Sounds like this needs to go in the FAQ to me!
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Banks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2001 3:13 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: Vnc & Windows 2000 Server
>
>
> Well Bryan, you hit it on the nose, I installed the correct
> video drivers,
> and everything is running great now. Thank you all for your help.
>
>
> At 01:22 PM 5/1/2001, Bill Banks wrote:
> >I have VNC running as a service, and when I use a viewer
> from another pc,
> >the password screen comes up, and as soon as I hit enter,
> then I will get
> >a message that reads "VNC Authentication failed". I can get
> this program
> >to work on win2000 professional, but not on any of my servers running
> >win2000 server.
>
> I'm not sure if anyone has brought it up recently, but a
> common problem
> with why "servers" don't work, is that most people don't move
> above the
> generic VGA driver when setting up their servers. But, it is
> a well known
> limitation that VNC requires an 8-bit or higher display mode
> to work in
> Windows. Does your server have an 8-bit or higher color mode?
>
>
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>
> Bryan Pendleton
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