TightVNC

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This is true. Hyena is a great tool to use in
conjunction with VNC as well. With Hyena, you can
"push" your client the VNC .ini files, launch the
service, then upon exiting, you can set it to even
uninstall the VNC Service.

Another thing, is that I have VNC installed on all my
clients. I created a registry hack, that removed the
icon from the taskbar as well.

Let me know if anyone wants the hack.

-Chris
K-T Corporation

--- wmc20@... wrote:

> At 09:27 AM 12/1/2004, you wrote:
> > I found that TightVNC (www.tightvnc.com) is easy
> to set up and work
> > with. You install the server portion on the
> system you want to control
> > remotely, and run the client install on your
> workstation. After that you
> > just launch the client and plug in the
>
> Even better than TightVNC is RealVNC --
> http://www.realvnc.com/
>
> A little history: VNC originated at a British AT&T
> Lab., and was
> open-source GPL free-ware. Several companies and
> organizations (Tight VNC,
> Tridia VNC, et al) distributed versions with their
> own
> enhancements. Unfortunately, no one version had all
> of the good
> enhancements Eventually, the AT&T guys merged the
> best of all the
> enhancements back into one program, and that is now
> "Real VNC".
>
> Real VNC has the data compression of Tight' (so it
> runs much better over
> slow links.) And it auto-negotiates the best
> possible settings, unlike
> some of the earlier enhanced versions that required
> manual trial & error
> tweaking. Other nice features are screen scaling,
> and a java client (so
> you don't have to install anything on a remote
> client machine.)
>
> Of course, ~all~ VNC distributions are still
> open-source, so the Tight VNC
> guys are probably working off the latest "Real" AT&T
> version. Thus the
> differences might not be that large anymore. Oh
> yeah -- any of the VNCs
> should be interoperable with all the others, making
> it easy to try out the
> different distros.
>
> Bottom line: any of the VNCs can save an Admin or
> PC Support person a lot
> of useless running around!
>
> -Wayne Cox
> Twenty Three, Inc. - Information
> Technology Consulting
> 828-685-2338
>
>
>
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> removed]
>
>





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All,

I thought I would just share a little tool I have come across recently.
My office is a healthy walk away from the server room, and I got sick
and tired of walking back and forth to do any type of server management
task including rebooting. I found that TightVNC (www.tightvnc.com) is
easy to set up and work with. You install the server portion on the
system you want to control remotely, and run the client install on your
workstation. After that you just launch the client and plug in the
server's IP address and the admin password and you're live. On the
server you will see the mouse movements and keystrokes like on a
shadowed Citrix session. There are a couple of different resolutions
you can connect on, depending on your connection.

Best of all is that I have a VPN, which I access from home. Yesterday I
installed the client on my home PC and in seconds I was live in the
server room. If it wasn't for my lusers, I would no longer have to
fight the daily commute.

Forgot to mention; TightVNC is FREE. There are others out there but
TighVNC is the first one I tried. Hopefully this will save somebody
else on this list some time as well....

Paul
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I use winvnc. -Gary

-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Siebers [mailto:paul.siebers@...]
Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 9:27 AM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Vantage] TightVNC



All,

I thought I would just share a little tool I have come across recently. My
office is a healthy walk away from the server room, and I got sick and tired
of walking back and forth to do any type of server management task including
rebooting. I found that TightVNC (www.tightvnc.com) is easy to set up and
work with. You install the server portion on the system you want to control
remotely, and run the client install on your workstation. After that you
just launch the client and plug in the server's IP address and the admin
password and you're live. On the server you will see the mouse movements
and keystrokes like on a shadowed Citrix session. There are a couple of
different resolutions you can connect on, depending on your connection.

Best of all is that I have a VPN, which I access from home. Yesterday I
installed the client on my home PC and in seconds I was live in the server
room. If it wasn't for my lusers, I would no longer have to fight the daily
commute.

Forgot to mention; TightVNC is FREE. There are others out there but TighVNC
is the first one I tried. Hopefully this will save somebody else on this
list some time as well....

Paul





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At 09:27 AM 12/1/2004, you wrote:
> I found that TightVNC (www.tightvnc.com) is easy to set up and work
> with. You install the server portion on the system you want to control
> remotely, and run the client install on your workstation. After that you
> just launch the client and plug in the

Even better than TightVNC is RealVNC -- http://www.realvnc.com/

A little history: VNC originated at a British AT&T Lab., and was
open-source GPL free-ware. Several companies and organizations (Tight VNC,
Tridia VNC, et al) distributed versions with their own
enhancements. Unfortunately, no one version had all of the good
enhancements Eventually, the AT&T guys merged the best of all the
enhancements back into one program, and that is now "Real VNC".

Real VNC has the data compression of Tight' (so it runs much better over
slow links.) And it auto-negotiates the best possible settings, unlike
some of the earlier enhanced versions that required manual trial & error
tweaking. Other nice features are screen scaling, and a java client (so
you don't have to install anything on a remote client machine.)

Of course, ~all~ VNC distributions are still open-source, so the Tight VNC
guys are probably working off the latest "Real" AT&T version. Thus the
differences might not be that large anymore. Oh yeah -- any of the VNCs
should be interoperable with all the others, making it easy to try out the
different distros.

Bottom line: any of the VNCs can save an Admin or PC Support person a lot
of useless running around!

-Wayne Cox
Twenty Three, Inc. - Information Technology Consulting
828-685-2338



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