VNC not accepting password

[paul dorn]

I deploy VNC 3.3.7 to all my supported clients. Some Windows-XP computers, however refuse the typed password when camped at the winlogon screen. Is there a registry fix or other preference setting so that VNC can remote into a computer no matter if the user is logged in or not?

Paul G. Dorn
NetAdmin
Seismicom

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Allowing VNC to run without a password would be highly dangerous as it opens up the machine to anyone. This is why VNC refuses blank passwords.

Your problem is probably caused by two registry branches being effective: One of them when the machine is at the logon prompt, the other when somebody has already logged on. You could fix the problem with a registry hack but the simplest method is probably to do this:
- Uninstall the product
- Make sure that these branches are removed from the registry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ORL
HKEY_USERS\(every user you have)\Software\ORL
- Re-install the product
- Specify a password
I deploy VNC 3.3.7 to all my supported clients. Some Windows-XP computers, however refuse the typed password when camped at the winlogon screen. Is there a registry fix or other preference setting so that VNC can remote into a computer no matter if the user is logged in or not?

Paul G. Dorn
NetAdmin
Seismicom

 

[paul dorn]

This did the trick...Thanks to Vicki Knudsen and Pegasus for their help

paul Dorn
Allowing VNC to run without a password would be highly dangerous as it opens up the machine to anyone. This is why VNC refuses blank passwords.

Your problem is probably caused by two registry branches being effective: One of them when the machine is at the logon prompt, the other when somebody has already logged on. You could fix the problem with a registry hack but the simplest method is probably to do this:
- Uninstall the product
- Make sure that these branches are removed from the registry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ORL
HKEY_USERS\(every user you have)\Software\ORL
- Re-install the product
- Specify a password
I deploy VNC 3.3.7 to all my supported clients. Some Windows-XP computers, however refuse the typed password when camped at the winlogon screen. Is there a registry fix or other preference setting so that VNC can remote into a computer no matter if the user is logged in or not?

Paul G. Dorn
NetAdmin
Seismicom