Wez, I cannot believe I was that impatient. I waited for about 5 mins, and then I was able to connect!
Thanks for the advice and sorry for the bandwidth! Bonnie -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of James Weatherall Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2004 10:38 AM To: 'Bonnie & Clint'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: After rebooting WinXP: Connection refused (10061) Bonnie, Have you tried waiting for a few minutes after booting before trying to connect in? Windows can sometimes take a long time to load certain services, leading to the problem you describe. Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bonnie & Clint > Sent: 18 October 2004 17:41 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: After rebooting WinXP: Connection refused (10061) > > Hi all, > > I have two PCs, one WinXP one Win2k, connected through a > switch, without a firewall or VPN connection between them. > Just a plain Ethernet connection. > > When I reboot the WinXP machine, I am unable to use VNC > Viewer on my Win2k machine to connect. I see the following error: > > Unable to connect to host: connection refused (10061) > > However, if I go to my WinXP machine and do CTRL+ALT+DEL to > bring up the login prompt, I am able to connect through VNC. > Note that I do not have to log in, just bring up the login prompt. > > If I log out of WinXP (not reboot), I am also able to connect > using VNC just fine. > > I do not have this problem on the Win2k machine. I can reboot > Win2k (without CTRL+ALT+DEL or logging in), then connect to > my Win2k machine using VNC viewer on my WinXP machine without > any problems. > > Here is what I have tried so far to fix the problem: > > * Verified both PC are running VNC as a Service > * Reinstalled RealVNC on both PCs > * Installed TightVNC, had the same problem > * Verified I can ping the WinXP in the state when I > receive the error > * Verified "Fast User Switching" is disabled (I am on a > network domain, so that is unavailable) > * Verified "Remote Administration is disabled > * Verified I am a member of the "Administrators" group for > the WinXP machine > * Ensured both the Service-Mode and User-mode passwords > are the same > > I have searched the email archive and other internet sources > and have not been able to figure out what is going on here. > > Any advice would be greatly appreciated! > > Thanks, > Bonnie > _______________________________________________ > VNC-List mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To remove yourself from the list visit: > http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
