UltraVNC is a tool that can be used to get help from someone, or to monitor other computers on your network. Here is one way to simply set it up to monitor another computer on your network, or who knows, maybe even mess with your brother a little bit.

First, you need to go to the computer you want to install the server on(aka monitor) and download the file. It is located here.

There are two was in which one can go about installing the file. You can either:

1. Install it by double clicking on the executable file and going through the steps.
2. Open the program through cmd with a few commands attached to it. Do this to install the file simply and silently

I believe most people know how to double click a file and install it, so I will go in depth with #2. First, open up cmd(command prompt) and navigate to the folder in which your installation file is in. Once you are there, copy and paste the filename of your file and paste it into command prompt. After that, you need to add a few extra codes. Once you are done your command should be as follows

UltraVNC-102-Setup.exe dir="C:\Program Files\VNC" /norestart /verysilent /log

Here is a screenshot of what it should look like.

Now the file is installed, so we need to set it up to run silently in the background. Open UltraVNC Server and a window should pop up. Add a password and check the boxes under the Misc Tab that says “DisableTrayIcon” and “Disable Client Options in Tray Icon Menu” Click Apply and Ok.

Now to add the file to startup, follow this.

Start > All Programs > UltraVNC > UltraVNC Server > Install WinVNC Service

Now you must get the IP address of the computer that you have the server installed on. To do this go to:

Start > Run > cmd and hit enter.

In cmd, type the command “ipconfig” and you’ll see their IP address.

Once you are done with that, the server is all set up! Now you can go back to your computer and open up the viewer, type in the IP address of the computer you installed the server on.

And Happy monitoring!

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