Newbie question

2002-04-22 Thread Bruce Williams
What is the word here about Microsoft, VNC and XP? From http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/02/03/18/020318oplivingston.xml Microsoft's XP license agreement says, "Except as otherwise permitted by the NetMeeting, Remote Assistance, and Remote Desktop features described below, you may not u

RE: Oracle reports and VNC

2002-04-22 Thread "Beerse, Corné"
> -Original Message- > From: Louis Ingalls [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > I really didn't join this mailing list to be insulted but to gain > knowledge on how to use vnc. As mentioned in my email, I am a > Oracle DBA > not a Unix admin with knowledge of X servers. I only > suggested that t

Re: Newbie question

2002-04-22 Thread Alex K. Angelopoulos
The short story is, XP could be theoretically converted into a simultaneous multi-user graphical OS. They want to make sure they get paid for access if anyone does. In any case, on Windows VNC does what NetMeeting, Remote Assistance, and the Remote Desktop features do, so this doesn't apply to i

RE: Modules Location

2002-04-22 Thread "Beerse, Corné"
> -Original Message- > From: Colin Tay [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Since Xvnc builds the display of it own, then > which files does that function of building it in the > memory before sending out to the clients. If you just like to know, it's in the Xvnc sources. If you need to know beca

RE: Newbie question

2002-04-22 Thread "Beerse, Corné"
> -Original Message- > From: Alex K. Angelopoulos [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > The short story is, XP could be theoretically converted into > a simultaneous > multi-user graphical OS. They want to make sure they get Do you realy think so? They at M$ would like to but they cannot do tha

Re: Newbie question

2002-04-22 Thread Alex K. Angelopoulos
XP has the infrastructure to make this possible. The real source of it was the Citrix technology which Microsoft "licensed" (actually they dragged it out of Citrix - the original asking price was $1 billion, but they settled for $170 million if I recall correctly). The key issue is that the term

Re: Citrix vs VNC v New Moon

2002-04-22 Thread Illtud Daniel
Just a FYI: Richard Harris wrote: > The NewMoon product is Canaveral iQ and looks to be only RDP based - > probably why MS love it so much (after all with RDP you need to be a Windows > client, unlike Citrix which can be any OS). GPL'd RDP client for unix: http://www.rdesktop.org/ I haven't tr

RE: Newbie question

2002-04-22 Thread Bruce Williams
I am more in mind that if you have a ( AOL-Warner? ) set-top cable/broadband device that doesn't use M$ software, or a home-control device that doesn't use M$ software - or VNC type software when M$ gets around to it , after browsers, media players, etc. Microsoft - "If you buy our remote desktop,

FW: Laboratories Cambridge

2002-04-22 Thread Steve Bostedor
I've been getting a lot of these lately. Does anyone know why random = people are emailing me random pages from the VNC home page? I've had = like 20 in the last three days. It's almost like a virus or something. = I've emailed a few of them back and got replies like "I don't know". Am = I th

Re: Laboratories Cambridge

2002-04-22 Thread David Colliver
I have had 2 instances of Virii emailed to me. They autolaunch and try to save to disk. These used an email address from mail.ru so I wonder... The attachments were also HTML, though when I viewed the email source, there was no HTML in there. Be careful. Regards. Dave Colliver. ~~ All I ask is a

RE: Laboratories Cambridge

2002-04-22 Thread Steve Bostedor
Yea, I saved the html page to my hard drive and analyzed it with notepad before doing anything. It is just plain HTML. It seems like someone out there got infected by some virus that just emails out random things to random people. -Original Message- From: David Colliver [mailto:[EMAIL P

RE: Laboratories Cambridge

2002-04-22 Thread Steve Bostedor
It does appear to be the workings of a pretty well known virus. Earlier this morning, Norton found this: Sender of the infected attachment: postmaster Recipient of the infected attachment: DC1, First Storage Group\Thomson Shore Mailbox Stores, Steve Bostedor/Inbox Subject of the message: Unde

