Screen sharing w/o keyboard/mouse control

Hello,
I would like to be able to share my screen without the other person having keyboard and mouse control. How do I do this? Thanks!

Hi,
You ask them very politely not to touch anything.
There is no way to take complete control in the manner you describe.
8:35 PM Tuesday; May 19, 2009
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Ok, I just found out how to do this. It isn't an official solution, but it works quite well.
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Hi Grace Be,
Welcome to the Support Communities!
The articles below may be able to help you with this. I've summarized some of the key points below for you. Click on the links to see more details and screenshots.
Mac OS X: Gray screen appears during startup
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2570
Disconnect, test peripheral devices and network cables
Note: "Peripheral devices" refers to external devices other than what came with your Mac, such as hard drives, printers, or hubs that you connect via a USB or FireWire cable.
Shut down your Mac. If necessary, hold your Mac's power button for several seconds to force it to power down.
Disconnect all peripheral devices such as external hard drives or printers (leave only the display, a keyboard, and mouse connected).
Disconnect any Ethernet cables.
Start up your Mac.
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If you are using a desktop Mac with a third-party keyboard and/or mouse device, and the issue still occurs, try starting up with an Apple keyboard and mouse connected instead. Try starting with no keyboard and mouse connected, then connect them after start up. Also, try a different USB port on your Mac.
If the gray screen issue persists with no devices connected, go to the next section (with the peripherals still disconnected).
Perform a Safe Boot
Shut down your Mac. If necessary, hold your Mac's power button for several seconds to force it to power down.
Start your Mac, then immediately hold the Shift key. This performs a Safe Boot. Advanced tip: If you want to see the status of a Safe Boot as it progresses, you can hold Shift-Command-V during start up (instead of just Shift).
Note: A Safe Boot takes longer than a typical start up because it includes a disk check and other operations.
If your Mac starts up as expected, immediately try restarting.
If the Safe Boot does not work, or the restart after a successful Safe Boot does not work, go to the next section.
Reset the NVRAM / PRAM
Shut down your Mac. If necessary, hold your Mac's power button for several seconds to force it to power down.
Reset the NVRAM / PRAM.
I hope this information helps ....
Have a great day!
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On a Specific day there was a problem with the SNATMAP server and everyone had issues with iChat Video and Audio chats.
The Original Poster did not seem to make it to the other threads at the same time.
I informed him that there had been a issue and that it seemed sorted for most people and asked if he still had an issue.
On the basis he said he was working - the problem and cause of that problem have been dealt with.
At which point do you not get that, in this thread, the issue discussed is sorted for the original poster and that you should move on ?
I will be quite happy to discuss your issues in your thread.
From Terms of Use
Threadjack—To wrongly post a dissimilar issue in an existing discussion, distracting from the true focus of the discussion. If your issue has any significant difference from a similar topic, then you're probably better off posting a new topic to focus attention on your particular issue.
See also http://discussions.apple.com/help.jspa#questions
I can not make people mark their threads as finished.
It also does not mean that the issue does not arise for you.
What I am saying that in this context the solution will not suit your situation.
An External event (SNATMAP Down) to all parties caused the problem he had and a second External event (SNATMAP up) solved it.
AS SNATMAP has not fallen over recently you have another problem and it is not related to this one.
I hope this is clear enough for you.
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It is worth doing Speed check at both ends
http://www.speedtest.net/
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Control a computer without keyboard, mouse and screen

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I have installed ARD3 in a MacMini Core Duo and it works perfect.
After that I remove the keyboard, mouse and screen I start the mini just with the power and network cable but I can't log into it. I guess there has to be a way to control the machines in that way.
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I think the reason you've received no replies is because nobody understands the question you are asking.
You stated "I have installed ARD3 in a MacMini Core Duo and it works perfect." and then followed it up with "...but I can't log into it."
What did you install on the mini? The agent? The administration software? If you installed the administration software, the agent is not turned on by default. This means that even though you may have been able to run the application, you won't be able to connect to the machine from another computer.
We are happy to help, but we need to understand the question being asked.

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Even after going back to the other Mac to remotely log into Finder via screen sharing, the keyboard in the target Mac is still like disconnected. Mouse control still okay. Same problem.
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Entire keyboard is locked out EVERY TIME my Mac is restarted! Not just every other time. I mean NOTHING on the keyboard works when locked out -- like it's disconnected, but there's no physical disconnection.
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My work partner is sharing her screen using iChat on OS 10.6.8 and I'm controlling it with Messages on OS 10.8.3 - usually working on Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop.
Every few minutes or so, I lose the ability to click anything on her screen. Audio/video works fine, and my keyboard commands run fine on her computer, I can usually even move the pointer fine but, clicking my mouse or trackpad has no affect on her computer. This is sometimes accompanied by a flashing stalled pointer.
We can usually fix it by having her click her mouse/trackpad a couple times and then I can continue with clicking again from mine.
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HI,
I have not see this but at the same time I do not Screen Share as extensively as you seem to describe.
One interpretation I could out on this from what you have written is that not only is your girlfriend getting bored and wondering Off ( ) but her computer may also be going to sleep.
I have never waited long enough for one of my other computers to go to Sleep during a Screen Share to find out what happens.
1) does the Share Screen go dark ?
2) do you lose the connection as it closes the network ?
3) Is a Screen Saver starting that you can see ?
4) what does your girlfriend see when this happens ?
I would guess there is something about the VNC part of the iChat Screen Sharing that stops the Shared computer going to sleep.
However I am not sure if a Screen Saver can be active or if you are bumping into the time set for one to start.
I would also be interested in what the other computer is doing in a "behind the scenes" way.
Is something using up the Processor cycles and holding up the Share view as it were ?
I would guess her computer is doing something on it's own such as fetching Mail or similar or even the Time Machine Back up which can be known to cause the computer to be held up for a moment or two.
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