Thanks for your answer, but to quote Christopher Eccleston in Doctor Who, "Look at me, I'm stupid!" I typed in the wrong IP address. It is working fine now.
> 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. >> _______________________________________________ >> VNC-List mailing list >> VNC-List@realvnc.com >> To remove yourself from the list visit: >> http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list >> >> > > _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
