VNC Deployment Tool - known bugs and features
The following are known bugs, features and omissions in the VNC Deployment Tool You may also wish to check the known bugs, features and omissions in VNC Enterprise Edition 4.2.
| Date | ID | Description | Workaround | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Mar 2005 | 1 | Crash when importing settings from the local registry. | Use the Import VNC Settings... command from the Configuration menu and specify the local host by name. | Fixed in 1.4 |
| 14 Mar 2005 | 2 | Install fails if a previous viewer-only installation exists on the target computer. | No workaround. | Fixed in 1.4 |
| 14 Mar 2005 | 3 | Nodes with no children cannot be refreshed. | No workaround. | Fixed in 1.4 |
| 14 Mar 2005 | 4 | Credentials that are valid but lack access rights prevent further credentials from being applied. | Remove the credentials in question. | Fixed in 1.4 |
| 14 Mar 2005 | 5 | The Install/Reinstall... command from the Installation menu does not work with credentials. | Run vnctool as a user with the requuired level of access. | Fixed in 1.4 |
| 14 Mar 2005 | 6 | The Install/Reinstall... command from the Installation menu does not work if VNC is not already installed. | Scan your network and install using the contect menu. | Fixed in 1.4 |
| 14 Mar 2005 | 7 | The Leave VNC password unchanged option does not work. | No workaround. | Fixed in 1.4 |
| 14 Mar 2005 | 8 | Rendering problem while dragging and dropping licenses. | No workaround. | Fixed in 1.4 |
| 14 Mar 2005 | 9 | Crash when loading non-ASCII files, including Unicode. | No workaround. | Fixed in 1.4 |
| 14 Mar 2005 | 10 | Crash when reallocating licenses. | Drag and drop licenses manually. | Fixed in 1.4 |
| 7 Jul 2005 | 11 | License status not set correctly when loading scan results. | Rescan affected hosts. | Fixed in 1.4.3 |
| 7 Jul 2005 | 12 | Scanning by IP address scans the wrong host in some circumstances. | No workaround. | Fixed in 1.4.3 |
| 7 Jul 2005 | 13 | Crash when loading configuration settings. | No workaround. | Fixed in 1.4.3 |
| 7 Jul 2005 | 14 | Crash when saving or loading scan results. | No workaround. | Fixed in 1.4.3 |
| 29 Sep 2005 | 15 | Crash when editing NtLogon_Config in some situations. | No workaround. | Fixed in 1.4.4 |
| 25 Oct 2005 | 16 | Failure to locate VNC installer on startup. | Specify an installer manually. | Fixed in 1.5 |
| 10 Nov 2005 | 17 | NtLogon_Config parameter formatted incorrectly. | No workaround. | Fixed in 1.5 |
| 10 Nov 2005 | 18 | Occasional crash on exit. | No workaround. | Fixed in 1.5 |
| 26 May 2006 | 19 | Updating license keys sometimes fails. | No workaround. | Fixed in 1.5.4 |
| 3 Aug 2006 | 20 | NtLogon_Config dialog not available. | Edit textually. | Fixed in 1.5.4 |
| 5 Sep 2006 | 21 | Crash when deleting the root node of the scan results. | No workaround. | Fixed in 1.5.4 |
| 17 Oct 2006 | 22 | Reallocation of domain-keyed licenses fails. | No workaround. | Fixed in 1.5.4 |
| 17 Oct 2006 | 23 | Domain-keyed licenses can be applied to hosts for which they are not valid. | Deploy only to hosts on the same domain as the host running vnctool. | Under consideration. |
| 15 Dec 2006 | 24 | Crash when changing scan or install options if no password has ever been set. | Use the Change... button in the Password section of the Install Options dialog to set a password then click OK to dismiss both dialogs. Once a password has been set you can reselect Leave VNC password unchanged if desired. | Fixed in 1.6.2 |
| 8 Jan 2007 | 25 | Scanning computers running Windows 2000 fails with RegOpenKeyEx: Access is denied (5) | If your network does not contain any 64-bit computers, run vnctool with the -noarch flag. | Fixed in 1.6.2 |
| 9 Jan 2007 | 26 | Automatic license allocation sometimes installs an invalid license key. | Choose a license key to install rather than allowing vnctool to select one automatically. | Fixed in 1.6.2 |
| 17 Jan 2007 | 27 | Crash importing or exporting licenses using the main menu, or importing settings from the local host. | Scan your network and use the right-click context menu. | Fixed in 1.6.3 |
| 18 Jan 2007 | 28 | Setting installer paths manually using the Browse... button doesn't work. | Type the path into the adjacent text box. | Fixed in 1.6.3 |