On Mon, 7 Oct 2002 13:00:51 -0700 (PDT), M wrote:
If the tray icon were not an issue, I would gladly pay
a per seat license to run VNC. It's too bad that the
paranoia of Big Brother fanatics has to overshadow
the ability to use legitimate tools for legitimate
purposes.
If anyone has any
Hi all,
I am a systems tech for a Public Library District in
Colorado. We currently have over 250 PCs in 9
libraries, and the number is growing. Our district
serves a primarily rural county and our service area
covers nearly 4,000 square miles. Our staff has only
two PC technicians that
Let me start by saying that I understand the
reluctance of anyone to discuss this subject. After
reading some of the messages on the mailing list, I
wanted to add a brief opinion about hiding the tray
icon in VNC. I believe that my IT department has a
more than legitimate reason for wanting to
I completely understand where you are coming from. You give a perfect
example of why the icon should be optional. Just to be clear, my beef is
with people who don't want the icon so people don't know they are being
watched. But there are always exceptions.
About the only option you have at this
Mike,
You can disable the tray icons in TridiaVNC Pro. In addition, you
will get solid encryption and a powerful user interface:
http://www.tridiavncpro.com/
The registry settings are included in the config directory after
you install the product. Take a look at TVNCPro_NoIcons.reg
among
It is very simple to remove the icon from the system tray. When you register
VNC as a service is adds a registry key to start up the -servicehelper (the
system tray icon). To disable it you simply need to delete the key,
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\. It is in
