[SILLY-ICON-QUESTION] Re: hidden vnc icon ...

[Jay R. Ashworth]

On Tuesday, March 14, 2000, at 3:24:53 PM, you wrote:
> Firstly let me apologise for bringing this topic up again ...

Apology accepted.  Now go away.

:-)

> Has anyone any experince of using VNC in a school to monitor pupil's use of
> the internet etc ... I know proxy server logs are probably the best way -
> but a screenshot is more evidence to present to pupils and parents where
> necessary.
> I would like to be abe to run vnc without the tell tale icon on the task
> bar...
> Any answers most welcome - as the developers FAQ seems to be indicating that
> a version isnt available for general use for obvous reasosn....

Well, this is certainly the most annoying version of the question
we've seen in a while.  :-)  If you've read the FAQ, and you think
it's obvious why the development team don't release a version with the
icon hidden, then you'd have had much more luck here with this query:

"I understand why AT&T don't release a version of WinVNC with the icon
hideable.  Without getting into whether that's the best, most ethical
approach to monitoring for abuse, I've decided that it's the approach
I want to take, but I'm not a good enough programmer to do it myself.
Does anyone have an already compiled version that I could grab?"

Unfortunately, the answer you're most likely to receive would be:

"You can't craft a waiver strong enough to keep me from spending silly
amounts of time in court when one of your students' parents sues you
anyway, whether you've given them written notice or not; sorry, no".

Does _THIS_ about get it for everyone?

(Check the archives; I've _been_ polite; I'm done now.)

Cheers,
-- jra
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