Newbie questions about video driver

josephgreenberg · Post by **josephgreenberg** » 2004-06-01 01:56

1) If I have a machine that will NEVER act as a server, it will only be a viewer, is there any reason to install the video driver on that machine?

2) Does the video driver work the same (do the same thing) on WinXP and Win2000?

3) If I install the driver on a Win2000 machine and I connect from another machine with the RC16C viewer (or any viewer, for that matter), how can I tell if it's using the "souped up" video driver?

Thanks.

paperjam · Post by **paperjam** » 2004-06-01 08:47

Hi

the following answers are based on my knowledge. They may be wrong...

josephgreenberg wrote:1) If I have a machine that will NEVER act as a server, it will only be a viewer, is there any reason to install the video driver on that machine?

No. It will unnecessarily use system resources if you really won't use the machine as a server.

josephgreenberg wrote:2) Does the video driver work the same (do the same thing) on WinXP and Win2000?

Yes. See also: [topic=62][/topic]

josephgreenberg wrote:3) If I install the driver on a Win2000 machine and I connect from another machine with the RC16C viewer (or any viewer, for that matter), how can I tell if it's using the "souped up" video driver?

On the server machine you have to check the vnc-configuration. It has to say "Update Handling: Video Hook Driver"

Hope this helped!

PS: To the administrators: Maybe you could add these questions to the FAQs...

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