Subject: unable to connect to host after latest MS Security

[Jim Bohnsack]

I may have it.  What is the MS update number?  The "problem" machine, i.e. 
my desktop runs Win/2k.
Jim

At 08:56 AM 8/19/2005, James Weatherall wrote:
>Jim,
>
>I don't suppose you happened to have Microsoft's so-called "anti-spyware"
>software installed on the problem machine(s), did you?
>
>Cheers,
>
>Wez @ RealVNC Ltd.
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: vnc-list-admin "at" realvnc.com
> > [mailto:vnc-list-admin "at" realvnc.com] On Behalf Of Jim Bohnsack
> > Sent: 19 August 2005 12:56
> > To: VNC-list
> > Subject: Subject: unable to connect to host after latest MS Security
> >
> > I had or have, altho I think I'm making progress, the same
> > problem.  What
> > seems to be working towards a solution is that I uninstalled
> > the patches
> > and then uninstalled VNC.  Following that, I reinstalled the
> > patches and
> > then VNC.  I was able to get a reply from my desktop last
> > night, altho
> > after reinstalling VNC yesterday, I forgot to set the password, so I
> > couldn't get in.  I did, tho, get a reply from the desktop
> > which is more
> > than I had gotten.
> >
> > When I was uninstalling the MS patches, about half of the
> > patch uninstalls
> > gave me warning messages saying that VNC may not work after
> > that patch is
> > removed.
> >
> > It may not have been necessary to remove the MS patches and
> > VNC.  Perhaps
> > just a removal and reinstall of VNC would have done the same thing.
> > Jim
> >
> > Jim Bohnsack
> > Cornell Univ.
> > (607) 255-1760
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Jim Bohnsack
Cornell Univ.
(607) 255-1760