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Ihave RealVNC Client on my mobile phone , and am not able to get the RealVNC server running on my windows 7 (tried some fixes , no luck) . So am wondering if it is possible to download other vnc servers which are compatable with realvnc client ??

if not , i have RDP working fine on my phone now , but the problem is i need to connect as an administrator to the windows 7 (not any other user) and that i need this administrator WITHOUT A PASSWORD for login , but with password for RDP . and when i connect through RDP , i don't want that admin to be logged off , is that possible ???

means when the PC boots up , i want to be automatically logged in without need to enter a password , then get my phone to connect to RDP for that logged in user but WITH A PASSWORD . and when RDP connects , i don't want that user to be logged out .

VNC is a protocol, all the servers and clients use the same protocol and can be mixed invisibly. They may each have additions, but it's never much. I personally use Screen Sharing and Mocha VNC to control Mac Screen Sharing and TightVNC on windows.

TightVNC doesn't require you to set a password, and you can tell it to only accept people from the same network (ie lan). From what I understand, RDP is just Microsoft's attempt at VNC, it may work, but you're better off with VNC.

A few notes on RealVNC Server/Viewer, the free versions of the server don't work over the internet, they coded it this way on purpose, RealVNC allows windows authentication, but found to be less reliable then using VNC authentication, is also better to use actual IP address for connections and stay away from using windows host names, and always include port even if default is used.

Funny thing about Windows, it disables RDP for accounts without a password, and I have yet to get it to work without it logging off or locking out the current user, I have seen it done before without logging the user out, but that was only on a computer part of a domain group set to netlogon only.

Fill the address of the server : 192.168.x.y::5901

Click on options button.

In the security tab

Encryption : click on none

leave TLS empty

Authentication : click on None and Standard vnc and username and password.

Click on OK button to finish

Click on connect ( that also keep the configuration you have made )

RealVNC Server simply doesn't run on freshly installed Ubuntu 22.04. It starts well on Live Ubuntu booting from USB flash drive, when I'm installing it the same way (downloading version 7.5.1 from realvnc.com, then running the .deb package via Software Install). Any thoughts?

I also ran into issue with:

/usr/bin/vncserver-x11-core: error while loading shared libraries: /lib/libbcm_host.so: invalid ELF header

It turned out that the wget commands, provided above were the culprit: instead of libraries, they downloaded html pages, pointing to the libraries. Fix is easy - just download the libraries manually one by one. My Pi is running RealVNC right now and it is so much better than x11vnc I used in the past.

Command from " shambhala-lab" downloads html files, not original files. That causes /lib/libbcm_host.so: invalid ELF header. If you do that, then you need to delete this files manualy.

I notice it says: "libbcm_host.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory" but the file does exist.

I'm using Raspberry Pi 4 with Ubuntu MATE 18.04, I want make the raspberry pi headless.

i ran realvnc server flawlessly on 16.3 core however after upgrading to zorin 17 the server does not work , the viewer does connect to realvnc.com , when i try to run the realvnc server it asks for my password then closes

This is likely due to Wayland which is used by default in ZorinOS 17. Try to use Xorg instead by logging out of your current user session, click on the username so that the password input appears and you'll then see a wheel icon on the lower right. Choose "Zorin Desktop on Xorg" and login, and try again.

Okay, I've tried to get VNC running on my server so I can toss the bugger in the basement and just control it remotely from my desktop but I've run into errors and confusion as I haven't broached this area before. From the wiki, I installed vncserver and followed exactly the steps on the server, it went fine, but I can't connect. Here's my settings:

@colbert - which package and repo was it in did you install for the vnc server? Under debian/ubuntu the package I installed was called 'vnc4server' which ran realvnc4. I did a search of the arch repo but didn't find realvnc server. The closest one I found was tightvnc.

A computer with VNC Server software installed can be accessed and controlled from a different device in a different location. The software allows a broadcast of the device desktop to a secondary device with VNC Viewer installed. Connected VNC Viewer users send a request, and then (with permission) can see the same thing as the person sitting in front of the remote computer.