Re: vnc as multi-applic server on w2k without terminal server

2002-04-22 Thread Joe Ammann
[ On Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 17:28:06 (+0200), De Vos Rudi wrote: ] > Subject: vnc as multi-applic server on w2k without terminal server > > Hi, > > A time ago I tought it wasn't possible to use vnc as an application > server. But with a video driver you can > do great things. > One w2k m

RE: AUTHHOSTS Syntax

2002-04-22 Thread Glenn Mabbutt
So, what have you used for the syntax now?? My understanding is it should work if you use: "-:?150.0.0.0:?172.16.0.0", although personally I've only used it with one range... -Original Message- From: Rehl, Tom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 9:35 AM To: [EMAIL PRO

VNC Link on AT&T site . . .

2002-04-22 Thread Jeff Vincent
Where did it go? Are they not supporting it any more? http://www.research.att.com/info/Projects A search at their site shows no hits. - To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: 'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the messa

Re: VNC Link on AT&T site . . .

2002-04-22 Thread Michael Procter
On Mon, Apr 22, 2002 at 09:11:40AM -0600, Jeff Vincent wrote: > Where did it go? Are they not supporting it any more? > > http://www.research.att.com/info/Projects > > A search at their site shows no hits. It's still here: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/ note the "uk" -- Michael Proc

Re: HelP! Server does not have a valid password enabled?

2002-04-22 Thread Alex K. Angelopoulos
Josh, I did a re-run on the install. Here's what I did, how, and so on. Note this is Win2K Server in Admin TS mode, and using TightVNC 1.2.3. MATERIALS: +Windows 2000 SP2 Server with Terminal Services in remote admin mode +TightVNC 1.2.3 (1) Uninstalled VNC. Some registry settings are left ov

Re: VNC Link on AT&T site . . .

2002-04-22 Thread Alex K. Angelopoulos
Jeff See the footer of this message... :-) That caught me once, too. The US AT&T has never had any connection with VNC. It's purely the ORL facility in the UK. This is fancy, imported software. http://www.uk.research.att.com - Original Message - From: "Jeff Vincent" <[EMAIL PRO

RE: VNC Link on AT&T site . . .

2002-04-22 Thread Kevin Stone
The work is done at the Cambridge labs(http://www.uk.research.att.com/)not the labs in the US. -Kevin > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Jeff Vincent > Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 10:12 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: VNC Link

Search tool?

2002-04-22 Thread Joe O'Bremski
Is there some kind of network search tool or possibly remote install tool for VNC? I have a fairly large network and maintaining all the VNC clients is getting to be a chore: tracking who has it, what version, who needs it etc... Looking for a tool that will 1) search the network for clients 2) i

RE: HelP! Server does not have a valid password enabled?

2002-04-22 Thread Josh Bogart
There is a Legacy_Winvnc Key which Regedit won't let me delete. Would this matter? Thanks, Josh -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Alex K. Angelopoulos Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 11:31 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: HelP! Server

Re: Citrix vs VNC v New Moon

2002-04-22 Thread Robert A. Book
> Just a FYI: > > Richard Harris wrote: > > > The NewMoon product is Canaveral iQ and looks to be only RDP based - > > probably why MS love it so much (after all with RDP you need to be a Windows > > client, unlike Citrix which can be any OS). > > GPL'd RDP client for unix: http://www.rdesktop.

Re: Newbie question

2002-04-22 Thread Robert A. Book
> The short story is, XP could be theoretically converted into a simultaneous > multi-user graphical OS. They want to make sure they get paid for access if > anyone does. In any case, on Windows VNC does what NetMeeting, Remote > Assistance, and the Remote Desktop features do, so this doesn't ap

Error - Dr Watson on windows NT 4 Workstation

2002-04-22 Thread Jorge Cleber Teixeira de Almeida Junior
Hi, I use VNC 3.3.3r9 . I have the Dr Watson error on the of Win Nt 4 Workstation, when I try to connect : - from Win Nt 4 Workstation with VNC Viewer - to Win Nt 4 Workstation with VNC Server The 2 error messages are attached. The 2 message appear after the user on the machine t

Re: print redirection

2002-04-22 Thread Robert A. Book
> Could someone please tell me the best way to print locally while working on > another computer that is 5000KM's away. is there any programs that people > can recomend or Sorry to come into this discussion late, but there are several things you can do. (I know Jon already found a solution

Re: HelP! Server does not have a valid password enabled?

