VNC for Vista?

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Does anyone know if there is a Vista compatible version of VNC out there yet? There wasn't when I checked about 2 months ago but maybe something is out in beta somewhere?

Thanks.
 
i'm surprised it's taking so long tbh, there must be something that vista does that is hard for vnc to work with. The work around does work but having it in service mode is very handy.
 
im currently using Realvnc 4.1.2 viewer across our network from my vista nc6320 to 2000/2003/xp machines for what its worth.
 
I need to vnc IN to a vista machine though :(

I can get a password option when remoting, and see the cursor, but the rest of the screen is black
 
The complication is probably that the desktop in windows used to be rendered by GDI, and now it's all composited using the desktop window manager. VNC, being a very simple screen scraper, is probably scraping the wrong thing.

There is, however, a dll hack to enable Remote Desktop on Vista versions other than Business/Ultimate.
 
Does remote desktop in vista give you a view of the current desktop as per vnc, or separate sessions as we get here at work? Noob alert lol
 
A[L]C said:
Does remote desktop in vista give you a view of the current desktop as per vnc, or separate sessions as we get here at work? Noob alert lol
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On Windows Server, it'll let you have mutiple CS sessions - although you can connect to Session 0 (the actual desktop).

On Windows Client, if you connect as the user that is currently logged on it'll connect you to their session. It'll lock their desktop though.
 
I use VNC Enterprise to view my Vista box, had to change the capture method from hooks to poll for changes for it to perform well though
 
csmager said:
On Windows Server, it'll let you have mutiple CS sessions - although you can connect to Session 0 (the actual desktop).

On Windows Client, if you connect as the user that is currently logged on it'll connect you to their session. It'll lock their desktop though.
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Anyway to prevent it locking the desktop? I use VNC to snoop on people connected to my computer lol
 
A[L]C said:
Anyway to prevent it locking the desktop? I use VNC to snoop on people connected to my computer lol
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That's not strictly legal but I won't comment....

You can't 'not' lock the desktop as RD only allows the single client connection. There are other things you can do if you just wanna spy, i.e. send screenshots every x seconds. Something like that probably exists or you could code it easily.
 
lol didnt mean it in quite the sense it came across. VNC is handy to show my missus how to do something when im at work etc. Or when she gets something pop up and doesnt know what to do with it.
 
A[L]C said:
lol didnt mean it in quite the sense it came across. VNC is handy to show my missus how to do something when im at work etc. Or when she gets something pop up and doesnt know what to do with it.
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Ah.... that makes more sense then :D

EDIT - if you're desperate, the paid for versions work apparently.
 
Just the latest one off their website works fine for me now.
didnt used to, but did a frssh install the other day, now it works great
Vista 64 btw.
 
sup3rc0w said:
Just the latest one off their website works fine for me now.
didnt used to, but did a frssh install the other day, now it works great
Vista 64 btw.
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which website? realvnc, ultravnc, tightvnc? :)
 
UltraVNC 1.0.2 worked fine for me connecting to a Vista box (with Aero for what it's worth) as it was to be honest. Nothing changed from the defaults (other than the ports).
 
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