Connection timed out (10060)

[Stephen Menard]

what antivirus are you using?
some antivirus will disable remote software
either the software isn't listenig;
there is a firewall in place
the firewall isn't set to allow it through
or the AV is stopping it

steve


Maggie Owens wrote:
> I read a number of messages on this forum about this particular message,
> but none of them seem to address my particular problem.
>
> Both the client and server are running Windows XP. From this client, I can
> connect to a number of machines in my office, but one in particular is not
> working. I know the IP address is correct because I can use Remote Desktop
> to connect to it.
>
> Other than setting a password, I left all the defaults in place, which is
> how it appears to be on the other machines (I am not the one who installed
> it on the other machines).
>
> The Windows Firewall is turned off, and no other firewall is installed on
> the machine.
>
> If I try to telnet to the machine using the VNC default port (I saw
> something about this in one of the messages, but not what response I
> should receive), I get the message "Could not open connection to the host,
> on port 5900: Connect failed" This must have something to do with the
> problem, as I am able to telnet to another one of the machines on which
> VNC is working.
>
> Any suggestions would be appreciated.
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