WINS server

[Raye Raskin]

Doug Smith wrote:
> 
> My understanding is that if I have a WINS server installed I should be able
> to use the vnc viewer and/or the java applet to view a remote server by name
> rather than IP address.  Is that correct?
> 
> Secondly, we've been running vnc for sometime and love it.  I saw mention of
> a version that had keyboard locking.  We currently run the version that does
> not display an icon.  Is there a version that will allow me to lock a remote
> keyboard while connected but does not have a tray icon?  The reason for this
> is that we use vnc in our public labs for teachers to monitor student
> activity without looking over their shoulders.  Occasionally a student heads
> to sites they ought not be visiting (if you can believe that).  By the time
> we walk over to the student they usually catch on and change the screen or
> exit the program.  I'd like to be able to freeze their keyboard so we can
> confront them.  Thanks.

Why don't you just display the icon instead of hiding like a cop behind a billboard?

Like police presence, if I SEE the police car, I'm not likely to speed.  But if he's
hidden, it's just a speed trap!

Is your goal to trap them or to keep them from wandering in the first place?

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> Beech Grove High School
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