How to Set Up Tight VNC
- 1). Download the TightVNC package for your version of Windows (see Resources). TightVNC 2.0 runs on anything as recent as Windows XP. For any older version of Windows, or for Linux, you will have to use the older, less robust TightVNC 1.3 or another VNC software suite.
- 2). Double-click the download and follow the directions to install the software. Don't worry if you are running a 64-bit version of Windows as TightVNC 2.0 has been tested and is compatible with both 32- and 64-bit version of Microsoft's operating system--including Windows 7.
- 3). Navigate from the Start menu to "TightVNC" and choose the shortcut for "Launch TightVNC Server." If you want to run TightVNC as a service on the machine, so that a user doesn't have to be logged in for remote desktop to work, you will have to choose "Install VNC Service" under the "Administration" menu.
- 4). Open the configuration window for TightVNC and navigate to the "Access Control" tab. You will notice that you can specify certain IP addresses here, where before you only had the option to allow local or global traffic. You can add IPs with the option of either automatic rejection, querying you before allowing the connection or automatically allowing the connection. Set up any access controls you might want to use for security reasons before continuing.
- 5). Click on the "Administration" tab. Set up and require a password for connections. A VNC server without a password is too easy of an attack for a curious hacker. You can also set up various connection sharing options under this tab.
- 6). Click "OK" at the bottom of the configuration dialog to apply your new settings to the running VNC server. It would be a good idea to start an SSH server at this time to allow users connecting to your VNC server to tunnel their data through the encrypted protocol, as standard VNC connections are considered highly insecure.
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