Screening Sharing under 10.8

I'm trying to get screen sharing to work between a 2011 MBP and a 2011 Mac Mini. When the Mini is plugged into a monitor I can get the MBP to connect to it, but if I disconnect the monitor the MBP can't connect to it. In both cases I'm still able to browse the file system in the finder.

Screen sharing suddenly stopped for everyone on Aug 2nd. Another user posted the fix, which is a bizarre one, but try this:
Go to System Prefs>MobileMe
Click "Sign Out" (you're probably perma-signed-in)
Bingo, your screen sharing should work again.
Kirby

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    Googling didn't give me a decisive answer, and I expect the answer is "you can't", but thought I'd ask here to save others the trouble.  The question: How can I set up screen sharing on my home network so that I don't have to go downstairs or upstairs an accept the screen sharing request every time I want to share a screen on another machine on my home network?

    Found the solution.  Go ahead and choose The Log In option.  You will get a new session on the remote Mac.  Now, choose Log Out from the Apple menu and then login with the user credentials on the Mac (the Remote Mac's user credentials).  You will then get the session that exists for that logged in user.
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  • Is it possible for multiple users to use a "generic" account simultaneously without screen sharing?

    Hey and thanks for checking out the thread.
    I am wondering if it is possible to have users use a generic account at the same time without any sort of screen sharing.
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    I have 2 iMacs running 10.10.1  not on the same LAN. Under Mavericks both screen sharing and file sharing worked fine on both computers
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  • Screen sharing and file sharing not working on LAN

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    I've finally been able to solve my own problem.
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  • Why do I need to start up Screen Sharing twice to get it to work ?

    I have an Intel Mac Mini connected to my TV, so I started using Screen Sharing from my MacBook Pro to be able to work on it when others were watching TV.
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    Toon.B

    it's October and this really annoying problem still exists !
    the unnamed screensharing-loginwindow keeps "Connecting...", and I'm unable to shut it down...
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    please Apple - fix this ; under 10.5 it was working great !
    Does anyone have any idea how to fix this ?
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    Thanks !
    Toon.B

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