Locked Out

[Hal Vaughan]

On Thursday 22 December 2005 03:25 pm, Marshall Moens wrote:
>    Hello,
>
>    I  made  the  mistake  of locking my Windows XP Pro pc before going on
>    holida y.   I  suppose  I  thought  VNC  would allow me to log into the
>    computer.  I  am  running  VNC  4.1.   Eveytime I try logging into the
>    computer,   VNC   gives   me   an   error:    "The  connection  closed
>    unexpectedly."     I  have browsed the internet looking for an answer,
>    and  at  least  so  far,  it seems that I needed to be running the VNC
>    Server  service  on  the host pc.  Thats fine, but for now, is there a
>    work-around  to this probelm?  I'm getting the impression that perhaps
>    an older version of VNC might allow me to log into my host pc?  If so,
>    which  version,  and  where  could I download the older software?  Any
>    help appreciated.

I've never tried using VNC as a service, so I don't know if it lets you 
connect with no user logged in, but I know Windows is very picky about things 
like this and it sounds like Windows is blocking the connection.  The 
"Connection close unexpectedly" sounds familiar and I think that comes up 
with such a case -- VNC tries to connect, and may connect with a server, but 
then it is shut down by Windows when there is any attempt to use a user 
interface.  I think I remember having a similar problem with Remote Login on 
Windows XP.  (I was also shocked that after spending so much on Windows XP, 
when my friend logged in remotely, it kicked me off -- All that price, and it 
only allows one user at at time -- amazing!)

Hal