Sometimes when I remote into my computer, I can get in and see everything and drive the mouse for a few seconds -- then the screen goes black and just sits there.
Anyone seen this before and know the reason or how to fix?
I encountered very much alike problem few times. Finally, today I've found a solution that worked for me:
In the worst case you can try to restart the remote machine.
I've had this same problem where the login process is visible then suddenly goes black, and found the solution here. Simply disable "Bitmap caching" in the RDP session properties: