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VNC during remote execute

gfinleyg — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:59:51 GMT

Hello,
One other feature that would help would be to allow functionality of lower windows (especially VNC windows) while other task windows, such as execute remote command, are open. Currently as soon as you open the execute remote command window, you are locked out of all other windows, even if you change the VNC window to an external window you can't look at it. Thanks :)
Greg

Execute remote command using custom properties

gfinleyg — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:26:51 GMT

Hello,

I am involved in firmware testing at my company and we have a large number of different tests that are to be tested on different machines. What would really help us out in this procedure is if we could use the custom properties as variables in various execute remote command tools. I haven't seen very much documentation regarding the custom properties usage in the knowledgebase or on the forums, is this feature already implemented?

-Greg

Remote Commands

iampedro — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 14:21:18 GMT

It would be great if you had pre defined remote commands built in that you were able to utilize for windows xp - server 2008 via the remote command so that we wouldn't have to put them in manually.

Some improvements for web-managed devices

leon — Sat, 16 May 2009 03:51:08 GMT

It would be nice to have web browser as one of connection types, running inside VNC Manager tabbed interface, with ability to fill forms with previously specified logon credentials.

Maintaining Logged on Users Column data between

ddelpu — Fri, 01 May 2009 14:40:43 GMT

Would it possible to have a future release of my Favorite VNC Management tool :D to persist the Logged on Users column data that was collected from the last scan between application launches.

Thanks for such an awesome tool!

-Dave

Registered Computer Filter or Search Needed

ryanmiller — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 08:40:42 GMT

I have over 200 Registered devices and it makes it very hard to remember where some servers are located. A filtering or search option should be available to enable finding the device.

A perfect example of how to do this is in Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager's management console and how you can select the branch in the left navigation tree and then enter a string to filter on that will show only those matching devices in the right pane. Perfect solution here.

Thank you.

Multiple Thumbnals View Tabs

jpickerell — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 16:36:23 GMT

Would it be possible to have more than one Thumbnails View tab? And the ability to open different computer groups/folders to multiple Thumbnails View tabs?

In practice this would allow you to right-click on a computer folder from the tree and click, add to thumbnails view, but do be able to do this with different folders and have them open in different tabs? You could differentiate between wanting to open in a new thumbnails view tab or open in the main thumbnails view tab.

This would be extremely useful in a school setting for monitoring computer labs?

Thanks
Jared

Update UltraVNC 1.0.5.6

iampedro — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 05:50:26 GMT

Could you please update UltraVNC to 1.0.5.6 also do you know if there is a way that remotely you could upgrade UltraVNC?

PC Anywhere Support

alt-088 — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 11:54:01 GMT

Any chance of providing support for this.... i simply dislike the interface and would love to have this all in one package!!

thanks

tony

VMware Server 2.0 - Going web like MS Virtual Server

ckpaulino — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 08:20:39 GMT

I am wondering if you plan to support accessing VMware Server 2.0, especially since they have changed to an all web interface. Their Beta build is available now and will probably be released sometime soon.

Larger Thumbails View Thumbnails

jpickerell — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 16:41:28 GMT

Could you add the ability for the zoom slider in thumbnails view to zoom in further than the current 256 X 206? This would be very useful in a classroom setting where the current maxim zoom does not let you see enough detail of the monitored computers for certain activities.

Thanks
Jared

Contact Details: Mass import from Active Directory

Lee — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 09:34:29 GMT

We assign workstations to users in Active Directory and then import the information inside Contact Details on VNC Manager. I would like some way to do that for an entire Computer Group. Would be really handy when the company plays musical chairs with the employees.

SQL back end

shane — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 11:07:40 GMT

It would be nice to have a SQL backend. We have about six (6) users, and if one makes a change, all the changes someone else has done will not be saved....or if he exits and saves, it will over write the previous persons work. Not that changes happen that much, but it does creep up now and then......

