Installing WINVNC across NT Network

[Kelly, John]

Thanks so much for the info Ed. We've modified what you've posted to include
the proper uninstall files through the Windows Add/Remove icon.

And I'm please to say it works like a charm coupled with a NT log on script.

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echo off

if exist "C:\Program Files\Orl\VNC\WinVNC.exe" goto END

md "c:\Program Files\Orl"
md "c:\Program Files\Orl\VNC"
copy "\\server\share\vncdirectory\WinVNC.exe" "c:\Program Files\Orl\VNC"
copy "\\server\share\vncdirectory\*.dll" "C:\windows\System"
copy "\\server\share\vncdirectory\Uninst.isu" "c:\Program Files\Orl\VNC"
copy "\\server\share\vncdirectory\VNCHOO~1.REG" "c:\Program Files\Orl\VNC"
attrib +h "c:\Program Files\Orl\VNC\VNCHooks_Settings.reg"
call regedit /s "\\server\share\vncdirectory\vnc.reg"
call "C:\Program Files\Orl\VNC\WinVNC.exe" -install

:END
cls
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-----Original Message-----
From: Clark, Eddie [mailto:eclark "at" mssc.com]
Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2000 2:53 PM
To: 'vnc-list "at" uk.research.att.com'
Subject: RE: Installing WINVNC acroos NT Network


I figured out a way to install 98 and 95 machine via an NT network very
easily, although the explanation is rather long.
Install VNC on a machine and get it set up *exactly* how you want it
(Reghacks, Password, etc.)  After that,  export the following reg keys out
of the registry:

Hkey_Local_Machine\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Winvn
c
Hkey_Local_Machine\Software\ORL
Hkey_Current_User\Software\ORL

This assumes you don't have multiple logon profiles.

Next combine the 3 reg exports into a single .reg file called VNC.reg

VNC Requires the following files to run:

omnithread_rt.dll
VNCHooks.dll
WinVNC.exe

Save these files and the VNC.reg file to a shared directory on your server.
(Ex. VNC$)

Next is setting up the logon script.  The following is just the bare minimum
so you can see how it works but you can add all of the start menu files,
etc. associated with a proper install.


Logon.bat
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echo off

if exist "C:\Program Files\VNC\WinVNC.exe" goto END

md "c:\Program Files\VNC"
copy "\\ServerName\Share\vncdirectory\WinVNC.exe" "c:\Program Files\VNC"
copy "\\ServerName\Share\vncdirectory\*.dll" "C:\windows\System"
call regedit /s "\\ServerName\Share\vncdirectory\vnc.reg"
call "C:\Program Files\VNC\WinVNC.exe" -install

:END
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What this does is creates the VNC directory and copies the VNC server app to
it. Then it copies the required DLL's to the System directory and installs
the required registry settings.  Finally, it installs the service.

The only draw back is when VNC installs the service the 9x machine gets a
popup window stating VNC was successfully installed.  The user will have to
hit the OK button but for some reason in most cases the popup goes away by
itself after about a minute.  I don't know if that's by design or not.  What
I did, was recompile the code W/O this popup and it works great.  Oh well I
hope this helps some people.



-----Original Message-----
From: Blackwell, David C. [mailto:dcblackw "at" liberty.edu]
Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2000 8:03 AM
To: 'vnc-list "at" uk.research.att.com'
Subject: RE: Installing WINVNC acroos NT Network


Not the cheapest method.. and I can't remeber if I suggested this before or
not... Norton Ghost.  You set up one machine with all of the programs and
settings that you use (including VNC and a password) and then you multicast
that image to all the machines on your site. Additionaly Ghost is also
helpfull when one of the VP's wants to install Windows Media Player 7 and
doesn't understand the terms Pre-release programers only... Not that we delt
with that or anything.

-----Original Message-----
From: Blyth, John [mailto:John.Blyth "at" health.wa.gov.au]
Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2000 2:00 AM
To: vnc-list "at" uk.research.att.com
Subject: Installing WINVNC acroos NT Network


Yep - I'm back again...

I am the system administrator for our 80 PC site and I have not been able to
deduce a simple way of installing WINVNC across a NT network. - apart from
going individually to each PC

I have set up batch files for copying files across and setting user options
in the registry on login, but the users don't have the correct
rights/permissions to allow their logins to access the SCM, so the WINVNC
cannot start as a service, which is fairly essential for what I need to
accomplish.

David Gatewood has kindly given me information on using Microsoft Systems
Management Server 2.0, but I don't have access to that.

I have installed the Microsoft Management Console and the Security
Configuration Manager addin, but I am at a loss to know what to do next.

Please, does anyone have a solution I can use without having to be too much
a rocket scientist?????

Cheers
John
John Blyth
Regional Manager Medical Imaging & Information Technology
Gascoyne Health Service
 
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