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# Setting up a Non-Mac OS X VNC Server

This section contains very basic, high-level steps for setting up a non-Mac OS X client to be viewed with Remote Desktop. This section cannot give detailed instructions, since the client operating system, VNC software, and firewall will be different.

## The basic steps are:

1. Install VNC Server software on the client computer (for example, a PC, or a Linux computer).
2. Assign a VNC password on the client computer.
3. Make sure the client's firewall has the VNC port open (TCP 5900).
4. Make sure "Encrypt all network data" is not selected in the Security section of the Remote Desktop Preferences.
5. Add the computer to the Remote Desktop's All Computers list using the client's IP address.
6. Put the client computer's VNC password in the Remote Desktop authentication box.

   There is no user name for a VNC server, just a password.