User Definable Settings

scottwilkins — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 08:30:36 GMT

Current VNC Manager has settings for "Global", "Parent", and "For this computer". What would be ultimately useful is to allow the user to setup pre-defined settings that could be applied to multiple computers, or groups of computers quickly. For instance, I have 3 main groups of computers. The "Users" and my "Servers" and the "Remotes". I use VNC for all the users computers for maximum flexibility and support ability. For the server however, I use RDP which requires a totally different setup. I also have remote users that have different settings too. If I could define 3 user named settings sets to apply easily to each computer depending on it's group, or just individually it would simplify administration greatly. Right now I use "global" settings for the main users group, but have to manually apply settings to each computer in "Servers" and in the "Remotes", and also adjust a few computers that may be associated differently. With a handful of pre-defined settings, it would be much quicker.

SC Support

Cthulhu — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 06:15:43 GMT

Is possible to add SmartCard authentication for RDP?

greeting

Cth.

Master connection history database

graemelucas — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 19:16:33 GMT

Hi S-Code,

I know this one is easy! ;)

I would greatly benefit from a central connection history database of sorts, ie a log that you can open up quickly that would show what computers you connected to and at what time, starting with the most recent connection!

I know each machine holds histories, but a lot of my connections are ad-hoc, ie I will receive a call and the user will just tell me their IP or hostname, which I'll connect to using 'quick connect'. The problem with this is if I need to disconnect from the host for whatever reason (reboot, VNC crash etc.), once I've disconnected there is no way of reconnecting to that same computer without remembering the IP and entering it again in 'quick connect'.

Although most of the time I can remember the IP or hostname, occasionally I will forget it and will generally have to call the user back to ask for the details again!

It would be nice in these situations to open the log and see, "Ah yeah 10.x.x.x was the IP address"

I would guess the information would as a minimum need to record the hostname/IP, date/time of connection, connection type (VNC, RDP etc) to be useful? Perhaps taking it further it could have a duration counter or a connected and disconnected date stamps. And perhaps a reconnect button next to each entry so you can jump back to the connection!

That would be a fantastic feature I do believe! :w00t:

Thanks!

Keyboard Shortcuts

Jasonehand — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 09:01:00 GMT

I use my keyboard alot and do alot of the same tasks constantly. It sure would be nice to be able to customize my own Keyboard shortcut keys for tasks i am constantly doing all the time within VNC Manager. Any idea when you plan on including this feature in a future release? Still waiting very anxiously. Thanks.

Jason

Printer Migration Tool

mnhim — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 13:32:32 GMT

A feature that would be nice is the ability to user the microsoft printer migration tool remotely. Backup the printer on one workstation and then deploy the printers to another workstation.

Deletion confirmation when deleting dynamic folders

graemelucas — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:24:17 GMT

Delete confirmation when deleting dynamic search folders I believe should be default.

Too many times I've accidentally hit the delete button and deleted a search folder, and with no 'undo' feature this is very annoying!

Also if you hit the 'delete' key during a wizard (for example the VNC Deployment wizard), even though the focus is on the wizard window, the selected dynamic search folder will be deleted instead!

We came across this when we were trying to delete some text out of a text box within the deployment wizard, the focus was on the text box but when we hit the delete key to delete the text, the dynamic search folder in the background was deleted, WITH NO CONFIRMATION!

I believe this is a bug and would request it to be fixed asap!

Also this has been around for many versions; it is not unique to the latest version!

WMI Querie tool + Regcast tool + 2 more!

graemelucas — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:52:31 GMT

Four features/tools I would love to see included in VNC Manager;

1. A WMI Querie tool.
2. A regcast tool (to roll out windows registry .reg files to multiple machine in batch mode).
3. The ability to connect to a machine, install VNC, connect to vnc, then uninstall VNC all in one process, ie a temporarily VNC session.
4. A connect to me tool generator (to use with the listening server). This tool would look at the computer's IP address etc (local or public IP could be the option), the program would then generate a tiny .exe file which we could send to clients that we perhaps do not have permission to administer (for example an employees personal laptop). They could run the file, it would load a UVNC 'SC' type environment that would automatically connect to me!

These tools would definitely mean Smart-Code VNC Manager would be our 'one stop shop' PC management software package! :w00t:

Regards,
Graeme Lucas

Active Directory Integration

shane — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 08:52:57 GMT

It would be great to have the VNC manager use LDAP to scan a certain container/folder in AD at certain periods for changes in workstations. This way computer registration would be more automated. It would also be nice if the computer description (from AD) could be used for the "Name" of the workstation. Usually the Address and name are the same if Dynamic DNS is running in the environment.