2002-04-22 Thread Alex K. Angelopoulos
I don't recall that key before. >From the sound of it, it is a Windows-generated key - is that in a path like: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\\Enum\Root? It may not have uninstalled the service successfully on a prior attempt. If it is ControlSet001 or ControlSet002 it may not matter, but you can

Re: Search tool?

2002-04-22 Thread Alex K. Angelopoulos
To start with, check out the page: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/contribs.html Some of the links below can be pulled from there. Installs: Richard Harris has an excellent push install page at: http://www.darkage.co.uk/ Management (Policies): Daniel Quinlan has a policy editor template fo

Re: Search tool?

2002-04-22 Thread Michael Milette
Check out the "VNC Extras, Add-ons and modifications" page at http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/extras.html for solutions, specifically VNC Manager, VNCScan and "Fastpush - Batch File Installer for Windows NT". I haven't used them myself and I am not sure they whether they will tell you what

Re: Search tool?

2002-04-22 Thread Scott C. Best
Joe: Heya. Give Kaboodle a try (http://www.Kaboodle.org). It will auto-discover VNC *servers* on your network, though it doesn't gather any version info about them. At the Kaboodle website, in the Links section, I've listed a number of other VNC utilities that I've heard celebrated on thi

Re: Newbie question

2002-04-22 Thread Alex K. Angelopoulos
I see what you're saying Robert; unfortunately, that article doesn't really address some of the key points.(It is also worth bearing in mind that the only overt moves against VNC by commercial entities have come from Symantec, not Microsoft). In any case, the real story behind that policy is a pa

RE: Search tool?

2002-04-22 Thread Steve Bostedor
It appears that Kaboodle makes use of gnutella or something. What's going on there? -Original Message- From: Scott C. Best [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 2:13 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Search tool? Joe: Heya. Give Kab

RE: AUTHHOSTS Syntax

2002-04-22 Thread Rehl, Tom
Tried it - not working. Is there a way to force the use of the accept reject dialogue regardless of client source? > -Original Message- > From: Glenn Mabbutt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 9:07 AM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: AUTHHOSTS Syntax > > > S

Re: router asante and vnc

2002-04-22 Thread Philippe Rousselot
Hi thanks and sorry for the late answer I will try this as soon as possible Philippe Beerse, Corni wrote: >>-Original Message- >>From: Philippe Rousselot [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >>I am new in the field so forgive my possibly simple question. >> > >I hope you're not new in the tcp/ip w

problem at startup impossible to get runlevel 5

2002-04-22 Thread Philippe Rousselot
Hi I set up vnc on a pc under mandrake 8.2 my /etc/rc.d/rc.local file contains the following (1 2 3 and 4 are just line numbers. they are not present in the file) # # to start and stop vncserver # case "$1" in start ) #clean lock files rm -f -r /tmp/.X

Say it isn't so...

2002-04-22 Thread Kevin Stone
According to the article below ATT is going to shut down the Cambridge labs! http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4398235,00.html -Kevin - To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: 'unsubscribe vnc-list

Re: AUTHHOSTS Syntax

2002-04-22 Thread Alex K. Angelopoulos
I have not been following this conversation all the way through, but here's some info that may help. (1) Note that the AuthHosts is a Local Machine-Specific Settinng - in other words, it should go directly within HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\ORL\WinVNC3\ Note also that if you go to "query everythi

Re: Say it isn't so...

2002-04-22 Thread Alex K. Angelopoulos
!! Oh no - Original Message - From: "Kevin Stone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, 2002-04-22 15:36 Subject: Say it isn't so... > According to the article below ATT is going to shut down the Cambridge > labs! > > http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Articl

Re: Say it isn't so...

