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Problem:
 
Your VNC server is the Windows-Version and your
VNC client exits with the following message:
 
VNC server supports protocol version 3.3 (viewer 3.3)
VNC connection failed: Local loop-back connections are disabled.
 

Solution:
 
Add a DWORD key named AllowLoopback of value 1 to your
registry in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ORL\WinVNC3
 
Step-by-step instructions: