tray icon and allow properties

[UberSoldat]

Hi everyone, new user here.

I am currently taking a look at Ultr@VNC Server and Viewer to do some
administration work on 20 or so remote workstations in a education
environment. I have it installed on a test machine in my office and on
my laptop. Here is how it is installed as:

My Desktop computer has the VNC Server RC18 application only,
(running WinXP Pro w/SP 1a)

My Laptop computer has the VNC Viewer RC18 application only.
(running WinXP Pro w/SP 1a)

What I would like to know is how to keep students from changing
settings within the server part of the VNC application, since it is
installed on the Desktop machines that the students are using.

I read through the help files, and in the documentation, on how to
disable the 'tray icon' and the "allow properties" on just changing it
to either a '1' or '0' which will accomplish what I would like.

But here is my problem, I looked in my registry and I even did a
search thru the registry, and I cannot find those 2 registry values for
the 'tray icon' and the 'allow properties'. I searched everywhere,
with no luck. A co-worker who is also evaluating Ultr@VNC, has the
same issue on a different set of machines. We both looked thru his
registry, to no avail.

Is there anything we did wrong on the install procedure or anything? I
don't think we did, cause we can connect to our machines and transfer
files and remotely command them, but we cannot disable or hide this
tray icon.

Any information would be greatly appreciated. This program has amazing potential, the best VNC app I have seen.

Thanks very much.
UberSoldat

[Polet]

What I would like to know is how to keep students from changing
settings within the server part of the VNC application, since it is
installed on the Desktop machines that the students are using.

Why don't you simply remove the icon from "All Users" profile to "Administrator" profile (or just simply delete it ).

I searched everywhere,
with no luck. A co-worker who is also evaluating Ultr@VNC, has the
same issue on a different set of machines. We both looked thru his
registry, to no avail.

Actually it is here:

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HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ORL\WinVNC3\DisableTrayIcon

But for this it is necessary to install the vnc server as a system service

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C:\Program Files\UltraVNC\winvnc.exe -install

To set default settings for the service: [topic=58][/topic]

Sergey

[Rudi De Vos]

Default the 2 registry keys do not exist.
Most of the special registry keys need to be created in the registry or added to your default.reg before execution.

Just add the extra key

Rdv

[UberSoldat]

Default the 2 registry keys do not exist.
Most of the special registry keys need to be created in the registry or added to your default.reg before execution.

Just add the extra key

Rdv

Thanks very much for the help. I tried it out last nite and managed to get it to work.

Now correct me if I am wrong, but if you add these new values to the reg file, in the default folder, those changes will apply to all users of the system correct? regardless of Group priviledges (admin, power users, etc).

Is there a way to make it user specific? Not that I am in a rush for it, just wondering for now.

Thanks again

Cheers,
UberSoldat

[Sir Nigel]

Yes its possible just create a new key within:

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HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ORL\WinVNC3\

With the user name for instance:

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HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ORL\WinVNC3\Administrator\

Then just copy AllowProperties and AllowShutdown to that key and set their access permisions. After that you can set the "default" key to block those settings for all users except the ones you specity and then when you log in with that account you will have those options back.