Dan, You can prevent shutdown in all of the major VNC distributions without completely disabling the tray icon(s).
In TridiaVNC: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ORL\WinVNC3\Default] "AllowShutdown"=dword:00000000 In TridiaVNC Pro: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Tridia\TridiaVNC\WinVNC3\Default] "AllowShutdown"=dword:00000000 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Tridia\TVNCPro] "disableShutdown"=dword:00000001 Now, if you require a completely stealth connection, then further measures are needed, including the removal of the tray icons: In TridiaVNC: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ORL\WinVNC3] "DisableTrayIcon"=dword:00000001 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ORL\WinVNC3\Default] "BeepConnect"=dword:00000000 "BeepDisconnect"=dword:00000000 In TridiaVNC Pro: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Tridia\TridiaVNC\WinVNC3] "DisableTrayIcon"=dword:00000001 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Tridia\TridiaVNC\WinVNC3\Default] "BeepConnect"=dword:00000000 "BeepDisconnect"=dword:00000000 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Tridia\TVNCPro] "disableTrayIcon"=dword:00000001 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Tridia\TVNCPro\Processor] "disableWallpaper"=dword:00000000 "disableActiveDesktop"=dword:00000000 "disablePattern"=dword:00000000 "disableFontSmoothing"=dword:00000000 "disableDragFullWindows"=dword:00000000 You may wish to combine the options for preventing shutdown with the ones for disabling the tray icons. That way a sophisticated user will have more trouble killing the application manually. Brian > Message: 18 > From: "Daniel Wilkins" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Hiding the VNC Tray Icon > Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 10:33:12 +0100 > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > David Howe [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Wrote on Wed Oct 9 13:20:01 2002 > > >> Hi All, > >> There is a Registry key to allow you to disable the VNC icon > >> from showing, information is at > http://www.sysworksoft.net/support/vnctips.html#1 we need > >> to do this to stop users from disconnecting us mid-session and from > getting > >> information about their IP address so readily. > > <snip> > > The cleanest way to disable the "kill connections" functionality is to take > it off the menu! > > use ResHacker on the binary to strip out the menu options you don't want the > users to have. > > of course, if the real reason you don't want the icon to be there is so the > users don't know you > > are connected, you can do that too - the "connected" black icon is an icon > resource that can > > be overwritten to be the same as the white "unconnected" icon. This is > frowned upon though - > > and may be actually illegal in some countries where watching employees > without their > > knowledge is in breach of the law (the UK is one such). > > I work in a school, and wish to implement VNC as soon as possible, mainly to > make my life easier with its remote administration capabilities. I too wish to > hide the tray icon, to prevent pupils from closing the program. We have an old > version of NetOp installed on most machines (but in the rebadged form of RM > Tutor). Surely its not illegal in schools too to watch pupils without their > knowledge? Mainly its to protect them, making sure they aren't accessing porn > or in chat rooms, and if they are, those sites can then be blocked. RM Tutor > lets teachers watch pupils without their knowledge, and has no tray icon etc. > The link above only applies to NT. The majority of our clients are Win98 with > about a quarter running W2K Pro. > > So, if anyone can send me the relevant reg keys etc I need to change to hide > the tray icon I'd be very grateful. > > Thanks, > Dan W. > -- 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
