TightVNC is exactly what it sounds like! It is a compact VNC Server and Viewer Package that allows you to share your computer's screen and, if you opt to do so, share your control too. Great if you need to use your computer from elsewhere or share your machine with someone else - perhaps for troubleshooting or collaborative work. All this can be done with the TightVNC Server. It has a selection of Encryption methods and speed/quality adjustments to create the best remote experience possible for the internet speed available. At just 2.1mb, the program can even connect to other VNC servers (not just TightVNC, but others too, including UltraVNC and Veency for iPhone just to name a few applications that use the VNC standard). The Viewer includes a variety of scaling and quality options, too.
The Server also includes a variety of options for registering it as a service, meaning you can have it auto-start with Windows and not require a log-in to be controlled remotely. This also allows the computer to be locked whilst keeping a connection alive. Both the Viewer and the Server can operate within a local subnet and across the Internet. You can also set a password to stop uninvited people from accessing your PC.
v2.7 [Apr 26, 2013]
- If a server is running on Windows 8, remote desktop screen is updated much faster.
- Now it is possible to show a single application rather than the whole remote desktop. For that, run a server with a -shareapp CLI option and pass a running process ID as its argument.
- Now it is possible to password protect access to server settings (by default, they are accessible once the server is running). It is required to enter an Administrative password to make any changes when Administration > Ask password for each operation is checked.
- Added ZRLE and RRE encoding support.
- Fixed issues when Extra Ports are used: now clients can safely establish connection to a server.
- When a client has disconnected, pressed key states are reset on the server side.
- Fixed an issue with drawing of a cursor on the server side when Let remote server deal with cursor option is enabled in the Viewer settings. Transparency issues for a cursor are also fixed.
- Fixed a bug with desktop size after the screen DPI is changed.
- Invalid JPG data now leads to error throwing rather than crashing.
- Fixed a bug with queued and non-sent updates on desktop changes.
- Fixed a missing system libraries error on Windows 2003 (sometimes wtsapi32.dll or psapi.dll could not be found).
Excellent tool for remotely controlling other computers. It allows you to establish a secure connection to another computer and view programs in text mode
