Mike, You can disable the tray icons in TridiaVNC Pro. In addition, you will get solid encryption and a powerful user interface:
http://www.tridiavncpro.com/ The registry settings are included in the "config" directory after you install the product. Take a look at "TVNCPro_NoIcons.reg" among others. Also, you would not be the first library system using TridiaVNC Pro to administer the public PCs. We can provide references if you will contact us directly: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brian > > Message: 9 > Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2002 13:00:51 -0700 (PDT) > From: M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Legitimate reason for wanting to hide the tray icon in VNC > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > 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!? -- Brian ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- TridiaVNC Pro: finally, affordable remote control! http://www.TridiaVNCPro.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tridia's Mission: To always exceed our customers' expectations by providing the absolute best software products backed by outstanding technical support and customer service. Please let us know how we are doing: brian . blevins @ tridia.com or ceo-hotline @ tridia.com. _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
