Jaime, Sorry, I fat-fingered it. It is "www.cygwin.com", which is the windows part of cygnus. Red Hat did by cygnus a while back, but the tools I am talking about are definitely for Windows, and I use them frequently on 98, 2000, and XP.
Sorry about the error. On Saturday 17 August 2002 08:28, Jaime Ash wrote: > I tried your suggestion, but your link sent me to a Red Hat Embedded > Project Center web page instead of Cygnus, and it's not obvious where is > the Cygnus free FTP software in that site. Also, I am wondering if that > FTP software was only for Linux or was also available for Windows machines. > > Jaime Ash > > > Sent from [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On > Behalf Of Seth Kurtzberg > Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 10:50 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Initial screen Loading > > There are FTP servers that can run on the windows boxes. A free one is > available at www.cygnus.com. This eliminates the "two step process" > problem. > Cygnus also includes an encrypted FTP server and client, and also has some > nice facilities for scripting. > > On Friday 16 August 2002 20:57, Michael Milette wrote: > > Unfortunately not. WinVNC is strictly works with the screen, keyboard and > > mouse no matter which flavour you use. It also supports sharing of the > > clipboard for simple tasks like cut and pasting of text. I have never > > seen it work with larger objects like graphics. I am not sure just what > > the limitation is there. > > > > For file transfers, you could use VNC to start an IM (Instant Messenger) > > type application like MSN Messenger, Yahoo Messenger or AOL Messenger and > > use one of them to send and receive files between computers. > > Alternatively you could also just do an FTP session though that can get > > complicated > > since > > > it might end up having you go though a two step process (sending the file > > to an FTP server and then downloading it to the other computer). > > > > Michael Milette > > > > At 03:08 PM 2002-08-16, you wrote: > > >Thanks for the advice does it have file transfer > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On > > > > >Behalf Of Michael Milette > > >Sent: 16 August 2002 17:23 > > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >Subject: Re: Initial screen Loading > > > > > > > > >WinVNC currently has a bug that shows up when it is used on Win9x > > >machines > > >that are either slow, over a slow connection or high resolution/number > > >of > > >colours. The affected system will quickly run out of system resources > > >and > > >crash if the initial connection is not established fast enough. I have > > >also > > >seen it happen during a session when there are a lot of big changes > > >happening on the screen. > > > > > >The problem does not affect systems running operating systems based on > > >Windows NT technology such as NT 4.0, Windows 2000 and XP. > > > > > >I would strongly suggest that you try TightVNC instead. It can be > > >downloaded from the authors web site at http://www.tightvnc.com/. The > > >author fixed most of the bug a while ago and recently fixed a speed > > >related > > >issue that occurred as a result of the original fix. In addition, you > > >will > > >find many nice extras included like high data compression, less bugs, > > >more > > >flexible password configuration, prompt the user for permission to > > >connect, > > >and more. > > > > > >Alternatively you can wait until the bug is fixed in the next release of > > > > > >WinVNC. I have not seen any time frame (this month, next month, next > > >year > > >....). All I know is that the author of WinVNC has stated that the bug > > >will > > >be fixed in the next release. > > > > > >If you really want to stick with WinVNC for some reason, you may be able > > >to > > >work around the problem by reducing the screen resolution, reducing the > > >number of colours displayed on the screen and/or setting WinVNC to only > > >use > > >8-bits (256 colours). These changes might be enough to establish your > > >initial connection. > > > > > > Michael Milette > > > > > >At 12:50 PM 2002-08-15, you wrote: > > > >Hi, > > > > > > > >I have trouble connecting to a Windows 98 workstation using WinVNC > > > >Service 3.3.3r9. After authenticating, I receive a grey remote screen > > > >frame showing: Please Wait - Initial screen loading. After about a > > > >minute, i loose the connection. > > > > > > > >I Have tried with two clients (Macintosh version and Windows 2000 > > > >clients), they do the same error. > > > > > > > >I have tried with a local network connection and on a internet via a > > > >linksys router. They both do the same problem. > > > > > > > >Probably anyone on this list can help me to resolve this problem. > > > > Thank > > > > > > > >you ! > > > > > > > >Pascal Le Pesant > > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ > > > >VNC-List mailing list > > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >--- > > > >Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. > > > >Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > > > >Version: 6.0.381 / Virus Database: 214 - Release Date: 2002-08-02 > > > > > >--- > > >Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > > >Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > > >Version: 6.0.381 / Virus Database: 214 - Release Date: 2002-08-02 > > >_______________________________________________ > > >VNC-List mailing list > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list > > >_______________________________________________ > > >VNC-List mailing list > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list > > > > > > > > > > > >--- > > >Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. > > >Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > > >Version: 6.0.381 / Virus Database: 214 - Release Date: 2002-08-02 > > > > --- > > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > > Version: 6.0.381 / Virus Database: 214 - Release Date: 2002-08-02 > > _______________________________________________ > > VNC-List mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list > > -- > Seth Kurtzberg > M. 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