PCanywhere fix?

[vespa61]

Has anyone applied the fix for a 2000 server that had PCanywhere 9.0 installed on it, 921UP.exe? Did it work, any problems? Any suggestion would be great, our DC is messed up!

Thanks,
Ryan

 

[ponetguy2]

I spoke to my colleagues and numerous Admins regarding this issue. I was told by numerous Admins that W2K will complain about PCAnywhere during the upgrade, but go ahead with the installation and it should still work. I took the advise given to me and did a little testing. We proceeded with our project. At the moment, we currently have an NT WS w/ PCAnywhere. This machine is used for remote management for W2K servers all over the world. We have PCAnywhere ver 9.2. So far, the remote service management service has been operational for six months and we have not ran into any problems.

Cheers,
ponetguy2@yahoo.com
System Administrator since 1997

 

[Adr3nalin]

Why don't use Terminal Services beside it is free

 

[mazterg215]

Terminal services on a Windows 2000 server does not allow you to view the local session is the reason why you might not want to use terminal services on the server. PCAnywhere allows you to. We also looking at using a free program called VNC.

 

[WillShakespeare]

Be warned... using VNC as well as PCAnywhere on the same machine causes problems as they try to use the same files (gina.dll being the biggest culprit as PCAW implements its own version: awgina.dll, replacing the native W2k version).
Latest version of VNC is far better than PCAW in my opinion, though using XP RDP to connect to our remote W2K servers is so much faster than either of the other tools, problem is that you have to settle for the restrictions of TS mentioned above.

Will

 

[ponetguy2]

W2K comes with two free licenses for Terminal Services. Plus I would only recommend VNC it you are connecting to a remote WS within your LAN or VPN. VNC is not secure if you are using it over the WAN. VNC has no encryption mechanism.

Cheers,
ponetguy2

 

[GlenJohnson]

VNC has no encryption, but you do have the option to "Lock" the computer remotely. I never leave my machines open. I use tightvnc, then in the upper left corner you get a drop down and choose "Unlock computer". When I'm done with what I need, I lock it and get out. Tight vnc allow more than one person to view a screen at the same time, which is whay I've learned to love. I have a person in Peurto Rico that used tightvnc to tunnel into pc to help me out, and I used tightvnc to tunnel into it also. We started notepad, and used it as a form of instant messaging as we didn't have a phone handy. Between the two of us, we were able to fix the pc. I'm all for tightvnc.

Glen A. Johnson
Microsoft Certified Professional
glen@nellsgiftbox.com


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