Um... I screwed up one little thing, Adam... :( The screen is most likely appearing on the server console.
To handle this you need to add the password before starting the service. Since VNC uses the same methodology to encrypt a password everywhere, here's how you do it without the benefit of vncpasswd... (0) stop the service on the remote system - let's call that one where you installed it HostA. (1) On a local system, set the password to whatever you want to use. If running in service mode, you should see it show up in the following location: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ORL\WinVNC3\Default\Password (2) Export this registry key for reference. You can then set the password back to what it was on your local system. (3) Reconnect to HostA via TS and start Regedit. (4) Manually create a binary registry value named Password under : HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ORL\WinVNC3\Default (5) Type in the binary key. Ignore the commas, they are just "character separators" since each binary character is identified by the 2-character hexadecimal value... Here's an example of what you should see. If you use "password" as the password, the binary value line exported by regedit is: "Password"=hex:c1,0a,f5,2a,40,3c,a6,e4 You would then enter: c10af52a403ca6e4 which would appear as you type to be: c1 0a f5 2a 40 3c a6 e4 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adam Dale" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, 2002-04-26 09:15 Subject: RE: Can I install VNC via Terminal Services? > Thanks for that - all goes to plan until step 3 - the service starts but > it doesn't ask me for a password. > > It doesn't seem to be running tho - can't view the Help Screen or > Settings screens - says "No Existing Instance of WinVNC could be > contacted" - the service definitely says started tho. > > Any ideas? > > TIA > > Adam > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Alex K. Angelopoulos [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 26 April 2002 14:41 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Can I install VNC via Terminal Services? > > Yes, no problem there. I would recommend doing a straight service > installation. > Here's my "recipe". > > (1) Run the WinVNC install. > > (2) Install the service using the shortcut in VNC\Administrative > Tools\Install > WinVNC Service. I *would not* do the "default registry settings" since > it > switches some things to using global per-user settings, making it a bit > more > difficult to modify and diagnose. > > (3) Start the service ( use "net start winvnc"). You will be prompted > to enter > a password, which will then become the universal VNC password. > > At that point, you should be set. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Adam Dale" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, 2002-04-26 08:25 > Subject: Can I install VNC via Terminal Services? > > > > Hi, > > > > I have a couple of Win 2K Advanced Servers in a remote rack and my > only > > access to them is via Terminal Services (in Remote Admin mode) - is it > > OK to be installing VNC (as a service) via TS or do I need to be > > actually at the console to do it - i.e. can the TS session write all > the > > correct values to the correct registry etc? > > > > Thanks > > > > Adam Dale > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
