I use VNC for the same thing here on more than 150 NT and 2000 workstations and have had no problems. I also wanted to restrict the user's ability to shutdown or change the password of VNC, so what I do is import this .REG file prior to installing VNC.
REGEDIT4 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ORL] [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ORL\VNC] [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ORL\VNC\3.3.3] [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ORL\WinVNC3] [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ORL\WinVNC3\Default] "AllowProperties"=dword:00000000 "AllowShutdown"=dword:00000000 "SocketConnect"=dword:00000001 "AutoPortSelect"=dword:00000001 "InputsEnabled"=dword:00000001 "LocalInputsDisabled"=dword:00000000 "IdleTimeout"=dword:00000000 "QuerySetting"=dword:00000002 "QueryTimeout"=dword:0000000a "Password"=hex:12,34,56,78,9a,bc,de,f0 "PollUnderCursor"=dword:00000000 "PollForeground"=dword:00000001 "PollFullScreen"=dword:00000000 "OnlyPollConsole"=dword:00000001 "OnlyPollOnEvent"=dword:00000000 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ORL\WinVNC3\Administrator] "AllowProperties"=dword:00000001 "AllowShutdown"=dword:00000001 (Not the real password, of course. You may want different settings for some of the other items as well.) Then, following installation, I import the VNCHooks_Settings.reg shipped with (standard) VNC, then -install it as a service, which completes installation. These registry settings keep regular users from changing VNC's settings or shutting down the service through the icon. If there is a need to change anything it needs to be done through the Administrator's account, as the .REG file gives the Administrator these permissions. To find out what hex values to place in the .REG file for the password, set up one machine with the password you want on them all, then look in the registry under the key listed above. Hope this helps. -----Original Message----- From: Kendra Rowe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2001 5:45 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Windows 2000 Hello all, I am deploying about 30 new W2000 lab computers in an University setting. The problem is, after installing VNC each user that logs in has the ability to change the password. How can I rid that? We are using VNC for remote administration and troubleshooting....thanks for any info... Kendra --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: 'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the message BODY See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------