2002-04-22 Thread Michael F. March
Cripe.. What is the future of official VNC release from AT&T? > !! > > Oh no > > - Original Message - > From: "Kevin Stone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, 2002-04-22 15:36 > Subject: Say it isn't so... > > > > According to the article below ATT

RE: Say it isn't so...

2002-04-22 Thread Glenn Mabbutt
OK, no one panic - the VNC code is GPL'd, Constantin and others are still working on the code, we're OK. However, looks like we will have to find a new home for the mailing list... But still, overall, a sad day -Original Message- From: Kevin Stone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Mo

RE: AUTHHOSTS Syntax

2002-04-22 Thread Glenn Mabbutt
That would be "-:?". If I understand what you're saying correctly, if the winvnc server is on the 150.0.x.x network, and the user is on 150.0.x.x, the user can connect and the server user gets an accept/reject dialog. What happens if the user is on the 172.16.0.0 and tries to connect to the serve

Re: Say it isn't so...

2002-04-22 Thread Alex K. Angelopoulos
I doubt they'll be turning off the lights at midnight UTC time... but does anyone have the site fully mirrored? ;-) - Original Message - From: "Glenn Mabbutt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, 2002-04-22 16:03 Subject: RE: Say it isn't so... > OK, no one panic -

Closing of AT&T Cambridge

2002-04-22 Thread Chuck Renner
For those that haven't heard, the AT&T Cambridge Research Lab is closing: http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4398235,00.html Information on the omniORB list indicates that much of the site content and the mailing list will be moved to Cambridge University. Will the same be done wi

Re: Say it isn't so...

2002-04-22 Thread Serik Support
It will be a very sad day indeed. I personally have gained a huge amount from this list. I do hope we will be able to continue with the list, I'd offer to host the list, but I'm afraid my resources are tooo limited for this right now. I'll chat around and see what I can do. Maybe we should all do

RE: Closing of AT&T Cambridge

2002-04-22 Thread Sharma, Shashi
A very sad day indeed. Best of luck for the future. -Original Message- From: Chuck Renner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 2:04 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: Closing of AT&T Cambridge For those that haven't heard, the AT&T Cambridge Research Lab is closing:

Re: Closing of AT&T Cambridge

2002-04-22 Thread Chip Wood
I have several hosted domains that come with Ultra Board , a free bulletin board. I'll set one up this evening to see how it works. chip - Original Message - From: "Sharma, Shashi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 4:51 PM Subject: RE: Closing of

RE: Say it isn't so...

2002-04-22 Thread Bruce Williams
Sourceforge could be a good home? This is a sad day, IMHO a Xerox Park kind of place - creative, productive > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Glenn Mabbutt > Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 2:03 PM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject

Remote Install upon connection script

2002-04-22 Thread Alan Rader
I heard there was a script out there that VNC could install itself on a machine so you could connect, then uninstall itself when you disconnect. I search the web addons and did not see anything like it and I tired searching the archives, but got server errors. Has anyone heard of such a thing?

Multiple users observed

2002-04-22 Thread Fred Kelner
I have two machines networked with each running Win2000 pro. I am on one machine and there are three users on the other at different times. I would like to be able to view the screen of the logged on user. Is this possible? If so how? I have looked at the FAQ and did not find anything that address

Re: Remote Install upon connection script

2002-04-22 Thread Chris Johansen
At 4/22/2002 Monday 05:02 PM, Alan Rader wrote: >I heard there was a script out there that VNC could >install itself on a machine so you could connect, >then uninstall itself when you disconnect. >Has anyone heard of such a thing? Alan, perhaps you are thinking of VNC Server's capability to con

DOS server

2002-04-22 Thread Barry
Hi. I am new to the list. I was trying to find a DOS server to go with the windows viewer. Does anyone know if one exists. The DOS contrib is for a DOS viewer. Regards Barry - To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line:

Re: Say it isn't so...

2002-04-22 Thread Constantin Kaplinsky
Glenn, > "GM" == Glenn Mabbutt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: GM> However, looks like we will have to find a new home for the GM> mailing list... I know a mailing list that works already: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vnc-tight-list ;-) -- With Best Wishes, Constantin