Unable to connect to VNC Server after converting to static I P adddress ( was no subject )

Thu Jan 27 13:57:00 2005

Thanks for the update...was definitely confused as to where fast user 
switching was located. I'll poke around in windows and see if I can find 
it....

Thank you,

Mike Minor
Z-Code Systems, Inc.
mminorhsd "at" earthlink.net
Phone: 407-656-4990
Fax: 407-656-5875

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Aldrich" <JAldrich "at" covista.com>
To: "'Mike Minor'" <mminorhsd "at" earthlink.net>; <VNC-LIST "at" realvnc.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 8:46 AM
Subject: RE: Unable to connect to VNC Server after converting to static I P 
adddress ( was no subject )

> Honestly, I don't know. I haven't used Windows XP enough to know how to
> enable/disable that. It's part of Windows XP, by the way, not VNC, which 
> is
> why you couldn't find it in the VNC configs. :-)
> John
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Minor [mailto:mminorhsd "at" earthlink.net]
> Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 8:05 AM
> To: VNC-LIST "at" realvnc.com
> Subject: Re: Unable to connect to VNC Server after converting to static
> IP adddress ( was no subject )
>
>
> Interesting finding....The VNC service was listed as being started
> automatically, but the status was blank, not running nor stopped. When I
> manually started the service. I received a message that another instance 
> of
> VNC viewer was already running, but the status of the VNC Server changed 
> to
> running. I will let you all know the outcome when I go home and try to
> connect again.
>
> BTW, how do I check to see if I have Fast User Switching enabled? I looked
> at the default and user properties, but could not find fast user switching
> listed on either screen.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Mike Minor
> Z-Code Systems, Inc.
> mminorhsd "at" earthlink.net
> Phone: 407-656-4990
> Fax: 407-656-5875
>
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "John Aldrich" <JAldrich "at" covista.com>
> To: <VNC-LIST "at" realvnc.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 5:01 PM
> Subject: RE: Unable to connect to VNC Server after converting to static IP
> adddress ( was no subject )
>
>
>> This sounds vaguely familiar... I think I read a post today with a 
>> similar
>> error message.... let me go back through today's list postings and see...
>> Ok. I found a Google archive of the list. Here's a question -- do you 
>> have
>> VNC Server running as a service? If not, that could be the problem.
>> According to
>> http://www.realvnc.com/pipermail/vnc-list/2004-November/048115.html the
>> error message you're getting means the machine is contactable, but is not
>> able to connect to an actively running VNC Server. Make sure that you 
>> have
>> VNC running when you try this. Also, make sure you have Fast User
>> Switching
>> disabled, as that is another known issue (although the Enterprise version
>> is
>> supposed to have a work-around for this, as will the next free release.)
>> John
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: mminorhsd "at" earthlink.net [mailto:mminorhsd "at" earthlink.net]
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 4:26 PM
>> To: VNC-LIST "at" realvnc.com
>> Subject: RE: Unable to connect to VNC Server after converting to static
>> IP adddress ( was no subject )
>>
>>
>> I did not disable the firewall completely, but I did open up a couple of
>> ports that were open on the previous connection. When I try to connect to
>> the static IP address now, I receive the error message "Unable to connect
>> to
>> host: Connection refused (10061)" Does this give us a clue here as to 
>> what
>> the problem is?
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: John Aldrich <JAldrich "at" covista.com>
>> Sent: Jan 26, 2005 11:09 AM
>> To: 'Mike Minor' <mminorhsd "at" earthlink.net>, VNC-LIST "at" realvnc.com
>> Subject: RE: (no subject)
>>
>> http://www.whatismyip.com and find out what your external IP is and then
>> try
>> again using that IP.
>>
>> also, you don't give any details on what O/S, revision, etc you are 
>> using.
>> Also, what about firewalls (hardware and software)?
>> John
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Mike Minor [mailto:mminorhsd "at" earthlink.net]
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 10:32 AM
>> To: VNC-LIST "at" realvnc.com
>> Subject: (no subject)
>>
>>
>> I just converted from a dynamic ip address dsl service to a static ip
>> address
>> dsl service on the VNC server end. I was able to connect to the server
>> previously, just had to check the new ip address every time I reconnectd
>> to
>> the internet. Now, I can't seem to connect to the vnc server. I get a
>> message
>> that it is timing out on the connection.
>>
>> On the vnc server, when I was on a dynamic connection, I would hover over
>> the
>> VNC server helper icon in the sys tray to get the address. Now with the
>> static
>> ip, when I hover over the icon, it doesn't show the ip address.
>>
>> Does anyone have an suggestions on how to et my connection working again?
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>> Mike Minor
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>> Mike Minor
>> Z-Code Systems, Inc.
>> mminorhsd "at" earthlink.net
>> Phone: 407-656-4990
>> Fax: 407-656-5875
>>
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