Blinking Mouse Cursor / Systray Icon

[Mark Jacobs]

I'm assuming you are using VNC version 4.1 or better.

1) You can rid yourself of the flashing/blinking mouse cursor, by 
unchecking the "Alpha Blending" option on the server options.
2) You cannot do anything about the change in colour of the tray icon. I 
was fortunate enough to have the whole screen to paint to in my 
application, so I put a backdrop window that hid the whole screen 
including the Start Bar. In your situation, you are not ensuring 
"quality control" like I was, so it is not so important that the kids 
can see they're being monitored. Just leave your viewer on all the time, 
and they'll be too paranoid to go anywhere nasty on the net!

Darin Applegate wrote:

>   I read in the FAQ that it was not deemed necessary
>to have an option that would not put an icon in the
>systray (WinXP).  I was considering using RealVNC as a
>realtime monitor for the kid's computer.  I know there
>are logging programs available but using RealVNC
>seemed a very elegant addition.  The first of my two
>concerns is the blinking cursor on the server
>computer.  It is much too noticeable for the purpose I
>have in mind.  Second, is the icon in the systray
>which I would like to be rid of.  Thank you,
>  
>
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Mark Jacobs
http://www.dkcomputing.co.uk