Stealth Connections?

[James Weatherall]

Mark,

This sounds like A Very Bad Thing to do to a poor unsuspecting user, unless
the application in question is some sort of Kiosk style of system.

Cheers,

Wez @ RealVNC Ltd.
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: vnc-list-admin "at" realvnc.com 
> [mailto:vnc-list-admin "at" realvnc.com] On Behalf Of Mark Jacobs
> Sent: 03 March 2005 09:29
> To: vnc-list "at" realvnc.com
> Subject: Re: Stealth Connections?
> 
> In my implementation, I had to restrict what the users could 
> get up to, 
> but not too obtrusively. The ideal solution, and one which hides this 
> tray icon naturally, was to hide the entire taskbar when my main 
> application was started. This stops them mucking around on 
> the PC while 
> the program is in use (and they should be using it, not other 
> things!). 
> The taskbar is restored when the program exits. Here is how I 
> did it (in 
> Borland C++ Builder code) :-
> 
> HIDE IT
> 
> HWND apbrw;
> apbrw=FindWindow("Shell_TrayWnd",NULL);
> if (apbrw) ShowWindow(apbrw,SW_HIDE);
> 
> SHOW IT
> 
> if (apbrw) ShowWindow(apbrw,SW_SHOW);
> 
> Advantage - it works with all versions of VNC.
> Disadvantages - Windows-specific, and probably overkill in most cases.
> 
> HTH
> MJ
> 
> James Weatherall wrote:
> 
> >John,
> >
> >There is no way to "hack the registry to not show the icon 
> at all" in VNC 4
> >and later.
> >
> >Regards,
> >
> >Wez @ RealVNC Ltd.
> > 
> >
> >  
> >
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: John Aldrich [mailto:JAldrich "at" covista.com] 
> >>Sent: 02 March 2005 16:24
> >>To: 'James Weatherall'; 'phermi'; vnc-list "at" realvnc.com
> >>Subject: RE: Stealth Connections?
> >>
> >>One could always hack the registry to not show the icon at 
> >>all. There've
> >>been several posts in various places I've seen discussing how 
> >>to hide the
> >>tray icon altogether. But I agree with James -- VNC should 
> >>not be used to
> >>"snoop" on people.
> >>
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: James Weatherall [mailto:jnw "at" realvnc.com]
> >>Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 6:24 AM
> >>To: 'phermi'; vnc-list "at" realvnc.com
> >>Subject: RE: Stealth Connections?
> >>
> >>
> >>Pedro,
> >>
> >>No, this is not supported by the standard VNC releases, which 
> >>are designed
> >>specifically to ensure that the local user is aware of 
> their presence.
> >>
> >>Regards,
> >>
> >>Wez @ RealVNC Ltd.
> >> 
> >>
> >>    
> >>
> >>>-----Original Message-----
> >>>From: vnc-list-admin "at" realvnc.com 
> >>>[mailto:vnc-list-admin "at" realvnc.com] On Behalf Of phermi
> >>>Sent: 01 March 2005 15:35
> >>>To: vnc-list "at" realvnc.com
> >>>Subject: Stealth Connections?
> >>>
> >>>Hello,
> >>>
> >>> 
> >>>
> >>>Is there a way to connect a VNC Viewer to a VNC Server and 
> >>>not getting the
> >>>VNC Server system try icon to change its color? 
> >>>
> >>> 
> >>>
> >>>Thanks in advance.
> >>>
> >>> 
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>Pedro Hermida
> >>>
> >>> 
> >>>
> >>>
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