Kill Service Mode Required

[James Weatherall]

Jim,

Try reinstalling the VNC server for Service-Mode ("unregister" it and then
"register" it again).  That will normally fix things up.

Cheers,

Wez @ RealVNC Ltd
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: vnc-list-admin "at" realvnc.com 
> [mailto:vnc-list-admin "at" realvnc.com] On Behalf Of Jim Layton
> Sent: 19 March 2007 23:50
> To: vnc-list "at" realvnc.com
> Subject: Kill Service Mode Required
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> I have 3 XP workstations that I have to check in from home VIA the
> Internet on when called on. This has worked fine for over two 
> years now.
> Suddenly on one machine the only way I can connect is to have the user
> kill the server and re-start it in user mode. When trying to connect I
> get a pause and then a "server closed unexpectedly" error. I 
> decided to
> try installing the latest server release on that one machine 
> but I still
> get the same results. The server starts on boot but will not allow
> access either from inside the internal network or from my 
> home network.
> Also of note is that the option to close the server is greyed out. I
> have to have them kill it from the task manager. However once 
> killed and
> started in user mode, I can connect fine. I use no key or 
> authentication
> sans a simple password but I have also tried it with no 
> password at all
> and got identical results.
> 
> Any idea what is happening here? I have tried to "Google" 
> this issue and
> searched the lists but it is a hard to define search.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Jim
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