[OFB Cafe] Creating an Intentional VNC Payload

[Donald Spoon]

Elegant idea, but complex.  Here are a couple of alternatives:

1.  Clone the Hard Disk and run it on another working computer (probably 
a good idea anyway for backup and it IS an old computer!)
2.  Install another working Video card... any one that can do basic VGA 
or XGA should work.  IIRC Win 98 has a decent set of generic VGA drivers.

I think I have a few old VGA cards laying around if you want one...

How do you know the video card isn't working?   Can you see any of the 
boot stuff?  Can you get into the setup screen?  Is is possible that the 
Mother Board battery is Kaput?  This can really mess up a boot ...  I 
personally have never blown a video card... nor have I seen one blown.  
That doesn't make it impossible of course!

Once you get a video capability on that computer, then the rest is 
easy.  There is a VNC server version that works on Windows too, but 
Win98 might be a bit old.  I have always had problems with the VNC 
server running on Windows locking up on me.  I have something here I 
have been using called Team Viewer  that is free for non-commercial 
use.  It allows me to take control of my brother's computer and "fix" it 
when he needs it... same for my non-tech daughter!  It is a VERY good 
remote control program!

Cheers,
-Don Spoon-


On 3/7/2011 11:40 PM, Timothy Butler wrote:
> Hi everyone, (long time, no talk!)
> 	I want to essentially "infect" one of my client's computers. He has an old Windows 98 computer that has some settings on it I would like to try to pull off for him as we set up a new system. Trouble is, the video card is no longer functioning. So, I had a thought: is there some VNC server I could burn to a CD (set to run via Autoplay), and somehow pre-configure it so that it didn't need any manual interaction to install and launch?
>
> 	If I could accomplish that, I could control the computer, get the settings off and then move on...
>
> 	Thoughts?
>
> 	-Tim
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