Author Topic: Hiding TeamViewer for monitoring of 13 year old son??  (Read 136206 times)

jbarnesii8

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Hiding TeamViewer for monitoring of 13 year old son??
« on: May 12, 2010, 03:49:23 PM »
Hi,
I downloaded Teamviewer and am very impressed.  However, I need to hide it on my sons computer. Well, our computer that he uses (he is 13).

I am good with computers and have amateur knowledge and use of the registry including using instsrv and srvany to run apps as services. I learned how to do that inorder to run icam on our house computers without the kids being able to close, see, or delete it. Works great.

Anyway, we'd like to be able to see what our oldest boy is accessing on the computer and teamviewer is definitely the solution... if I can hide it while running as a service.  It runs great as a service but the closing splashscreen gives it away and so does the Tray Icon and connection window..

Please help,
Thanks,
jbarnesii8

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Re: Hiding TeamViewer for monitoring of 13 year old son??
« Reply #1 on: May 12, 2010, 04:29:26 PM »
That is a great great question, i as well would be interested in knowing how to do this, thought i have a feel that it may not be possible at least with the free personal version.

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Re: Hiding TeamViewer for monitoring of 13 year old son??
« Reply #2 on: November 17, 2010, 09:38:13 PM »
I'm under the impression that you cannot make TeamViewer invisible on the host machine. For me that's a selling point. Puts my customers at ease knowing that someone can't watch them without knowing about it.
I don't think TV is your solution.

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Re: Hiding TeamViewer for monitoring of 13 year old son??
« Reply #3 on: November 30, 2010, 12:23:35 PM »
Hey all.  I've been in contact with TeamViewer about this very question.  They are pretty adamant about not being able to hide the program.  I've copied there answer to me:

"Thank you very much for getting back to us. The tray icon of TeamViewer can not be hidden, because TeamViewer shall not be used as some spyware application. Nevertheless you can protect the TeamViewer settings by setting in the advanced options of TeamViewer that changes require administrative rights.
Furthermore you are able to change the password by using a reg file. The easiest way to do so, is to create the settings as you want them to be on an example TeamViewer and export it in the advanced options > scroll to the bottom and select export to a reg file. Nevertheless to be able to import it on another machine TeamViewer including all processes and the service has to be closed completely, that the change will take effect.
If you have any further questions or require further information please don't hesitate to contact us."

So you may be able limit your son's privileges on the local machine and prevent him from exiting the program or making changes, as mentioned before.  Version 6 looks promising as it has an actual password protection for the options.
Good luck.

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Re: Hiding TeamViewer for monitoring of 13 year old son??
« Reply #4 on: December 11, 2010, 07:21:55 PM »
I, too, agree that TeamViewer is not the solution for monitoring someone's activity while they are "unaware".  There are LOTS of other "guardian" type of programs that do this, especially for parents with children.  TeamView and its ilk are really for providing support, training, presentations, and the like, not for monitoring someone's computer activity.

My customers would be horrified (and rightly so!) if they even thought I could "sneak in" unannounced and watch them using their computers.

I'm not against monitoring as you intend, just that TV is not a monitoring program.

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Re: Hiding TeamViewer for monitoring of 13 year old son??
« Reply #5 on: March 29, 2011, 11:17:55 AM »
I have a question along these lines, but it's not a case of spying / snooping ... When my kids log on to their PC, the TeamViewer screen pops up with the Remote Control tab with the "Wait for Session" info on the left and the "Create Session" options on the right.

Can I change any of the options so that this screen doesn't open on start-up ? I have no problem with the Tray Icon, I'd just rather the program didn't advertise itself to inquisitive minds when there's no real need to ...

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Re: Hiding TeamViewer for monitoring of 13 year old son??
« Reply #6 on: March 29, 2011, 12:01:28 PM »
what version of teamviewer are you running on the kids PC's?
make sure they are updated to latest version.

on the remote (kids ) machines, from the screen you are seeing
click
extras/options
under the general tab
on the right there are two boxes, one says start teamviewer with windows, the one below says "close to tray".
make sure they are both checked, restart.
that should do it.

