HowTo restart VNC Server/NT automatically at logout

[James "Wez" Weatherall]

> Now comes the problem:
> Some of my colleagues don't like the idea that someone can view their
> desktop while they are logged in. Besides that this PC is mostly used
> to write to CD-R. Therefore they disable the VNC server. That's fine.
>
> But of course the service gets never restarted besides boot time (which
> is not done often). And for me it's impossible to access that PC
> from home then.
>
> Is there a way to restart the VNC service whenever someone logs out?
> Without needing cooperation from that user (I think there ia a place
> where a user could start something ...).

There is a way to do this but I'm not sure it will work using the current
release, which has a preferences bug.  (I can post you a patched executable
to tide you over until the next release)
The easiest solution is to have your colleagues use the User Properties
dialog to disable incoming socket connections.  Because User Properties are
per-user, when they logout, the listening socket will be restored and you'll
be able to connect.

Cheers,

James "Wez" Weatherall
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