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Re: [Openvpn-users] Problems in Windows 2003 Server


  • Subject: Re: [Openvpn-users] Problems in Windows 2003 Server
  • From: James Yonan <jim@xxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2004 20:28:13 -0400

On Monday 05 July 2004 17:54, Fabio Antonio Esquivel Chacón wrote:
> I just upgraded my notebook installation (Windows XP) from 1.6.0 to
> 2.0-beta7, so the TAP Adapter can be seen in the Network Connections applet
> in Control Panel.
>
> I then tried to connect to the VPN Server (still in 1.6.0) and failed...
> the error said something about different versions. So I also upgraded the
> Windows 2003 Server installation to 2.0-beta 7.
>
> The upgrade process deleted all the previous TAP adapters I defined and
> reinstalled just one. That's bad... what if I have 10 or more? Shouldn't
> the install program just upgrade the device driver instead of deleting all
> TAP adapters and recreating just one?

This is fully explained in the Change Log.  Microsoft has a bug in recent 
versions of XP where the TAP adapter disappears from the control panel.  The 
only known workaround was to increase the length of HWID string.  This means 
that previous TAP adapters which use the old HWID string must be removed 
before the new ones (using the new HWID) can be installed.

James

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