SSH SCP

shane — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 08:48:48 GMT

The SSH feature works great. I would like to use the VNC manager to also use the SSH SCP to move file to and fro with out having to use the separate SCP program

-Shane

Parsing all selected servers as arguments to external tool

scottb — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:29:58 GMT

I have a suggestion which would benefit me...

I have a few scripts which I've got set up as external tools (eg, determine a computer's uptime). I've written the scripts to take multiple arguments, but VNC Manager will only pass a single computer name at a time. Maybe there could be a configuration option in the external tool setup screen that says "pass multiple selections as single arguments (open tool multiple times)" or "pass multiple selections as multiple arguments (open tool once)"

Just an idea...

Keyboard Shortcuts Request

jasonehandnm — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 06:09:46 GMT

It would be nice to program Keyboard Shortcuts to features or tasks i use most often. For example resetting a password I can just type ctrl-alt-P or whatever i choose, opening up the $C Drive i can type ctrl-Shift-C or something I choose. This would be very helpful and make things alot quicker for me. Please consider in a future build. Thanks.

Jason Hand

Network Dirves & Printers

Lee — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:07:03 GMT

I would love to be able to enumerate a machines currently mapped network drives
and network printers. I currently use the free ManagePC utility to do it. Would be
so much handier for me to be able to do this through VNC Manager.

"Save and Next" & "Save and Previous" buttons, or bulk change ability

scottb — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 19:35:20 GMT

Got a suggestion that may be helpful to some peopple - I know it would be for me.

When you're editing computer properties and you have a heap of computers, it's pretty time consuming and annoying to:
- Right click on the computer
- Click properties
- Make the change
- Click ok
- Repeat for each computer

A few bits of other software I've used have 'save & next' and 'save & previous' buttons, so you only have to open up the properties box once, make the change, click Next, made the change, click Next, etc. Once you reach the end of the list, the button disables or displays a 'at the end of the list' type message.

AND/OR (even better)

It'd be quite useful to be able to make bulk property changes to computers that are in the list. (not through inheritance - which doesn't seem to want to work on my dynamic search folders??). Should be able to multiselect computers and open up a properties box which would apply to all selected computers, rather than a single one.

Feflicker's VNC Manager Ideas

feflicker — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 17:34:28 GMT

REQUEST 1 ==============

From an older post I made (you guys said you would consider it, might as well post it here too):

Unrelated, is there a way to have VNC Manager AUTO-CONNECT to a list of servers on startup? Say an entire server group? I have 3 machines I'd like it to connect to automatically every time I start it up... Thanks in advance!

REQUEST 2 ==============

A hotkey to switch between "tabs" when viewing your connections. That way I can switch between server "a" and server "b" with one press of a button instead of having to use the mouse to switch back and forth using the tabs. It would be cool if the hotkey would be assignable for each tab.

REQUEST 3 ==============

When I do a "new vertical tab group" the viewers often "freeze", meaning the screen does not refresh/update. Looking at my thumbnail previews, they are updating, but the main viewer area is not updating. If I do a "Full Screen Refresh" it updates, but it does not continue to update. Ideally I would like to have 3-4 machines connected, and be able to see all of the desktops at once and simply click between them quickly :D

REQUEST 4 ==============

Import/Export Configurations. I couldn't find a way to do this natively, so I had to select "save configuration", then grab the XML's from the Application Data folder and move them manually to another machine, then update the files manaully with the new path, etc.

Future Suggestions

iampedro — Tue, 24 May 2005 07:40:05 GMT

http://fredrik.hubbe.net/x2vnc.html

http://forum.ultravnc.net/viewtopic.php?t=660&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=

Support for : http://echovnc.sourceforge.net/fom-serve/cache/1.html

Citrix Support

deX — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:40:07 GMT

Hey there,

I was talking to one of your techs about 2 years ago and he said that citrix support was scheduled for release in version 4.
Unless im blind (Which is a possibility) there has been no signs of this feature even being considered to be implemented.

