Josh, I'm going to do a roll-through on my other Win2K system just to verify this. I have had no problems with running VNC on a Win2K server in precisely the fashion you are talking about (for the same reasons), but I vaguely recall having to jump through some hoops the first time I did it and I may be instinctively doing something I am not remembering off the top of my head... since I'm trying to get documentation available for this, I want to do a walk-through.
Also, if it comes down to it, Bittnet *does* do support for installs which can be performed remotely; for things like this, we usually work out a reasonable flat fee.. :-) I will follow up with details on what I find my walk-through either later tonight or tomorrow. Also, could you pass on a couple of other pieces of information just to verify them: (1) Is the Win2K system running TS in Remote Admin mode or Application Server mode? (2) Which version of WinVNC are you using? The last AT&T release is OK, but the best is TightVNC (http://www.tightvnc.com). ----- Original Message ----- From: "Josh Bogart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, 2002-04-21 20:18 Subject: RE: HelP! Server does not have a valid password enabled? > Alex, > > Thanks again, I followed your instructions meticulously but still back > to square one. When I start the service, it doesn't ask for a password. > My hunch is that I will have to through in the towel on VNC. I just am > not convinced it works as a service in Windows 2000. If I run it > manually (or in the start menu), it works fine. I wanted to run it as a > service. > > Perhaps at some point I can hire someone to try the install? I need a > backup program to Terminal Services and PC Anywhere won't cut it. > Everyone recommends VNC but I am losing faith in this program. > > Josh > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Alex K. > Angelopoulos > Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2002 8:36 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: HelP! Server does not have a valid password enabled? > > 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 > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
