Yes, let's try to cut to the chase and just reset everything in VNC; it might be interesting to find exactly how it got in that state, but it will be frustrating (and also pointless from your viewpoint, since it will be much faster to just do it from scratch).
(1) Uninstall again from the server console. (2) Run regedit and do a search for all keys named exactly: ORL. Delete the entire key each time. The places it will probably be at this point are: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ORL HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ORL HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\ORL It may be also under each and every SID key within HKEY_USERS; by looking for a key folder with the name ORL we will make sure we find them all. (3) Make sure we've pulled out every trace of the service; the key it is under is: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\winvnc Just delete anything left there after the uninstall. (4) As insurance, make sure that WinVNC is not listed in the services either anymore. (5) Delete the C:\Program Files\ORL folder. (6) Reboot. (7) Follow my first set of instructions for installing. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Josh Bogart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, 2002-04-21 19:05 Subject: RE: HelP! Server does not have a valid password enabled? > Alex, > > Thanks for your help. We are narrowing it down. I've done what you > said, but when I start the service, it doesn't ask for my password, it > just starts. I then get the same message about no password from my > client. Are my registry settings corrupt? Can or should I delete them > and try the reinstall? > > Thanks > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Alex K. > Angelopoulos > Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2002 3:28 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: HelP! Server does not have a valid password enabled? > > 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 > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
