TightVNC Documentation

Frequently Asked Questions

If you have a question about TightVNC, or experience a problem, the first place you might want to look is the TightVNC FAQ.

Windows Version

A brief document covering TightVNC installation and use in Windows systems:

• TightVNC for Windows: Installation and Getting Started (English)
• The same document, translated to Indonesian (contributed by Hendry Lee)

The documents included into the source distribution:

• BUILDING.txt

Unix Version

Here is the README file from the source distribution describing how to build and install the Unix version:

• Unix Installation Help

Each program found in the distribution of TightVNC for Unix has a corresponding manual page:

• vncviewer (1)
• vncserver (1)
• Xvnc (1)
• vncpasswd (1)
• vncconnect (1)

Java Viewer

Here is the README file from the Java Viewer distribution which describes all parameters supported in the TightVNC Java Viewer:

• Java viewer README