Repeated disk accesses when running VNC

[James (Wez) Weatherall]

> I have recently installed VNC on my machine (PC, Windows 98)
> and it appears to work as expected.
>
> However, while VNC is active and waiting for an external
> connection it continually accesses the hard disk. It does this every
> 2-3 seconds. I have concerns that this will reduce the lifetime of the
> drive. It is also annoying to have it continually clicking away.
>
> Is this normal?  Is there anything that can be done to reduce disk
> usage?

Are you sure you're not running WinVNC with debug settings enabled, or with
a virus killer running or similar?

James "Wez" Weatherall
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