Can't connect to X11 window server using 'localhost' as the value of the DISPLAY variable

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I've this problem:
I connet to a remote Solaris Sun Sparc 8  machine from my PC (WindowsXp OS).
When I try to execute the remote program which needs to run a graphical
interface,
it show me this error message:
Can't connect to X11 window server using ':0' as the value of the DISPLAY
variable

Can you help me?

thanks a lot.

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