ARD 3.3 and Windows 7 clients running "UltraVNC" -- how to set the "Name"?

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ARD 3.3 and Windows 7 clients running "UltraVNC" -- how to set the "Name"?

Maybe you just can't do this, but if you can, I'd like to know how...

I have UltraVNC installed on my Windows 7 machine. I can happily connect to it with ARD Admin 3.3.2

However, the "Name" of the VNC client only shows as it's full hostname (which is how I added it).

The "Manage --> Rename Computers" menu option doesn't seem to work with my VNC connections.

Is there some way to configure the ARD admin program to give a "real name" for VNC clients?

Like manually editing a .plist file or something?

Thanks!

Posted on Dec 18, 2009 7:57 AM

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varjak paw

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Dec 18, 2009 9:29 AM in response to Steve Maser

the "Manage --> Rename Computers" menu option doesn't seem to work with my VNC connections.

None of the commands in ARD will work with Windows clients, only with Macs. The only thing you can do with a Windows client is observe and control the system.

Is there some way to configure the ARD admin program to give a "real name" for VNC clients? ''

To the best of my knowledge, no, ARD will only show the domain name of the VNC client.

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