A trick
 If you log in to a remote system and then disconnect Teamviewer "normally"  , Teamviewer leaves a "this session has ended" splash screen on the remote system.

IF you dont want anyone to know you were there...instead of logging off use the Teamviewer tool bar at the top of the screen on the REMOTE machine choose
Actions/remote reboot/reboot

one the splash screen that appears , click "ok" as the timer counts down, then "cancel" on the screen that asks if you want to wait for partner to reconnect.

The remote machine will reboot teamviewer will re-start with it but doesn't leave a splash screen and no will will be the wiser that you were there.
« Last Edit: March 29, 2011, 12:13:49 PM by ERS »

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Re: Hiding TeamViewer for monitoring of 13 year old son??
« Reply #7 on: March 30, 2011, 07:26:46 AM »
It's the latest version ... it seems to be working now, thanks.

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Re: Hiding TeamViewer for monitoring of 13 year old son??
« Reply #8 on: January 21, 2012, 05:35:07 AM »
First of all Promoted Product Name removed is way too much better than TeamViewer for several reasons :
Really not polite to pick on the software whose forum you are using to sell your own product.

I guess the advertising must have worked for you though, I went to visit your website but it wouldn't load.
Your webserver must have been too busy handling the trillions of requests that your post here generated, right?  ::)

Never mind, I wasn't actually going to use it, I was just interested enough to have a look. My interest has waned.

From my experience and understanding, TeamViewer offers end-to-end encryption which not everyone in the 'remote access' space does.
I guess it depends on how much you value the privacy and integrity of you and your client's data.

Teamviewer also has internet access to all clients, file transfer and VPNs. This sort of stuff is fairly common in this space.

Also the TeamViewer website says that Tv deliberately doesn't allow 'invisible' connections. I like this concept.

And seriously, if you wanted to limit what a 13 year old is up to on their laptop, something like OpenDNS actually restricts what types of sites can be viewed. Make the kids use the computer in the living room, talk to them about the restrictions and lead by example. Watching your 13 year old download porn is almost like watching them take drugs. Yeah, you may know that they have done it, but it has already been done. I say stop it before it happens.

Selling software that allows 'invisible' monitoring of children / employees (or even good looking neighbours who you aren't actually game to speak to person-to-person) is just selling fear (or electronic stalking!) in my book. This type of software is illegal in many countries...

Matt
Just a TeamViewer commercial user (but one who is happy enough with the product that I purchased)
« Last Edit: January 21, 2012, 11:33:05 AM by admin »

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Re: Hiding TeamViewer for monitoring of 13 year old son??
« Reply #9 on: February 23, 2016, 07:50:49 AM »
what version of teamviewer are you running on the kids PC's?
make sure they are updated to latest version.

on the remote (kids ) machines, from the screen you are seeing
click
extras/options
under the general tab
on the right there are two boxes, one says start teamviewer with windows, the one below says "close to tray".
make sure they are both checked, restart.
that should do it.

A trick
 If you log in to a remote system and then disconnect Teamviewer "normally"  , Teamviewer leaves a "this session has ended" splash screen on the remote system.

IF you dont want anyone to know you were there...instead of logging off use the Teamviewer tool bar at the top of the screen on the REMOTE machine choose
Actions/remote reboot/reboot

one the splash screen that appears , click "ok" as the timer counts down, then "cancel" on the screen that asks if you want to wait for partner to reconnect.

The remote machine will reboot teamviewer will re-start with it but doesn't leave a splash screen and no will will be the wiser that you were there.

Hi, I realize this is an old post.. I would like to do the same thing (log into a computer without the Teamviewer window popping up in the middle of the screen, the little tray panel is fine) but the second option you described is no longer there. Is there still a way to do this?

Thanks!

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Re: Hiding TeamViewer for monitoring of 13 year old son??
« Reply #10 on: February 24, 2016, 03:46:45 AM »
not sure what you mean "the second option is no longer there"
when you are logged into a remote machine
choose actions/reboot/reboot, ( on the screen of the remote machine) slightly different wording, but still the same process on the latest version,

 

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