Try this program: Systrayx http://www.xdesksoftware.com/systrayx.html
It works great for hiding tray icons. You can even put a password for the program so someone can't unhide an icon. This will hide the VNC icon even if someone connects to VNC. The only draw back is if you open task manager and end the task for Systrayx all the icons will appear again. Nothing is full proof! I hope this helps. In order to do what you want in VNC you would have to reprogram the source code. I hope all this helps. Jae -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of M Sent: Monday, October 07, 2002 1:01 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Legitimate reason for wanting to hide the tray icon in VNC Let me start by saying that I understand the reluctance of anyone to discuss this subject. After reading some of the messages on the mailing list, I wanted to add a brief opinion about hiding the tray icon in VNC. I believe that my IT department has a more than legitimate reason for wanting to do this. I am a systems tech for a Public Library District in Colorado. We currently have over 250 PCs in 9 libraries, and the number is growing. Our district serves a primarily rural county and our service area covers nearly 4,000 square miles. Our staff has only two PC technicians that support this entire district. Needless to say, with two people covering this size of an area, we keep very busy. We have been using VNC on our staff computers for nearly a year with great success. Previously we had to physically travel to a remote site every time a new staff person needed an email account set up or any other minor task was to be performed. VNC has saved us countless miles and hours and delighted our staff with our ability to respond quickly to their needs. Unfortunately, we cannot do the same with our 180 plus public PCs. While the vast majority of our patrons would not know or care what the VNC icon was, a small percentage of our patrons are very computer savvy and I am certain that some of them would recognize it. Libraries and schools are already notoriuos for weak network security, and while I would like to think that we are above average, I have no desire to invite attempts to intrude our network. I have considered having VNC not start as a service and ask a local staff person to launch it only when needed, but because of our policies and configuration, that would require me to give the staff security passwords and local administrative priviliges on the PCs - an option that I cannot afford to even consider. In short, the only way I see that VNC can work for our libraries is to disable the tray icon. We have no interest in spying on anyone - frankly we don't have the time. Our only intrest is to provide the best possible technology to our public while operating within our limited resources. If the tray icon were not an issue, I would gladly pay a per seat license to run VNC. It's too bad that the paranoia of "Big Brother" fanatics has to overshadow the ability to use legitimate tools for legitimate purposes. If anyone has any advice, I would love to hear it. Mike Computer & Systems Technician __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Faith Hill - Exclusive Performances, Videos & More http://faith.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