I'm sure that this ability will greatly improve your product as a all-in-one management system.

VPN Support

deX — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:48:40 GMT

Hey guys,

Something else that would be an excellent feature would be the ability to connect a VPN (and maybe even automate disconnect) when connecting to servers. The ability to assign a VPN connection to a folder would make life so much easier.

Let me know what you think.

Thanks

Better Support for Multi Monitor

stsanford — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 07:45:41 GMT

I presently use 3 monitors at my workstation to help me manage the multitude of PCs and server s I support. Am going to move to 5 within the month. Would be terrific if VNC Manager better handled this condition. I have tried streatching out the main window, but invariably, the remot session screen is "cut" but the break in-between monitors. I couldn't even fathom how you would implement this, but it sure would be terrific if you could, even if you had tab groups ask if you want to display in different monitors...

Thanks,
Scott

View only mode

pnowak — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 23:58:18 GMT

We need VNC Manager for our clients, so they can monitor their PCs in LAN. However we want to limit the use to view only - they would not able to control PCs. We simply don't want they interfere with PC. They only can check the PC status (what is on the screen). Is such a mode possible ?

Portable version of VNC Manager

iampedro — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 16:13:20 GMT

It would be great if we could put VNC Manager on a U3 drive or usb drive.. :)

Ability to create Keyboard Shortcut Keys

Jasonehand — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:47:29 GMT

I think it would be really useful to create custom Keyboard Shortcut keys for your most often used commands, or at least add your most used commands to a custom toolbar, sort of like Microsoft Apps have the ability to do. Sure would beat going through mutliple nested menus to access certain features.

Jason

Ability to print and export to excel spreadsheet

mnhim — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:43:11 GMT

It would a good feature to print and export to excel spreadsheet.

Sometimes, I need a printed list of all PC's on the domain.
Sometimes, I need to export a list of installed software from a certain PC.

So the ability to print and export to a spreadsheet would be a great feature to add.

Printers

iampedro — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 07:24:47 GMT

It would be nice if we could enable or disable remote programs to be able to use are rdp connection..

Say I have a printer software that pulls my printers from my local workstation to the server could we enable or disable the feature some time...

The software I currently use is http://www.provisionnetworks.com/ PrintIT...

Ability to add/remove printers remotely

mnhim — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 16:22:40 GMT

It would be a great feature to add and remote printers remotely without having to go to the PC physically.

Export to .vnc file.

VNCbeaver — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 10:02:49 GMT

I just started using version 4.0 beta and there's a good chance I will have my company purchase it for me to use.

My situation is that I have other people that could take advantage of VNC when helping end users but they do not need the full blown access to VNC Manager, just be able to easily find the computer they want to control by the user's name or username. Until now I have just had a folder of .vnc files properly named according to the user's full name. Find the user's name in the list, double click, and go. But people move all the time and I just can't keep up with editing the .vnc files all the time.

My request is for a way to export all registered VNC computers in VNC Manager so each one has its own .vnc file and the .vnc file will be named according to the username (or the current user logged in). That way one of my "power users" can find the end user they want out of a list of about 1000 computers (properly grouped, I hope) and do their thing.

Thanks.

Beav

Putty

ckpaulino — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 08:26:10 GMT

How about adding Putty as a connection type? We need to manage Unix/Linux based servers also. As it is, I can't live without VNC Manager, but this would make it even more of a necessity.
Right now, I use VNC Manager, VMware Server console, and Putty to manage just about everything. I think this is common for many admins. I would love to use one tool that does it all.
:)

Change how Parent Group settings are applied

mcdonamw — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 16:46:18 GMT

I'm finding the use of inherited group settings a little too restricted. Once set to inherit from parent, I would like to ability to override some of those inherited settings.

Please implement a simple tick box on the parent next to each option that allows/disallows that property/setting to trickle down to others.

For example, I have groups dedicated to RDP servers I manage. I cannot utilize the inherit from parent option simply because of the fact that I cannot store a username/password at the top level and apply to most clients, but a few clients I need to override that setting and use different stored login information. Almost all other options are the same and very tedious to set on all the clients that I cannot inherit settings on.

Selectible inheritance would be great!