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RE: Vista Support ?

Support (s-code) — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 08:44:13 GMT

At this point it's pretty much confermed that none of the free VNC's work under Vista. I haven't tried RealVNC Ent. Ed. yet, but I've my doubts about how well it works under Vista.

By the way, we are preparing the VNC Manager (Ent. Ed.) for Certified for Windows Vista logo certification. Build 3.6.14.0 seems to be passing all the tests without any problems and we will be gearing toward the certification as soon as the v3.6 gets released.

RE: Vista Support ?

nilesf — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 07:14:55 GMT

On RealVNC's web site it does state Vista as a support operating system, but only in the Personal and Enterprise Edition.

http://www.realvnc.com/download.html

RE: Vista Support ?

Support (s-code) — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 02:54:33 GMT

Most probably there is a problem with UltraVNC server running on Vista. Have you tried to deploy RealVNC? It seems that RealVNC server is more Vista-friendly.

RE: Vista Support ?

nilesf — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 08:48:11 GMT

I am running Windows Vista RTM Business Edition on both server side and client of SmartCode VNC Manager Enterprise Edition. I was able to successfully install UltraVNC through SmartCode VNC Manager Enterprise Edition. When I start a VNC connection I can access the Vista client but the screen in blank and I have no control over the client. I used the same VNC configuration on a Windows XP (SP2) and it works fine.

Please advise,

Niles

RE: Vista Support ?

nilesf — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 08:41:18 GMT

Server side:Running SmartCode VNC Manager 3.5.25.0 Enterprise Edition.

RE: Vista Support ?

Support (s-code) — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 10:59:21 GMT

[quote]Can you let RDP resolution to be set to a custom value so we can set better resolution options for Wide Screens.[/quote]
Have you looked at the RDP properties of a registered computer in the 3.5.25.0 build? You will be very pleased with what you will see. ;)

RE: Vista Support ?

xotical — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 09:30:43 GMT

I installed last build. It looks problems are gone. I am very happy with the end result. Thanks for all the hard work. I wonder if you can get a feature like this since Vista has more resolution options : Can you let RDP resolution to be set to a custom value so we can set better resolution options for Wide Screens. I use 23 inch Apple and 30Inc Apple monitors and I want to have a custom wide screen option on RDP.

Thanks

RE: Vista Support ?

Support (s-code) — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 06:38:55 GMT

[quote]Also please check the RDP connection properties for the Experience Tab. Even I uncheck the options to increase the performance, Nothing really changed. I think this problem did exist on Windows XP as well {Trying to say it is not just VISTA :) } [/quote]
I just tested it and now I'm wondering how nobody noticed it :) I guess this feature was broken for one and a half year at least. :blush: The think is that the VNC Manager sets the Performance settings in inverse order. For example, if in the properties dialog you have tuned Full Window Drag On, when you try to establish an RDP connection, the VNC Manager will send this option turned Off and vice versa.

The bug this been fixed. Thanks for your support :)

RE: Vista Support ?

xotical — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 10:43:35 GMT

Last release works fine on VISTA RC2 x86. I am going to test Vista RC2 x64 this week. Lets see what else I find. Also please check the RDP connection properties for the Experience Tab. Even I uncheck the options to increase the performance, Nothing really changed. I think this problem did exist on Windows XP as well {Trying to say it is not just VISTA :) }

RE: Vista Support ?

Support (s-code) — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 01:08:25 GMT

We have updated the third-party SSH library to the latest Release Candadate build and seems to be working fine under Vista RC2.

VNC Manager v3.5.24.1 published today is compatible with Vista RC2.

RE: Vista Support ?

Support (s-code) — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 06:12:22 GMT

The problem is reproducible here too. I wonder what else will be broken in the next public Vista build, which is supposed to be the RTM one:w00t:

We will investigate the issue ASAP.

RE: Vista Support ?

xotical — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 09:10:02 GMT

For your information, I have installed RC-2 three different servers and all of them had the same issue. I still have a month to go on trial :)

RE: Vista Support ?

Support (s-code) — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 19:57:01 GMT

From the stack trace it looks like a third-party SSH module fails to load. I hope this is not something caused by changes in the RC2. We tested the latest build with Vista v5728 and there is no such error. We will download and install the RC2 today and check if the bug is reproducible.

RE: Vista Support ?

xotical — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 12:12:56 GMT

Actually, I tried the last one first. After it created the same exception, I decided to try older version first to see if it works on that. Here is the last version exception information:

See the end of this message for details on invoking
just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.

************** Exception Text **************
System.BadImageFormatException: Could not load file or assembly 'SecureBlackbox, Version=4.4.0.94, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=c45703f7b09c3fa9' or one of its dependencies. The module was expected to contain an assembly manifest.
File name: 'SecureBlackbox, Version=4.4.0.94, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=c45703f7b09c3fa9'
at SmartCodeVnc.MainForms.j.a(EventArgs A_0)
at System.Windows.Forms.Form.OnCreateControl()
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.CreateControl(Boolean fIgnoreVisible)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.CreateControl()
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmShowWindow(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ScrollableControl.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ContainerControl.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Form.WmShowWindow(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Form.WndProc(Message& m)
at SmartCodeVnc.MainForms.j.a(Message& A_0)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativewindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativewindow.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Nativewindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)

WRN: Assembly binding logging is turned OFF.
To enable assembly bind failure logging, set the registry value [HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Fusion!EnableLog] (DWORD) to 1.
Note: There is some performance penalty associated with assembly bind failure logging.
To turn this feature off, remove the registry value [HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Fusion!EnableLog].

