There are FTP servers that can run on the windows boxes. A free one is available at www.cygnus.com. This eliminates the "two step process" problem. Cygnus also includes an encrypted FTP server and client, and also has some nice facilities for scripting.
On Friday 16 August 2002 20:57, Michael Milette wrote: > Unfortunately not. WinVNC is strictly works with the screen, keyboard and > mouse no matter which flavour you use. It also supports sharing of the > clipboard for simple tasks like cut and pasting of text. I have never seen > it work with larger objects like graphics. I am not sure just what the > limitation is there. > > For file transfers, you could use VNC to start an IM (Instant Messenger) > type application like MSN Messenger, Yahoo Messenger or AOL Messenger and > use one of them to send and receive files between computers. Alternatively > you could also just do an FTP session though that can get complicated since > it might end up having you go though a two step process (sending the file > to an FTP server and then downloading it to the other computer). > > Michael Milette > > At 03:08 PM 2002-08-16, you wrote: > >Thanks for the advice does it have file transfer > > > >-----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On > > >Behalf Of Michael Milette > >Sent: 16 August 2002 17:23 > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: Re: Initial screen Loading > > > > > >WinVNC currently has a bug that shows up when it is used on Win9x > >machines > >that are either slow, over a slow connection or high resolution/number > >of > >colours. The affected system will quickly run out of system resources > >and > >crash if the initial connection is not established fast enough. I have > >also > >seen it happen during a session when there are a lot of big changes > >happening on the screen. > > > >The problem does not affect systems running operating systems based on > >Windows NT technology such as NT 4.0, Windows 2000 and XP. > > > >I would strongly suggest that you try TightVNC instead. It can be > >downloaded from the authors web site at http://www.tightvnc.com/. The > >author fixed most of the bug a while ago and recently fixed a speed > >related > >issue that occurred as a result of the original fix. In addition, you > >will > >find many nice extras included like high data compression, less bugs, > >more > >flexible password configuration, prompt the user for permission to > >connect, > >and more. > > > >Alternatively you can wait until the bug is fixed in the next release of > > > >WinVNC. I have not seen any time frame (this month, next month, next > >year > >....). All I know is that the author of WinVNC has stated that the bug > >will > >be fixed in the next release. > > > >If you really want to stick with WinVNC for some reason, you may be able > >to > >work around the problem by reducing the screen resolution, reducing the > >number of colours displayed on the screen and/or setting WinVNC to only > >use > >8-bits (256 colours). These changes might be enough to establish your > >initial connection. > > > > Michael Milette > > > >At 12:50 PM 2002-08-15, you wrote: > > >Hi, > > > > > >I have trouble connecting to a Windows 98 workstation using WinVNC > > >Service 3.3.3r9. After authenticating, I receive a grey remote screen > > >frame showing: Please Wait - Initial screen loading. After about a > > >minute, i loose the connection. > > > > > >I Have tried with two clients (Macintosh version and Windows 2000 > > >clients), they do the same error. > > > > > >I have tried with a local network connection and on a internet via a > > >linksys router. They both do the same problem. > > > > > >Probably anyone on this list can help me to resolve this problem. 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