UltraVNC remote access tools

UltraVNC is a powerful, easy to use and free - remote pc access softwares - that can display the screen of another computer (via internet or network) on your own screen. The program allows you to use your mouse and keyboard to control the other PC remotely. It means that you can work on a remote computer, as if you were sitting in front of it, right from your current location. VNC, the Remote Frame Buffer protocol (RFB) allows a desktop to be viewed and controlled remotely over the Internet. A VNC server must be run on the computer sharing the desktop, a VNC client must be run on the computer that will access the shared desktop. UVNC Software Products UltraVNC UltraVNC SC PcHelpWareV2 uvnc2me GPL Yes Yes No No Free Yes Yes Yes Yes Bundling (1) No No Yes Yes Nat (2) Yes(4) Yes(4) Buildin Buildin Nat2Nat (3) Via Repeater(5) Via Repeater Buildin Buildin Network protocol TCP TCP UDP UDP access ip address ip address access code access code encryption Plugin Plugin Buildin AES Buildin AES Key Plugin Plugin 256bit 256bit password 8 chars(6) 8 chars 32 chars 8chars(7) Chat Yes Yes Yes Yes Filetransfer Yes Yes Yes, via chat Yes, via chat service Yes No Yes No session (8) Console/Current Console/Current Console/RDP(9) Console/Current service Yes No Yes No Connection Manager No No Yes No Difficulty 5 8 3 1 (1) GPL doesn't allow bunding of GPL and non GPL software. If you want to use UltraVNC or UltraVNC SC in combination with a commercial software you need to create a seperate installer or let your installer download Ultra VNC. PcHelpWare or uvnc2me can be bundled without restriction. (2) One site is connected to the internet the other is behind a nat router (3) Both sites are behind a nat router (4) The site behind the nat router need to initiate the connection (5) A seperate application " repeater" is needed. Both sites make an outgoing connection to the repeater and the repeater cross the data. (6) Using the encryption plugin you can use a longer password or a predefined key. (7) The password is generated for each session, access code is fixed. (8) Runing as service you always clone the console, if started as application you clone the current session ( console/RDP) (9) PchelpWareV2 has a preconnect screen that allow to select a RDP or the console session.

Supported operating systems

- Windows 95**, 98**, Me**, NT4**: latest version:   https://www.uvnc.eu/download/102/
- Windows 2000: latest w2k version: https://www.uvnc.eu/download/1215/Ultravnc_w2k_1215.zip
- Windows XP, 2003, Windows Server 2003, Vista, Server 2003 R2, Server 2008: latest version: https://www.uvnc.com/downloads/ultravnc/129-download-ultravnc-1231.html
- Windows 7, 8, 8.1, 10, Server 2008 R2, Server 2012, Server 2012 R2, Server 2016,  Server 2019: current version: https://www.uvnc.com/downloads/ultravnc.html
Its embedded Java Viewer allows you to connect (and make File transfers) from a simple Web Browser on any system supporting Java (Linux, Mac OS...) to an UltraVNC server.
Pchelpware and uvnc2me require XP or later.

Compatibility

All VNC flavors follow the RFB protocol. This common start point means that most of the vnc flavours available today "usually" talk nicely together, allowing for easy cross platform desktop sharing to occur.
Pchelpware and uvnc2me are not rfb compatible

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