VNC Viewer is used for local computers and mobile devices you want to control from. A device such as a computer, tablet, or smart phone with VNC Viewer software installed can access and take control of a computer in another location.

Remote Framebuffer, or RFB, is the protocol that governs the format of the data that passes between the client and server within the VNC system. This is what allows a client to view and control another computer remotely. It is applicable to all windowing applications and systems, which means that it works across platforms such as Windows, macOS, Linux, and other popular operating systems.

The place where the user sits, with the display, mouse, and keyboard capabilities, is called the RFB client or viewer. The place where the framebuffer changes originate (as in the windowing system) is called the RFB server. Remote Framebuffer is designed so that clients can run on the widest range of hardware and so that implementing a client is as simple as possible, with very few requirements needed from the client.

RFB started as a very simple protocol but has been enhanced to include features such as file transfer, more refined compression, and stronger security measures as it has developed. Seamless cross-compatibility between VNC clients and servers is made possible because they are able to negotiate a connection which uses the best RFB version, as well as security and compression options that are supported by both.

RFB was developed as a remote display technology in Cambridge, UK, by some of the original developers of VNC and the current RFB protocol specifications for version 6 are published on the RealVNC website.

In 2016, RealVNC launched their latest VNC-based remote access product: VNC Connect. This software combines the convenience of a cloud service with the flexibility of offline connectivity (also known as direct) and provides an optimized strategy for every size business.

VNC Connect is available in English, French, German, Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese languages. It offers PC to PC, and mobile to PC support across Windows, Mac, Linux, Raspberry Pi, iOS and Android platforms.

There is always going to be a little hesitation when it comes to using new software and systems, and misinformation going around that affects how people feel about implementing these programs into their business model. The issue with this is that it prevents individuals and businesses from accessing real, measurable benefits through use of such technologies.

It is true that VNC technology was originally open-source, and many modern derivatives of the software still are, but that's not the case for all VNC-based software. VNC Connect, which was released in 2016 and uses version 6 of the RFB protocol, is not open source.

Open source VNC-based remote access is insecure out of the box and increases exposure to risks. VNC Connect however is secure out of the box, all connections are encrypted end-to-end, and by default remote computers are protected by a password or by system login credentials.

Most VNC-based open-source software only allows for offline connectivity. VNC connect offers both offline (also known as "direct") connections as well as cloud connections, so you can choose whichever one is most suited to your business requirements.

VNC technology was developed over 20 years ago, but it has significantly evolved. VNC Connect is monitored and updated regularly to fix any bugs and to address customer needs as they change with the times. The software roadmap is informed by the feedback submitted by its users, to ensure it includes the designs and features that are most commonly requested.

I've just setup remote access to a Windows XP box using RealVNC. When the user runs an app, they expierence issues with "screen painting" - the screen doesn't paint well, except for a radius around the mouse cursor.

In my opinion RDP works better than VNC. However if you must use VNC, and there are plenty of situations where RDP doesn't work, then I've had much better luck with TightVNC and using the Mirage Mirror Driver.

I've seen this, or something like this, very frequently with different VNCs. The most common occurrence is to have VNC not repaint background screens. A classic example is using the start-menu to access something that causes a window to pop-up, but VNC never gets around to re-rendering the background to eliminate the now un-popped start-menu. Forcing a screen refresh gets rid of it. I've seen this most commonly when accessing UltraVNC servers via TightVNC on Linux, as well as accessing RealVNC servers via UltraVNC on WinXP.

What is uniformly buggy with VNC is accessing Java applications, which don't seem to fire the correct 'screen is refreshed' events for VNC to pick up that it has to repaint the screen. I've had both RealVNC and UltraVNC do that.

Because of all of this I prefer to use RDP wherever possible, since that performance is decidedly better. Even on Linux talking to Windows. However, network policies on the work network discourage RDP so I don't get to use it much.

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