Using "Screen Sharing" from XP

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  1. eddyq, Jan 29, 2010

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    I want to use VNC from XP to my Mac OSX 10.5.8. I have enabled "Screen Sharing" and it says "Screen Sharing: On". It also says to use vnc://192.168.0.15". So I downloaded the latest VNC and ran the VNC Viewer on my XP computer. It connects then asks for the password. But then it just blinks on/off a window as if the viewer is terminating immediately.

    Does anyone know what could be going wrong?
     
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  2. LtRammstein, Jan 29, 2010

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    I have this issue, and it's due to the variation in VNC that Apple used. Best thing to do is download a VNC server for your Mac and make sure that's open before you connect with VNC Viewer.
     
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  3. jc1350, Jan 29, 2010

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    I was going to suggest "Share My Desktop" from the same company that makes Carbon Copy Cloner, but they seem to have discontinued it. It is no longer available from them.
     
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  4. eddyq, Jan 29, 2010

    eddyq thread starter macrumors member

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    Yup ... the problem. I put VNC OSX version onto my Mac and now it works great ... thanks a million.
     
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