Hi Scott, I'm afraid you won't get any support here to hide the VNC icon. Check the vnc-list archives at http://www.uk.research.att.com/search.html and the FAQ at http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/faq.html to learn why. However at the very least you should read the excellent recent reply on the same subject (written by yours truly) at http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/archives/2001-11/0461.html.
As for ensuring that students can not change the password, simply lock down the registry using the security settings if you are using Windows NT, 2000 or XP. If you are using something in the Windows 9x family including ME, you will have a tougher job locking down the system. That being said, you could do something like resetting the registry key where the password is stored each time the machine boots up or possibly do it several times a day using the scheduler. If you are not too worried about your students hacking the registry to reset the password, you can prevent them from accessing the configuration options in VNC by running it in restricted mode. See WinVNC Documentation - Advanced Settings on the http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/winvnc.html page for the details. Look specifically for the AllowProperties setting. By the way, if you budget is tight and you want to lock down Win9x machines, check out the following: Lock Down Your PC - Keep unauthorized eyes and fingers away from your precious files, folders, and settings. Article by PC World.com available at: http://www.pcworld.com/hereshow/article/0,aid,10907,00.asp Lock Your Desktop - Another article on locking down your Windows 9x desktop. This one is from PC Magazine and available at: http://www.zdnet.com/pcmag/pctech/content/18/14/ut1814.001.html IconLock - A free PC Magazine utility. IconLock was designed to provide a layer of protection without sacrificing performance or system usability. The download link in the above article doesn't work but you can download the latest version from the following page: http://www.zdnet.com/downloads/stories/info/0,,77408,.html Before you consider TridiaVNC (commercial product) or TightVNC, both which support the hiding of the icon though a change in the registry, you might consider the fact that if you leave the icon there, the kids may be a little more careful about what they are doing if they know that somebody could be watching them. I have even heard about people who like the icon so much, they are looking for a program to have it turn black randomly so that they think they are being monitored. If you are using an operating system other than Windows, please disregard this message altogether. Hope some of this helps... Michael Milette At 01:13 PM 2001-12-13, you wrote: >Hello, > I would like to deploy VNC on the computers in the school district. I >need to hide the application and make it so students can not change the >password. >Does anyone know how to do this. >Plus, what is the best method to deploy this to many computers at once >or rapidly. > >Thanks > >Scott Van Singel >IT Director >Sturgis Public Schools >Phone: 616-659-1512 >Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: >'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the message BODY >See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html >--------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: 'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the message BODY See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------
