UltraVNC, is a great tool that helps you to monitor any pc in where you installed ultra vnc,
UltraVNC is free and can deploy in any no of PC, literally there is no limit on installing the software in 100s of systems.
UltraVNC can be installed in silent mode and visible mode, its easy to configure,
Now, lets see how to Install UltraVNC on Windows XP, 7 or on Windows 8 system Remotely on any PC.
First, you need to download the Sysinternals tools called PSExec, its free.
From a Windows system : Download PSExec
https://download.sysinternals.com/files/PSTools.zip
Now, Download UltraVNC
For X86
http://www.uvnc.com/component/jdownloads/summary/4/272.html
For x86_64(64 bit)
http://www.uvnc.com/component/jdownloads/summary/4/271.html
Once downloaded, copy the installation exe file to the target windows system using Windows file sharing.
if you have the remote systems Administrators Password.
use the explorer and type \\system-name\c$ and enter the administrators username & password.
Now, Paste the UltraVNC exe file on the c drive.
or
use the below command to do the same.
c:> net use \\system-name\c$ /user:bindhu c:> copy UltraVNC_1.0.9.6.1_Setup.exe \\system-name\c$\
make sure, you change the system-name to your remote systems name.
we need to extract the PSExec files into a folder in c:, eg. C:\PSTools
now, open cmd prompt ” Run as administrator”.
C:\Windows\system32>cd C:\PSTools C:\PSTools>psexec \\system-name -u bindhu -i C:\ultravnc.exe /verysilent PsExec v2.11 - Execute processes remotely Copyright (C) 2001-2014 Mark Russinovich Sysinternals - www.sysinternals.com Password: C:\ultravnc.exe exited on 192.168.2.150 with error 0.
As you are installing this remotely, You need to create the .ini file to load the ultravnc.
I have created a ultravnc.ini which has the perfect configuration to hide the system tray icon,
The password is set to “password“
here goes the ini configuration file contents.
[admin] UseRegistry=0 MSLogonRequired=0 NewMSLogon=0 DebugMode=0 Avilog=0 path=C:\Program Files\UltraVNC DebugLevel=0 DisableTrayIcon=1 LoopbackOnly=0 UseDSMPlugin=0 AllowLoopback=0 AuthRequired=1 ConnectPriority=0 DSMPlugin= AuthHosts= DSMPluginConfig= AllowShutdown=1 AllowProperties=1 AllowEditClients=1 FileTransferEnabled=1 FTUserImpersonation=1 BlankMonitorEnabled=0 BlankInputsOnly=0 DefaultScale=1 CaptureAlphaBlending=0 BlackAlphaBlending=0 primary=1 secondary=0 SocketConnect=1 HTTPConnect=1 XDMCPConnect=0 AutoPortSelect=1 PortNumber=5900 HTTPPortNumber=5800 IdleTimeout=0 RemoveWallpaper=0 RemoveAero=1 QuerySetting=2 QueryTimeout=10 QueryAccept=0 QueryIfNoLogon=1 InputsEnabled=1 LockSetting=0 LocalInputsDisabled=0 EnableJapInput=0 kickrdp=0 clearconsole=0 [admin_auth] group1= group2= group3= locdom1=0 locdom2=0 locdom3=0 [ultravnc] passwd=DBD83CFD727A145844 passwd2=DBD83CFD727A145844 [poll] TurboMode=1 PollUnderCursor=0 PollForeground=0 PollFullScreen=1 OnlyPollConsole=0 OnlyPollOnEvent=0 MaxCpu=40 EnableDriver=0 EnableHook=1 EnableVirtual=0 SingleWindow=0 SingleWindowName=
Now, Copy the ultravnc.ini configuration file to the remote Windows machine
say the file is created in c:\ultravnc\ultravnc.ini
For x86-64Bit Operating System copy c:\ultravnc\ultravnc.ini "\\system-name\c$\Program Files\UltraVNC\" For x86_32Bit Operating System copy c:\ultravnc\ultravnc.ini "\\system-name\c$\Program Files (x86)\UltraVNC\UltraVNC"
Now, we need to Install UltraVNC as a Windows service on the remote Windows machine
psexec \\system-name -u bindhu -i "C:\Program Files\UltraVNC\winvnc.exe" -install PsExec v2.11 - Execute processes remotely Copyright (C) 2001-2014 Mark Russinovich Sysinternals - www.sysinternals.com Password: C:\Program Files\UltraVNC\winvnc.exe exited on 192.168.2.150 with error code 0.
You can able to use the VNC Viewer to see the remote system “system-name” remotely.
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