After rebooting WinXP: Connection refused (10061)

[James Weatherall]

Bonnie,

Have you tried waiting for a few minutes after booting before trying to
connect in?  Windows can sometimes take a long time to load certain
services, leading to the problem you describe.

Wez @ RealVNC Ltd.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: vnc-list-admin "at" realvnc.com 
> [mailto:vnc-list-admin "at" realvnc.com] On Behalf Of Bonnie & Clint
> Sent: 18 October 2004 17:41
> To: VNC-List "at" realvnc.com
> Subject: After rebooting WinXP: Connection refused (10061)
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I have two PCs, one WinXP one Win2k, connected through a 
> switch, without a firewall or VPN connection between them. 
> Just a plain Ethernet connection.
> 
> When I reboot the WinXP machine, I am unable to use VNC 
> Viewer on my Win2k machine to connect. I see the following error:
> 
>    Unable to connect to host: connection refused (10061)
> 
> However, if I go to my WinXP machine and do CTRL+ALT+DEL to 
> bring up the login prompt, I am able to connect through VNC. 
> Note that I do not have to log in, just bring up the login prompt.
> 
> If I log out of WinXP (not reboot), I am also able to connect 
> using VNC just fine.
> 
> I do not have this problem on the Win2k machine. I can reboot 
> Win2k (without CTRL+ALT+DEL or logging in), then connect to 
> my Win2k machine using VNC viewer on my WinXP machine without 
> any problems.
> 
> Here is what I have tried so far to fix the problem:
> 
>    * Verified both PC are running VNC as a Service
>    * Reinstalled RealVNC on both PCs
>    * Installed TightVNC, had the same problem
>    * Verified I can ping the WinXP in the state when I 
> receive the error
>    * Verified "Fast User Switching" is disabled (I am on a 
> network domain, so that is unavailable)
>    * Verified "Remote Administration is disabled
>    * Verified I am a member of the "Administrators" group for 
> the WinXP machine
>    * Ensured both the Service-Mode and User-mode passwords 
> are the same
> 
> I have searched the email archive and other internet sources 
> and have not been able to figure out what is going on here.
> 
> Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
> 
> Thanks,
> Bonnie
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