Thanx for all you help an patience, c123 and garyng, but I'm still clueless!

I tried everthing you two said to do. For some reason I only get localhost:7 to connect (I created 6 other vncservers before succeeding) but after connecting I don't get a KNOPPIX desktop. Isn't that what I'm supposed to get so I can manipulte KDE apps remotely in WIMPdoze?

BTW, I know localhost:7 works as I can use it from another PC on the LAN when both PCs are running KNOPPIX. In fact, the password it asks for is the userid passwd! I found a hidden dir called .vnc with a file in it called passwd. When I tried to open it in KATE, it had one word in weird characters I could not decifer.

TIA,
AJG