Comments on: Workaround to Run VNC Server in Windows Vista

By: rfcb

rfcb — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:10:19 +0000

Figured this out too, but its just a poor workaround. Any task that creates a security window will lock out vnc sessions till the prompt times out (a min or two).

Thanks for trying

By: Cesar

Cesar — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:01:09 +0000

Seriously, I’ve read this article so many times and it just irritates me!! Its not a workaround. It is a completely different tactic. Its like saying, “My favorite Ice Cream place is closed. How can I get that ice cream? I Know! I will go to the store and buy ice cream from there!”

Yes, it IS better than nothing, but it is NOT a work around.

By: UFO

UFO — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 21:41:17 +0000

Ok, all that worked great, but as soon as the workstation is locked, VNC Viewer won’t accept incoming traffic. I cannot leave my workstation on, logged-in and unattended when I am not there, so I must set the screensaver to lock the workstation after a certain period of inactivity.
In previous versions of windows, VNC would allow you to log into a locked workstation. Maybe this was because it was service-mode. Does anyone have a workaround?

By: harpreet

harpreet — Thu, 21 May 2009 20:32:10 +0000

thank you so much for the workaround. finally its working now on my vista machine as well. thank you once again for the great tip.

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By: Gui

Gui — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 19:45:11 +0000

Thanks. Now it works nicely.

By: Jon

Jon — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 23:12:03 +0000

Excellent work around, followed it to the letter and it works a dream. Thanks a bunch. I was really starting to get pissed off having to walk next door, and now i dont have to ! Excellent !

By: Maggie

Maggie — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 01:06:51 +0000

After using this workaround I’ve also just managed to setup VNC Server (RealVNC in my case) to start automatically in Vista (Home Premium) like this:

Start Button > All programs > RealVNC > VNC Server 4 (User-Mode)

Right-Click “Run VNC Server”

Choose “Pin to Start menu”

(or you could just create a shortcut on you desktop)

navigate to:

“C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup” directory where username is your user logon.

Start Button

drag “RunVNCserver” into the directory (or the shortcut you created)

It should now start automatically when you reboot.

Hope it helps someone else

Maggie

By: Maggie

Maggie — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 23:59:39 +0000

Great workaround. Thanks. I’ve been wanting to use this on Vista for quite a while but gave up a few months ago. Just decided to have another google and found your page; it’s now working great. Keep up the good work.

(I had no problems moving around your page)

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By: Martin Alak

Martin Alak — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:06:42 +0000

Something is seriously wrong with this page. If I try to use the arrow keys or page up/page down I get thrown to the bottom of the page.

By: KUTA

KUTA — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:07:14 +0000

i really like that stripper`s photo on right side.

thanks much

By: Takuan Daikon

Takuan Daikon — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 18:25:09 +0000

Thanks for posting this, it has turned out to be tremendously helpful for me, and solved my problem exactly. Although… I still wish I could run vnc as a service, but this will get me through the day

By: Eric

Eric — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 16:45:33 +0000

Thanks for the help, worked like a charm

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