RE: Vista Support ?

Support (s-code) — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 21:11:07 GMT

It seems that you are trying to install 3.5.22.0, which is not compatible with Vista. Could you try to install the latest 3.5.24.0?

RE: Vista Support ?

xotical — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 20:05:19 GMT

New Version new problems... I installed Vista RC-2 x86 and I tired to install SmartVNC. No problem with installation. After installation when the smartVNC starts it creates an exception on registration page continue makes smartVNC to work as trial. From the menu I tired to re-run registration page again and same exception happened.

See the end of this message for details on invoking
just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.

RE: Vista Support ?

cconnor — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 16:21:04 GMT

Oooo yes it works like a dream :) ... bloody good job old chaps :).

Thank you

RE: Vista Support ?

xotical — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 09:22:20 GMT

It works! I love it. It also supports the higher resolutions like 2560x1600.

Thanks for the affort!

RE: Vista Support ?

cconnor — Sat, 07 Oct 2006 03:13:38 GMT

Ooooo that's good news ... can't wait for the .24. build. Get compiling :).

Thank you

RE: Vista Support ?

Support (s-code) — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 22:30:21 GMT

Nice guys from MS had suggested a workaround, which seems to be working. So in the next 3.5.24.0 build, the RDP viewer will work under Vista.

RE: Vista Support ?

xotical — Fri, 29 Sep 2006 10:18:16 GMT

I got the VS2005 SP1 Beta 1 also. Checking the new fixes. I hope you can have an answer about VISTA ActiveX problem soon.

RE: Vista Support ?

Support (s-code) — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 02:43:10 GMT

Thanks god they finally released SP1 Beta for Visual Studio 2005, life is so much better now!

Other news is that two days of your lives had been lost trying to fix the RDP bug. It appears that the problem is actually caused by a bug in the Microsoft’s RDP ActiveX viewer under Vista. We can reproduce this problem easily with a sample application, which fails under Vista, but works on other OSes. A bug report had been submitted, now we are waiting for a reply from Microsoft first, since we really don’t want to implement some ugly hack to workaround this bug.

RE: Vista Support ?

xotical — Fri, 22 Sep 2006 12:57:08 GMT

As far as I know VNC Manager works fine on VISTA except the RDP 6.0 Client Part. Even it is still a problem and will only be fixed by Developers, I found a way to use VNC Manager with RDP connections. It is not as convenient as native support on VNC but it may let you to use VISTA and VNC until a new build with the fixes avaliable. I added an external tool (mstsc.exe) which is the RDP 6.0 client installed in VISTA. I set the arguments (/v:($server_ip) /console /h:1200 /w:1600). Now I can right click on a server entry and choose the external tool to connect my RDP clients. If you want to customize the connection settings you can do it by changing the arguments. You can get the avaliable arguments by typing mstsc -? on command prompt.

I hope this will help...

RE: Vista Support ?

xotical — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 16:01:52 GMT

I think it is fair to let you guys have the fixes done. I hope VS sp1 solves the problems and we can at least get a working VNC Manager for VISTA with ONLY current features. Then we can expect this exciting new features to be added.

RE: Vista Support ?

Support (s-code) — Sat, 16 Sep 2006 10:07:50 GMT

I do understand importance of Vista compatibility, but this week we were busy fixing bugs that higher on the priority list since, they affect all users, and hence more important to fix.

Another reason for the Vista fix delay is because Visual Studio 2005, which is buggy as hell, doesn't really work well on Vista yet. So we are waiting for VS 2005 SP1, which if not delayed again, should be released by the end of September and supposed to fix Vista compatibility issues.

By the way, we will be adding support for new RDP 6.0 features. Also Microsoft introduces some new exciting API in Vista, that allows to view the same desktop by several users, so we will be evaluating it and if possible adding support for it too.

RE: Vista Support ?

xotical — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 10:51:48 GMT

I have been checking this Thread for almost two weeks now. I was desperately looking to see if I can use VNC with VISTA. Main motive behind this is the new RDP 6.0 which enables multi monitor and higher resolution support. VISTA is now on RC1 which means there will be no major changes on the OS except the bug fixes. I think it is very important for VNC users to start testing VISTA as our next operating system. I hope the importance of this issue is getting higher because I am stuck with XP Pro x64 and I can not continue testing the VISTA.

RE: Vista Support ?

cconnor — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 03:41:50 GMT

Hi there I know this isn't overly important for you guys as you have other stuff on your plate. But any news or rough idea as to if and when this will be working ? :)

Thank you

RE: Vista Support ?

cconnor — Mon, 04 Sep 2006 05:09:12 GMT

Cheers for the reply :), looks like a simple permissions thing somewhere. Here's hoping is a simple fix :D.

RE: Vista Support ?

Support (s-code) — Sun, 03 Sep 2006 01:11:57 GMT

Yep this RDP error seems to be the only issue on Vista. It's caused by some changes in Microsoft's RDP ActiveX. We are downloading the RC1 build right now and will be installing it next week. I'll post here next week with updates regarding the RDP issue.

Vista Support ?

cconnor — Sat, 02 Sep 2006 13:54:26 GMT

I see before that when Vista was bought up you said you'd look at it when RC1 was about. Guess what was released yesturday. Well I for one would love to be able to use it on my Vista machine, so when does the debuging start ?

Right now it loads fine but when you try to connect to any RDP client you get the following error -[code]Unable to get the window handle for the 'AxMsRdpClient' control. Windowless ActiveX controls are not supported.[/code]