Hiding System Tray Icon(s) - Pref. PC Anywhere 1

[brettums]

I work in an Education facility and ofcourse we here have Acceptable use policys. There are a few kids that don't like to follow these rules, so therefore I must monitor any public machines and make sure they are not on any in appropriate sites etc.
Anyway.... a few kids found out how to TURN OFF PC Anywhere via System Tray icon. I need to HIDE the system tray icon, but still have the service running. NOTE: These machines are on windows 2000 Pro machines. I know of the auto hide feature in Windows XP so that has been resolved on any of these public machines. Correct me of I'm wrong but is there a registry setting that will let you do this?

Thanks guys!
-Brett
brett@fayschool.org

 

[wolluf]

Don't know if this utility (WatchCat) will help - but might be worth a look -

http://vbourdo.cjb.net/?wcat

 

[dwelch0905]

Brett,

Yes, You can easily hide that icon by creating a new entry in the registry located in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Symantec\pcAnywhere\CurrentVersion\Host create the a new dword entry called ServiceStealthMode with the value set to 1

Hope this helps.

David

 

[brettums]

David...

THANKYOU!

It works like a charm!
and the service is still running!
-Brett