Yes. IT took me months to figure out what was going on with that thing... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alex Kramarov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday/2002 January 16 19:08 Subject: Re: VNC as windows service
: actually, like I said, what i did involved a little less steps : : : install on another machine as service : : export HKLM\Software\ORL\ : import to the remote machine : : start the service : : that's it. : : but while it's allright for someone at a level of sysadmin (like us), a : simple user may have a problem with this, that's why i am sure, that a : simple interface for defining the settings before starting the service will : surely be apriciated : : Alex. : : : ----- Original Message ----- : From: "Alex Angelopoulos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 1:16 AM : Subject: Re: VNC as windows service : : : > This is a mess. Here's your problem: you need a password set under HKLM as : well as HKU. Furthermore (and this is the most confusing : > aspect of it IMHO) the key is NOT the same subpath. : > : > Password, etc is set under the user key HKCU\Software\ORL\WinVNC3 when you : get the VNC server running. Since this is not loaded : > until that user logs on, you also need settings under : HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ORL\WinVNC3\Default . NOTE THE EXTRA \DEFAULT : > (that threw me the first time). You need to import settings from the HKCU : path to the HKLM path. : > : > Here's a recipe for getting it working under terminal services. : > ================================================= : > : > ------- : > (1) Install somewhere. Set it to run as a service, start it up, then : export the following subkey while you are still logged on: : > HKCU\Software\ORL\WinVNC3 : > : > The Reg file will look something like this: : > - : > REGEDIT5 : > : > [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ORL\WinVNC3] : > "SocketConnect"=dword:00000001 : > "AutoPortSelect"=dword:00000001 : > "InputsEnabled"=dword:00000001 : > "LocalInputsDisabled"=dword:00000000 : > "QuerySetting"=dword:00000002 : > "QueryTimeout"=dword:0000000a : > "Password"=hex:80,80,80,80,80,80,80,80 : > "PollUnderCursor"=dword:00000000 : > "PollForeground"=dword:00000001 : > "PollFullScreen"=dword:00000000 : > "OnlyPollConsole"=dword:00000001 : > "OnlyPollOnEvent"=dword:00000000 : > : > ----------------- : > (2) Edit the header : > [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ORL\WinVNC3] : > to become : > [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ORL\WinVNC3\Default] : > : > this will then look like: : > - : > REGEDIT5 : > : > [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ORL\WinVNC3\Default] : > "SocketConnect"=dword:00000001 : > "AutoPortSelect"=dword:00000001 : > "InputsEnabled"=dword:00000001 : > "LocalInputsDisabled"=dword:00000000 : > "QuerySetting"=dword:00000002 : > "QueryTimeout"=dword:0000000a : > "Password"=hex:80,80,80,80,80,80,80,80 : > "PollUnderCursor"=dword:00000000 : > "PollForeground"=dword:00000001 : > "PollFullScreen"=dword:00000000 : > "OnlyPollConsole"=dword:00000001 : > "OnlyPollOnEvent"=dword:00000000 : > - : > ----------------- : > (3) Import the edited HKLM into the registry of the machine. : > ----------------- : > (4) Reboot. It works. : > : > ======================================================== : > ----- Original Message ----- : > From: "Alex Kramarov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : > Sent: Wednesday/2002 January 16 13:34 : > Subject: VNC as windows service : > : > : > : Hi. : > : : > : I have tried to install VNC as service on a w2k server while being : logged in : > : using terminal services. this proved to be almost impossible due to the : > : fact, that (is far is a can tell), after you install vnc, you can : install it : > : as service, but when you start the service, it asks for the default : settings : > : (password and so) by popping up a dialog on the main desktop of the : system, : > : and i cannot see it and fill that in because i am loggid in to the : terminal : > : services session, which gives me another desktop. : > : : > : the only think i was able to do is to copy the registry keys containing : > : initial settings from another machine with working vnc as service, and : > : importing it to the w2k machine - this worked. : > : : > : is there some interface to define the settings for the service before : > : starting it the first time ? : > : is there another logical course of action in this case ? : > : : > : starting vnc interactively doesn't help - it has different set of : settings, : > : stored in another place in the registry. : > : : > : Alex. : > : --------------------------------------------------------------------- : > : 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 : > : --------------------------------------------------------------------- : > --------------------------------------------------------------------- : > 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 : > --------------------------------------------------------------------- : > : > . : --------------------------------------------------------------------- : 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 : --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
