Can't connect to VNC Server when the User is not logged in the Server computer

[Corne Beerse]

dean giang wrote:
>  I am using VNC Free edition and Win XP Pro for both Server and Viewer.
> Could someone tell me why I can't connect to the VNC Server when the user of
> the server is not logged in, from a Shut Down position?  As soon as the user
> logs in the server computer, I connect to it immediately. 
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> I can connect to the server even when the user is NOT logged in the server
> computer, from a Restart position but not from Shut Down.
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If you install a decent/recent version of VNC, you can install it as a 
service. Provided that this service is allowed to run (there are 
policies possible that prevent this) then you can start vnc as a 
boot-time service and you can use it to login at the console.

Start -> Programs -> RealVNC -> VNCServer(ServiceMode) -> Configure / 
Register / Start are the options to use and get going. You might need to 
do this at the physical console of the machine as it might interfear 
with the current running vnc-service. You can use rdp to configure vnc.

If the above does not work as you'd expect, check the windows services 
if you can find the vnc (realvnc) service and peek the eventlog if you 
can find any reason why.


Success

Corné