I have personally had both installed on the same machine and even run both
clients at the same time.
The only problems you might encounter are:
1) If you try to uninstall one or the other, the common registry entries
will most likely also be removed.
2) If you try to run both hosts (a.k.a. Server) at the same time, chances
are one of the two will fail. I haven't done this myself and, unless there
are DLL conflicts, you might be able to get them to run on different
display numbers (a.k.a. port offset of 5900).
3) As both share many registry entries, if you change the settings in one,
these settings will also affect the other (as long as the feature exists).
Not really a problem, just something to keep in mind.
Worse case scenario is that, in the end, you might have to either
re-configure or reinstall the one you decide to keep.
Best case scenario is that you will discover additional stability and enjoy
the enhancements included with TightVNC, regardless of whether you are over
a slow or fast connection.
But what ever you do, don't install them both in the same directory.
This has been my humble perls of wisdom (a.k.a. opinion). Hope it helps.
Michael
At 07:34 PM 2002-04-30, you wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I've already installed VNC on a friend's machine to help me do remote
>troubleshooting/maintenance for him. We're both on cable modems so the
>speed is not bad, but I'd like to try TightVNC to see if there's any room
>for improvement. The problem is he's about an hour away so I can't go back
>and forth too easily to tweak it,
>
>What I'm thinking of trying is leaving the existing, working VNC install
>on his machine and installing TightVNC when I'm there this Friday, thus
>having the option of reverting to the known good ATT VNC if I bugger up
>the TightVNC install.
>
>However I don't know if this is possible, or if registry entries etc. will
>be overwritten by the second install.
>
>Anybody done something similar and have any pearls of wisdom to share?
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