt-Del and select Lock Desktop.
2. Make sure a different window has focus before locking your desktop.
If you have already encountered the problem, the "workaround" is much as you described:
1. Remove focus from the Remote Desktop window, by selecting another window on your machine, or minimizing and clicking the desktop of the local machine
2. Strike the Ctrl key 6-12 times. You mentioned the win key which probably works as well, but if you have somehow encountered this error on a machine that doesn't have a Win key, Ctrl should work as well.
3. Go back to the Remote Desktop window; the problem should be resolved.
If any of you are *not* using Win-L to lock your desktop, please speak up. The fix we have in place actually addresses two different aspects of the fault, one specific to Win-L locking, and another related to general synchronization, so it should fix the problem regardless, but I'd like to know if this issue is occurring by other means.
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