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Configure Windows Firewall For VNC server

This article describes how to manually configure your Windows Firewall for VNC on Windows XP as a remote computer.

This description asumes that you have installed your VNC Server on the following ports
Port for VNC Server : 5900
Port for VNC Server on HTTP : 5800

Step 1 – Open your windows firewall

Step 2 – In Exceptions tab, click Add Port button

Step 3 – add port ‘5900’ in port number field. and a relative name with it. and click OK

again click Add Port button in the dialog titled ‘Windows Firewall’
Step 4 – add port ‘5800’ in port number field. and a relative name with it. and click OK

Click ok in the dialog titled ‘Windows Firewall’

You are done!

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Please also comment if you have any issues with above procedure

Khurram Ali

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dave says:

January 23, 2009 at 9:56 pm

thank you KA. it really use full information. I just got reffered from google to right place.
in addition can you please explain how to configure VNC on ZoneAlarm.

thank you again.
cheers
- KA says:
  
  January 23, 2009 at 10:38 pm
  
  Thank you for liking the information above.
  and I appriciate requests from my visitors and try to work on them when ever possible for me.
  I'll try my best to demostrate it with ZoneAlarm as well.
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February 15, 2009 at 1:39 pm

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Configure Windows Firewall For VNC server