The "Install registry settings" is not well-named. The particular settings it installs are for user-mode helper operation - which is not what you want unless you would like to have different passwords required any time a different user is logged on. Here's what I would do.
(1) Go to the server's physical console and completely uninstall WinVNC. (2) Reinstall, don't add the default registry settings. (3) Go back into VNC/Administrative Tools and select "Install WinVNC Service". This sets it up as a service and configures it to automatically start, but does not configure a password. *Do not* reboot. (4) Open the Services applet (inside the Computer Management applet as well as other locations on Win2000) and start the WinVNC service. (5) As the service starts, it will pop up the warning about no default password for the system. Type in the password and it should now function the way you want. As a check, if you go back into the registry and look at: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ORL\WinVNC3\Default you will see that it does have the binary password value entered. If you restart now, you will see that VNC is running as a service and enables you to log on with the default password. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Josh Bogart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, 2002-04-21 14:03 Subject: RE: HelP! Server does not have a valid password enabled? > Alex, > > Thanks for the reply. I checked it and it did say "no value set." > However, my attempts to follow what you said didn't work. So, I > uninstalled VNC, rebooted, and reinstalled. I can now get it tow work > if I don't run it as a service. The minute I install the service, I get > the same problem. I did run the "Install registry settings too." > > Any good instructions on how to resolve the running as a service issue? > > I am running Windows 2000 server SP2 > > Josh > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Alex K. > Angelopoulos > Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2002 11:49 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: HelP! Server does not have a valid password enabled? > > You may not have a valid default password for the situation when your > user > account is not logged in - this is a problem if you have run the service > helper > stuff. Check that a password entry exists in the following registry > location: > > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ORL\WinVNC3\Default > > There should be a binary value named "Password". > > If there is not, log in directly as the account under which you set up > the > password, then export the password from the following location: > HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ORL\WinVNC3 > > Change the REG file header to point to the HKLM default location I > mentioned > first, import it, and you should be OK. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Josh Bogart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, 2002-04-21 10:24 > Subject: HelP! Server does not have a valid password enabled? > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > I am new to the list but let me get right to my issue. I setup VNC on > > Windows 2000 server which also runs Terminal Server. I installed the > > service, and the icon shows up. I went in and set a password. > However, > > whenever I try to connect with VNC viewer on another machine I get > > "Server does not have a valid password enabled." I have reset the > > password a dozen times and I have even uninstalled and reinstalled > VNC. > > Any thoughts? > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: > > 'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the message BODY > > See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: > 'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the message BODY > See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: > 'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the message BODY > See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html > --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: 'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the message BODY See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------
