"sshd -d" works but "sshd" does not

I'm having a problem and I can not find a solution anywhere. Can you help me?

OpenSSH for Windows installed wonderfully for me on Windows 2000, but on XP SP2, it has been a different story.

Upon trying to log in using Putty, I get:

M:\>putty -v Jon@apt.ucphidelts.com

Server version: SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_3.8.1p1

We claim version: SSH-2.0-PuTTY_Release_0.58

Using SSH protocol version 2

Doing Diffie-Hellman group exchange

Network error: Software caused connection abort

FATAL ERROR: Network error: Software caused connection abort

Similarly, using the SSH client that comes with OpenSSH, I get this:

M:\>ssh Jon@apt.ucphidelts.com

Read from socket failed: Connection reset by peer

I tried copSSH but it did the same thing.

If I try logging in locally, it uses Username Jon, spits out the Usage Warning and then gives the error.

Now, on the server machine, if I "net stop opensshd" and then run "c:\Program Files\OpenSSH\usr\sbin\sshd", the same thing happens, but if append a "-d" on the end then it all works fine. I did Google one or two other people who had the same issue but their solutions either didn't work or didn't apply. I imagine it has something to do with permissions since I don't understand them.

Do you know what I should do?

Thank you very much,

Jon Warren

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