VNC to Locked Workstation

[ilovetheusers]

I have a need to be able to keep a windows 2000 workstation locked but still be able to VNC to it so I can remote control it. If I lock it, VNC can't connect and I don't see any options to send a ctrl+alt+del and the password.

I'm open to suggestions as long as they don't involve spending money (boss doesn't care if we have this tool or not and will not spend $$).

Any suggestions??

[imaeditedbysowulo]

I have a need to be able to keep a windows 2000 workstation locked but still be able to VNC to it so I can remote control it. If I lock it, VNC can't connect and I don't see any options to send a ctrl+alt+del and the password.

I'm open to suggestions as long as they don't involve spending money (boss doesn't care if we have this tool or not and will not spend $$).

Any suggestions??

Hmmmm...the version of VNC that I always used had an option to send a ctrl-alt-del to the locked machine. We had two servers that didn't have keyboards or monitors and the only way to get to them was VNC.

Are you sure you aren't missing it? Maybe you need a different version of VNC? I think I still have the install for the version I used to use if you need it.

[Ya_know]

Right from their website:

Ctrl-Alt-Del isn't getting through to the other computer
If you're running the VNC viewer under Windows, then the Ctrl-Alt-Del keypress may be intercepted by the operating system, and so the viewer program won't be able to detect it and pass it to a VNC Server. Go to the viewer's system menu, which you can pull down by left-clicking on the VNC icon at the top left of the viewer window, or by right-clicking on the viewer entry in the taskbar. In this menu, you will find a "Send Ctrl-Alt-Del" option. Alternatively, You might find that Shift-Ctrl-Alt-Del works. AltGr-Del often works as well.

Under Unix, some window managers also intercept the Ctrl-Alt-Del keypress. The Unix VNC viewer also has a "Send Ctrl-Alt-Del" function which is accessible via the popup menu which you can pull down by pressing the "f8" key in the viewer window.

If you're running the VNC server as an application under Windows NT/2000/XP then it can only provide remote access to the display if a user is logged in and the workstation is not locked. In order to allow the Ctrl-Alt-Del keypress to work and be accessed even if no user is logged in or it is locked, you must run the VNC server as a system service.

If you're running the VNC server under Windows 95/98/ME then sending a remote Ctrl-Alt-Del function will not work at all. On these platforms, Ctrl-Alt-Del causes all programs, including the VNC server, to halt and bring up a task manager window.

Seems to me the feature is there, you just don't see it. Which version are you running? Try downloading the current version again...

[ilovetheusers]

I have 3 versions. Original, tight and Ultra. You have an option to send a ctrl+alt+del AFTER you are logged in but none seem to have one that sends it before hand so you can log into windows first and allow the server to run.

[Ya_know]

Interesting, I don't Use VNC now, and when I did it never seemed to be an issue...but circumstances may have been different...

[ilovetheusers]

Right from their website:



Seems to me the feature is there, you just don't see it. Which version are you running? Try downloading the current version again...

Actually, you hit the nail on the head.

If you're running the VNC server as an application under Windows NT/2000/XP then it can only provide remote access to the display if a user is logged in and the workstation is not locked. In order to allow the Ctrl-Alt-Del keypress to work and be accessed even if no user is logged in or it is locked, you must run the VNC server as a system service.

I can't send a Ctrl-Alt-Del but I can run it as a system service.