Archive for March, 2009
TightVNC and Vista
TightVNC is a great opensource remote administrating program.
For Vista you need to massage it a little for optimum results, I just thought I’d write down some notes here to share how I use it with Windows Vista machines.
-= Don’t run TightVNC as a Service =-
Unfortunately you can’t run TightVNC effectively as a Windows service. As a work-around you can copy the TightVNC Server Icon into the Startup folder.
-= Disable Windows Aero =-
You’ll find under VNC Windows Vista machine screens wont refresh properly, windows appear black, don’t look right, and generally painful. It’s easy to fix though, you just have to disable Windows Aero.
1) Right-click on the desktop and choose Personalize. Click the “Window Color and Appearance” link:
2) Click the link near the bottom for “Open classic appearance properties for more color options”
3) Now disable Aero altogether by choosing Windows Vista Basic instead of Windows Aero. You could also switch to Windows Classic but some users complain with this.
