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service (helper) in Windows 7

by Thomas Gutzler-3 :: Rate this Message:

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Hi,

I have installed TightVNC 1.3.10 on a Windows 7 Enterprise 64 bit.
I managed to install the service by executing the "Install VNC
Service" link as administrator but I cannot get the service helper to
start so that I can change the password. Is there a way to set the
password without the service helper? Via the command prompt or regedit
maybe?

Cheers,
  Tom

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Re: service (helper) in Windows 7

by Constantin Kaplinsky :: Rate this Message:

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Hello Thomas,

>>>>> Thomas Gutzler wrote:

> I have installed TightVNC 1.3.10 on a Windows 7 Enterprise 64 bit.
> I managed to install the service by executing the "Install VNC
> Service" link as administrator but I cannot get the service helper to
> start so that I can change the password. Is there a way to set the
> password without the service helper? Via the command prompt or regedit
> maybe?

TightVNC 1.3.10 cannot be used as a service in Windows Vista and Windows
7. This will be fixed in next major release. Unfortunately, I cannot
disclose the release date yet.

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With Best Wishes,
Constantin

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Re: service (helper) in Windows 7

by Ben Ng :: Rate this Message:

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you can extract the password keys from an xp system and import the key into windows 7


HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ORL\WinVNC3\Default\Password
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ORL\WinVNC3\Default\PasswordViewOnly

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ORL\WinVNC3\Password
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ORL\WinVNC3\PasswordViewOnly

you could use regedit but the password is not stored  in plaintext
so unless you can figure out the algorithm used to encrypt it; the above works just as well.



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----- Original Message ----
From: Thomas Gutzler <thomas.gutzler@...>
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Sent: Sun, October 18, 2009 10:39:11 PM
Subject: service (helper) in Windows 7

Hi,

I have installed TightVNC 1.3.10 on a Windows 7 Enterprise 64 bit.
I managed to install the service by executing the "Install VNC
Service" link as administrator but I cannot get the service helper to
start so that I can change the password. Is there a way to set the
password without the service helper? Via the command prompt or regedit
maybe?

Cheers,
  Tom

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Re: service (helper) in Windows 7

by Thomas Gutzler-3 :: Rate this Message:

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On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 11:43, Ben Ng <beng2beng@...> wrote:

> you can extract the password keys from an xp system and import the key into windows 7
>
>
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ORL\WinVNC3\Default\Password
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ORL\WinVNC3\Default\PasswordViewOnly
>
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ORL\WinVNC3\Password
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ORL\WinVNC3\PasswordViewOnly
>
> you could use regedit but the password is not stored  in plaintext
> so unless you can figure out the algorithm used to encrypt it; the above works just as well.

I tried that and I got to the point where it asked me for a password
but then closed the connection afterwards - not with an authentication
failed error. I guess I have to wait for the new version as Constantin
suggested.

Here's the connection log:
Mon Oct 19 12:37:12 2009
 CConn:       connected to host X port 5900
 CConnection: reading protocol version
 CConnection: Server supports RFB protocol version 3.8
 CConnection: Using RFB protocol version 3.8
 CConnection: processing security types message
 CConnection: Server offers security type VncAuth(2)
 CConnection: Server offers security type [unknown secType](16)
 CConnection: Choosing security type VncAuth(2)
 CConnection: processing security message

Mon Oct 19 12:37:16 2009
 CConnection: processing security result message
 CConnection: processing security result message
 CConnection: Authentication success!
 main:        End of stream


Cheers,
 Tom

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Re: service (helper) in Windows 7

by James Buzzard :: Rate this Message:

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Can't you just set a startup item to start tightvnc service on login? I know it's not an actual service startup, but it might get you through until the next release.

Cheers

On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 3:42 PM, Thomas Gutzler <thomas.gutzler@...> wrote:
On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 11:43, Ben Ng <beng2beng@...> wrote:
> you can extract the password keys from an xp system and import the key into windows 7
>
>
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ORL\WinVNC3\Default\Password
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ORL\WinVNC3\Default\PasswordViewOnly
>
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ORL\WinVNC3\Password
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ORL\WinVNC3\PasswordViewOnly
>
> you could use regedit but the password is not stored  in plaintext
> so unless you can figure out the algorithm used to encrypt it; the above works just as well.

I tried that and I got to the point where it asked me for a password
but then closed the connection afterwards - not with an authentication
failed error. I guess I have to wait for the new version as Constantin
suggested.

Here's the connection log:
Mon Oct 19 12:37:12 2009
 CConn:       connected to host X port 5900
 CConnection: reading protocol version
 CConnection: Server supports RFB protocol version 3.8
 CConnection: Using RFB protocol version 3.8
 CConnection: processing security types message
 CConnection: Server offers security type VncAuth(2)
 CConnection: Server offers security type [unknown secType](16)
 CConnection: Choosing security type VncAuth(2)
 CConnection: processing security message

Mon Oct 19 12:37:16 2009
 CConnection: processing security result message
 CConnection: processing security result message
 CConnection: Authentication success!
 main:        End of stream


Cheers,
 Tom

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Re: service (helper) in Windows 7

by Thomas Gutzler-3 :: Rate this Message:

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On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 12:47, James Buzzard <james@...> wrote:
Can't you just set a startup item to start tightvnc service on login? I know it's not an actual service startup, but it might get you through until the next release.

Cheers

I was able to connect after stopping the service and starting the server manually but I had to set the server to "poll whole screen" which made it very slow. I have requested the 64bit version of the Mirage Driver from demoforge because I couldn't find a download link.
Unfortunately, this defeats the purpose because I don't want to spy on other people while they're logged in, I want to be able to log in remotely when nobody else is logged in, so vnc has to run as a service.

Tom

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