UltraVNC

[molson]

This is an issue for me as well. Works great 99% of the time... but on direct connection to 'some' 2003 sbs servers the program just flashes and disappears. So far I've been able to initiate the session on an XP client and use Remote Desktop to access the server. Hope this gets fixed soon.

[GF]

I had same problem using Windows 2000 SP 4

[linoter]

I ran into this problem as well (Win 2003 Server, Win Vista and Maxdata computers).
As much as I can tell, the initialization of the 1SCDLL.dll fails and program closes immediately. Therefore, I don't think it an issue of the used compression software...

[jtbutcher]

I had this same problem, I was unable to get the full executable to work, but you can get the uncompressed program to run. Its a DEP problem. The steps I took to get it working:

1. Create your server as usual.
2. After the script has run find the "create_server\server" directory and zip the following files:
1CHATDLL.dll
1SCDLL.dll
background.bmp
config.txt
helpdesk.txt
icon1.ico
PcHelpWare.exe
SCHook.dll
(I am pretty certain these are the files needed, correct me if I am wrong.)

3. Copy the zip file to the 2003 server and extract to a known location.
4. Right click "My Computer", and click "Properties" then click on the "Advanced" tab.
5. Click on the "Settings" button under the "Performance" heading.
6. Select the "Data Execution Prevention" Tab.
7. Click the "Add" button, navigate to the extracted folder and select the "PcHelpWare" executable.
8. Click "Ok" back through to the desktop and try running the "PcHelpWare" executable and it should work fine.

In my case I intend on using this on terminal services servers, so I will extract to a directory in program files and drop a shortcut on the all users desktop with the icon1.ico.

Hope this helps people, it would be nice to be able to run the normal executable if anyone finds a solution ( i have tried running the full executable after adding to the dep but it still hangs ). Some people may be able to disable DEP but unless you are well aware of the implications, I would not suggest disabling it.

[bevtech]

We will have to just have to wait until they complete uvnc before any work is done with pchelpware..;(
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Bevtech

Windows XP Home, Pro SP2, Windows 2003 SBS server SP2(EN), Windows Media Center Editon 2005,Windows Vista Home Prem.,Fedora Core 6,Win9X, PChelpware Rel 1.0,
UVNC V 1.0.8.2

User not developer..

[SwissBeekeeper]

Thanks for the hint about Data Execution Prevention

Wikipedia specifies a link in
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_Execution_Prevention
to a article from Fabrice Roux. Hardware DEP has a backdoor. Retrieved on March 22, 2007.
indicating that:

Also note that Windows silently disables DEP for certain executables, such as those packaged with ASPack.

[GF]

what works with pcHelpware:

Turn on DEP for essential Windows programs and services:

What fails:

Turn on DEP for all programs and services except those I select:

So it looks like those pcHelpwares that fail to run are all on machines where the 2nd option is enabled.

anyone else confirm?

[mstorman]

The solution that GF posted worked for me. Here is what I did.

1. Right Click on My Computer > Properties > Advanced > Performance > Settings > Data Execution Prevention Tab

2. Check: Turn on DEP for essential Windows programs and services only

3. Reboot

Matthew.