[Openvpn-users] Re: No TAP-Win32 adapter in XP SP2

[Scott Hughes <shughes@xxxxxxxxx>]

James Yonan <jim <at> yonan.net> writes:
> That's quite unusual.  99%+ of people who install 2.0 on XP SP2 get the 
> icon, unless they are using an installer which hides it.  Are 
> you using the GUI or non-GUI install?

I started off with the GUI install.  I then tried the non-GUI install.  Then I
tried other software packages (such as tinc and colinux) which use the TAP-Win32
adapter to see if one of those had the magic touch.  None of these put the icon
in my Network Connections folder.

I tried digging around the 'netsh' cli to see if there was some way to
manipulate the adapter..  Such as giving it a name or bridging it with another
connection.  I couldn't figure out how to do that, and I didn't see any hint
that it was possible.

And I figured it was an odd problem, since any reference to the problem I could
find seemed to be resolved by using the latest version (with the HWID change). 
With my friend google, I couldn't find a single occurence of someone who had
this problem with a more recent version of OpenVPN and XP SP2.  I want this to
work so badly, I'm contemplating a re-install of WindowsXP...  But, if someone
knew what the "secret knock" is to get it to show up, I'd appreciate the time
you'll save me.


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