VNC® Free Edition 3.3.7 - upgrade notes
These notes are intended for someone already familiar with VNC. See the release notes which highlight the changes from the previous version, 3.3.6. There is a list of known bugs. See also the documentation.
Windows
- You can safely install VNC Free Edition 3.3.7 alongside the previous VNC 3.3.3 and earlier versions from AT&T. Files will be installed to a new directory C:\Program Files\RealVNC.
- If you ask the installer to register the VNC server service then it will unregister the old service and register the new service correctly.
- Existing WinVNC settings will be read from the registry and are fully compatible. Settings new to VNC Free Edition 3.3.7 have sensible default values.
- Installing VNC Free Edition 3.3.7 alongside other VNC distributions *should* work if they are based on the standard AT&T Labs releases, but there have been problems reported in the past of conflicts between other distributions and the AT&T Labs family of releases.
- If in doubt, use "winvnc -remove" and then Add/Remove programs to completely remove prior installations from your system.
- The InnoSetup installer can take /SP- /SILENT or /SP- /VERYSILENT for quiet installations, for example when installing remotely with the psexec utility. It can also take /SP- NORESTART which can be used to disable the auto reboot of any system installed in this way.
Unix
See the README for instructions for installing. There is also now an RPM to make installation easier on Linux systems.
If you experience trouble upgrading to VNC Free Edition 3.3.7, please see here.