connecting to Mac OS X with VNC-viewer, time out

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connecting to Mac OS X with VNC-viewer, time out

every time I try to use a VNC-viewer on my PC to connect to my mac
I can connect once, then I lose the connection and I can't re-connect until both my mac and PC have been restarted.

though I never have problems connecting to other systems,
does anyone know how this can happen?

I use a 100Mb/sec connection to connect to Mac OS X 10.5.8
from a PC with Windows 7 Ultimate RC, anyway I try to

eMac (education only), Mac OS X (10.5.8), 1GHz G4, 2GB, 40GB, DVD-RW

Posted on Oct 4, 2009 7:06 AM

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Answer 1

BobHarris

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Oct 4, 2009 7:08 PM in response to foxofinfinety

Try using Vine Server
<http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/16699>

The built-in Mac OS X VNC server (aka Screen Sharing) does not play well with strangers.

The one thing that has sometimes helped is to make sure you are not trying to use "Reduced Colors". But failing that, get and install Vine Server (make sure it uses a different port from the build-in VNC server - try 5901).

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