ExtJS IE8 / IE7 under RDC (Remote Desktop Connection): thick borders+invisible resize

[dotnetwise]

ExtJS IE8 / IE7 under RDC (Remote Desktop Connection) looks wierd: thick borders and if you try to resize it the hole window become invisible during resize.

My OS: Windows 7
Remoting to a Windows Server 2008 R2 without Aero themes enabled, windows classic skin, no Remote Desktop Services installed.

Video: http://screencast.com/t/M2ZhOTkxZT
Images attached.
Url to try: http://qwiki.4ju.eu/ or http://www.extjs.com/deploy/dev/exam...p/desktop.html


Any ideas how to fix these problems?

[RKoopmans]

http://qwiki.4ju.eu/ Using this URL works fine for me,
no thick border or whatsoever. In remote desktop connection the problem can be the settings, since RDC usually disables features (lower colordepth etc.).
Does the url work at your desktop, or does it show the strange borders as well?

[aconran]

That looks like you have some stale CSS from a recent upgrade. Clear the cache and do a hard refresh if you are sure you updated your resources.

[dotnetwise]

That looks like you have some stale CSS from a recent upgrade. Clear the cache and do a hard refresh if you are sure you updated your resources.

No, there is no cache problem as it occurs on both sites I have mentioned.
http://qwiki.4ju.eu/ and http://www.extjs.com/deploy/dev/exam...p/desktop.html

It only occurs to IE7 and IE8.
Safari, Opera, Chrome and Firefox are all good.

I've tried with all the possible settings for the RDC e.g all checked, all not checked etc.
On the resize problem I think it has to do with the way IE renders things under remote desktop i.e. maybe alpha transparency is not supported therefore the whole window goes white.

Can't say why the thick borders & weird shadow appear though.

[RKoopmans]

It must be your machine or it's settings..
Because when I connect using RDC (windows 7 to windows 7)
and run IE8 on my Windows 7 @ home (to which i have connected from school)
it works fine.. So my guess is that your RDC (apparently) doesn't support, as you
say, some css properties. Have you tried changing your RDC settings:
Experience tab -> Connection: High-Speed(or more)
allow, visual styles, persistent bitmap caching and stuff..

Display tab: Colors Highest Quality..
Maybe this solves the problem, but i'm not sure

[dotnetwise]

It might be the mighty windows, of course, but I'm connecting to a Windows Server 2008 R2.
It's a 64GB ram server where all the developers works on it.

The Remote Desktop Services are not installed. The settings are the default ones.
The settings on the RDC client are the highest. Everything is checked. 32bpp etc.

Interesting is why this happens only on resizeable windows.

[RKoopmans]

Hmm then i'm clueless.. Any problems with other (javascript) sites / apps?
You might consider talking to the server admin about it? I've seen some appservers
where some stuff was disabled, which made my ajax/javascript app work incorrect.. Just a thought ;-)

[alien3d]

i'm using window server r2 2008 in my laptop.extjs(web) and adobe air +extjs work fine.only ie 8 font more smaller.

there was a bug using ie 8 on grid popup