Bob and Mitch,
Thanks for confirming that my logic wasn't askew.
Bob, what I meant about remembering the hex was that if I was to set it up after connecting using VNC using standard password, was that I could then change using ASCII instead of having to get the hex string correct. That way I never need to know the hex string in the first place for the password that I have chosen.
Strange that I should have just written that, since for years I have secured my router using the hex string for a word that has significant importance for me, and no, it is not my Amateur Radio callsign nor my wife's name. :)
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73 de N5RKE