If you want to share you screen with others on your network, you can do this from VNCScan using the remote scripting tool.  This will soon be a built in feature but until then, you can “hack” the solution together this way.

Instructions

Open the script editor as shown below:

Choose to create a new script:

Add the script text as shown below substituting your own IP address:

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Browse to add the vncviewer.exe in with your script.

Hint: There is one in c:\fastpush\vnc7\ultra

Check the box to make the script interactive.

Click Save and Close

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Now, select a computer and run the script.

You can download the latest beta of VNCScan Database Edition here.

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Importing Existing Groups and Computers

If you are upgrading, you will be presented with the following dialog box upon first run:

Once you select Yes, you will be taken to the following dialog:

Pressing the Import button will pull all of your groups and computer information from your XML files into the new database.  Once the import is complete, it will close and present you with the new main form.

Sharing Computers and Groups

You can now share your computers and groups with the rest of your team members.  Here’s How!

1. Create a folder on a commonly mapped network location.  You MUST map a common drive letter.  A \\UNC path causes problems.
2. Change the location of the data on the MASTER computer as shown below:
3. Choose “Yes” when asked to copy your files.
4. Perform step 2 on all of the other computers but when asked to copy the files, say “No”

Other Improvements

•  The performance and reliability of the background scanning has been vastly improved.  It uses 80% less CPU cycles and uses 95% less memory overhead
• If you have ever experienced the bug that caused your groups or computers to disappear, you can say good riddance to that one in this version
• Managed groups with a lot of computers in them should load in a fraction of the time
• Computer search (in the upper right of the main form) speed has been increased by over 90%
• Performance improvements have been made to many common forms such as the computer properties window
• Some people saw a phantom group show up frequently named “Creation Date”.  No more.

You can use these scripts in VNCscan to remotely manage your computers.  Here’s how:

1. From the main menu, click Tools
2. Click “Scripting and Commands”
3. Click “Remote Script Manager”
4. Click on the “New Script” button
5. Give the script a name
6. Paste the script into the big textbox under the word “Variables”
7. Edit the script to meet your needs
8. Include any files that your script will call for
9. Save and close the script

You can execute that script on a remote computer by:

1. Select a computer or computers in a managed group
2. From the Managed Groups toolbar,  choose “Remote Scripts”
3. Select your script from the dropdown

The LAN tester does the following:

1. Created a dynamically sized file specified by you
2. Sends the file to a specified share on the remote computer (default is ADMIN$)
3. Times the transfer
4. Downloads the same file from the destination
5. Times the transfer
6. Cleans up the files from both ends
7. Reports the results to you

Learn how to use the AutoRuns style feature that is built into VNCScan.  You can use it to remove startup programs from remote computers in just a few clicks!

Bozteck VENM Console includes a powerful remote screen capturing feature. This feature does not require that VNC or any other remote screen sharing software be installed in order to work. There are a few system requirements on the remote computer end, however.

Those requirements are as follows:

• UnFirewalled ports 443 (TCP) and 139 (UDP, TCP)
• Remote Registry service running
• Administrative priviledges on the remote computer
• Windows 2000, XP, Vista, or Windows 7

Because of these requirements, it is “best practice” to use this feature on computers that are on your LAN or within reach of your VPN. For security reasons, it is not advisable to use this feature over the open Internet.

You can supply the Administrator level access required to make this feature work in either the main VNCScan preferences, the group properties, or the computer properties. The choice depends upon the scope that you wish to apply.

Feature Set

• Resizable – You can resize the thumbnail by adjusting the slider in the toolbar
• Adjustable Interval – You can adjust the interval using a dropdown box of predefined timings or type in your own number. The intervals are measured in minutes. You can enter a decimal number to take snapshots in times less than one minute. If you manually enter a timing, it is applied when you press .
• Archive Screen Captures – You can archive your screen captures for later viewing. The location of these archives can be changed by clicking on the “Folders” button on the toolbar.
• Connect to VNC – You can connect to VNC right from the thumbnail. The connection options are taken from the computer entry settings in VNCScan.

What To Look Out For

• The “Please Wait Screen” – This screen is the start image for a new screen capture session. It is normal for it to still be visible even after the progress bar has cycled a couple of times. If it is still the only image being displayed for a computer even after the progress bar has cycled more than three times, you may want to check the permissions settings for the computer.

  You can test this out by attempting to access the c$ share of the remote computer. You can do this by clicking on your Start button and choosing “Run”. In the textbox, type \\\c$ (where is the name or IP address of the remote computer).

• Black Screen Capture – This is shown if the remote computer is sitting at the login screen and nobody is logged into the computer.

Video Example

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By default, the scripts are in your “My Documents” folder under vncscan\jobs” You could share them manually by copying that folder to the same location on another computer but that’s not very elegant.

Right now, you can share your groups and deployment profile data but the scripts data is like the ‘black sheep’ that has been forgotten in all of this spirit of sharing.

Hey, it’s the season for sharing so this is getting moved to the top of the feature request pile. Hopefully, there will be a version release that has this feature before the end of 2007.

Release Notes:

2007.12.12.122

• New: We put a line in the help/about box to tell you how many more days of free upgrades are left for your product key. Also, when you click the link inside of the console to download an update, it will warn you if your free upgrade period has expired.
  
• New: Included AutoIt scripting as an available language for remote scripting. If you are running any remote AutoIt scripts that you wish the end user to see, be sure to check the box that tells the script to interact with the desktop.
  
• Fix: There was a bug that prevented you from using the upgraded version in trial mode if your free upgrade period had expired. This version fixes that.