Display number in WinVNC

[William Hooper]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: vnc-list-admin@realvnc.com 
> [mailto:vnc-list-admin@realvnc.com] On Behalf Of Alan Brewer
> Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 11:03 AM
> To: vnc-list@realvnc.com
> Subject: Display number in WinVNC
> 
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Please forgive a newbie question....I'm running WinVNC on a 
> Windows 2000 server.  Can someone explain what the display 
> number means to me in the Windows world?  I know that it's 
> there, and that I can change it, but I'd like to understand it.
> 
> TIA,
> AB

The display number controls what ports the VNC server uses.  On other
(non-Windows) platforms it allows you to have multiple desktops for
multiple users on the same machine.

-- 
William Hooper