not accepting connections

[John Aldrich]

jst.123 "at" ntlworld.com wrote on Monday, April 24, 2006 6:52 AM:

> When I hang the mouse over the vnc server icon I get the
> message 'VNC Server (service):not accepting connections'
> and 
> a remote machine is unable to connect to mine.
> 
> I've ping'd the remote server and they've ping'd me
> successfully 
> 
> I've also re-installed VNC and the settings are the
> default ones. 
> 
> Windows Firewall is disabled
> 
> The Norton AV doesn't have a 'blocker'
> 
Right-click on the icon, select "options" and go to the "connections" tab.
Make sure that the box marked "accept connections on port (port #box)" is
checked.