Can't set password for service in W2K

[William Hooper]

Dustin Krysak said:
> Hi there - I just installed the latest "realvnc" on my w2kSP3 machine. The
> install goes fine, and starting the service works fine, but it never asks
> me
> to set the password - so I can not connect. I have a look in the task
> manager, and it shows winvnc running under the processes. If I try to
> start
> the vnchelper or anything, it says it can not find an instance of VNC....
> yet if I connect to the java applet, I get the web page, but the AUTH
> fails
> (for obvious reasons) If I stop the service, and just run the server, it
> starts fine, but does ask me for the password.
>
> I have tried reinstalling about 5 times...
>
> Any ideas?
>
>   Dustin

What if you use the "-defaultsettings" switch to bring up the default
settings?  Have you tried removing the password value from the registry?
http://www.realvnc.com/winvnc.html

Have you checked your machine to see if you are infected with the
W32/Deloder.worm ?
http://vil.mcafee.com/dispVirus.asp?virus_k=100127
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/backdoor.dvldr.html
-- 
William Hooper