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Hi,

Has anyone else noticed when installing Vista SP1 that there VPN connections

will no longer work? This has happened to me and here's a link to Microsoft

Forums where others have reported the same issue with their work VPN's no

longer working

(forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowPost.aspx

I'm curious to find out how many others are affected by this problem and

when we can expect a fix from Microsoft?

NOTE: for people who do experience this you can get it working again by

uninstalling SP1.


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From: "BradH" <bradh@discussions.microsoft.com>



| Hi,

| Has anyone else noticed when installing Vista SP1 that there VPN connections

| will no longer work? This has happened to me and here's a link to Microsoft

| Forums where others have reported the same issue with their work VPN's no

| longer working

| (forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowPost.aspx >forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowPost.aspx

| I'm curious to find out how many others are affected by this problem and

| when we can expect a fix from Microsoft?

| NOTE: for people who do experience this you can get it working again by

| uninstalling SP1.



Uninstall the un-named VPN Client, reboot, then reinstall the VPM client.



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David H. Lipman;656625 Wrote:

You can get free tech support from Microsoft for SP1. Here's the link:

https://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?ln=en-us&x=8&y=7&prid=11274&gprid=500921



I hope this helps.





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Hi,

This isn't a third party VPN client. This is a standard PPTP VPN connection

using the built in VPN network connection in Windows Vista...





"David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net>wrote in message

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From: "BradH" <bradh@discussions.microsoft.com>



| Hi,

| This isn't a third party VPN client. This is a standard PPTP VPN connection

| using the built in VPN network connection in Windows Vista...

|



Thank you. This was an important fact you left out in your post.



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BradH wrote:

Does this only happen to the Microsoft VPN software?



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I don't run any 3rd party VPN software so I don't know. I''ve logged a

support call at the website ".Joe" posted so will post back here when I've

found out more about this issue.



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In article <49BDEB09-F5B9-41A7-99C7-48244E3A6075@microsoft.com>,

bradh@discussions.microsoft.com says...

Some have reported issues such as a second phantom network card being

installed by SP1. Maybe your VPN is tied to the wrong card or something.

Double-check Device Manager.



Also, have you tried creating a new VPN instead of trying to use one

already created before SP1?





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To anyone that has read this post and has the same problem, I have received

support from Microsoft on this and have solved it. Looking at my event logs

the VPN connection would actually establish itself, but then would

immediately disconnect with error code 829. (It wouldn't tell you this on

screen though. It would just sit and stay at "Verifying username and

password).



SOLUTION:

It was my ZoneAlarm software causing the problem. Now before everyone

starts saying "You idiot why didn't you shut that down when trying to

diagnose the problem".... I was. Whenever trying to establish my VPN

connection I would shutdown ZoneAlarm first. However Tech Support said that

the installation of SP1 can sometimes corrupt Third Party firewalls. As

soon as I uninstalled ZoneAlarm from my system and rebooted my laptop my VPN

connection started working fine again.

I'm guessing now I should be able to reinstall ZoneAlarm again, but I

haven't tried yet. But be aware that if you do run a third party firewall

on Windows Vista and install SP1 you may have a similar problem.





"David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net>wrote in message

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From: "BradH" <bradh@discussions.microsoft.com>



| To anyone that has read this post and has the same problem, I have received

| support from Microsoft on this and have solved it. Looking at my event logs

| the VPN connection would actually establish itself, but then would

| immediately disconnect with error code 829. (It wouldn't tell you this on

| screen though. It would just sit and stay at "Verifying username and

| password).

|

| SOLUTION:

| It was my ZoneAlarm software causing the problem. Now before everyone

| starts saying "You idiot why didn't you shut that down when trying to

| diagnose the problem".... I was. Whenever trying to establish my VPN

| connection I would shutdown ZoneAlarm first. However Tech Support said that

| the installation of SP1 can sometimes corrupt Third Party firewalls. As

| soon as I uninstalled ZoneAlarm from my system and rebooted my laptop my VPN

| connection started working fine again.

| I'm guessing now I should be able to reinstall ZoneAlarm again, but I

| haven't tried yet. But be aware that if you do run a third party firewall

| on Windows Vista and install SP1 you may have a similar problem.

|



Thank you for updating this thread with this most valuable information!



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But, but... I thought it was a very well known fact that ZoneAlarm

(specifically) often requires a total de-installation (rather than a simple

exit or shutdown) when it conflicts with other software. At least, that has

been what I have read many times. Specifically, that turning it "off" was

often not enough.



-Frank





"BradH" <bradh@discussions.microsoft.com>wrote in message



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ok Brad...what did the MS dialog have in it that made you remove ZA and the

people here could not could not get you to do it?



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"Frankster" <Frank@SPAM2TRASH.com>wrote in message

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Sorry I'm not following you... no one here told me to uninstall ZoneAlarm?

MS Support did tell me to try uninstalling it.



And in answer to the "Frankster" post I don't normally use ZoneAlarm (I was

trying it out), so I didn't know about needing a deinstallation. The

ZoneAlarm website states that it works with Vista...however after totally

removing it and reinstalling ZoneAlarm again it causes the same problem with

my VPN. There appears to be a component that is installed with ZoneAlarm

that causes a problem with the inbuilt VPN functionality on Vista. With

ZoneAlarm completely uninstalled the VPN works fine.

Have decided not to use ZoneAlarm....





"Bob F." <bob@abracadabra.com>wrote in message

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Sorry, but I am curious. I am asking, in the name of helping others here,

and as you confirmed again, what convinced you to remove ZA and the group

didn't. Did we miss it? ...or assumed you had done so?



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"BradH" <bradh@discussions.microsoft.com>wrote in message

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I didn't mention it in my previous posts here (and no one asked if I had in

installed). Because I'm unfamiliar with ZoneAlarm I assumed that if I shut

the program down it wouldn't be able to interfer with making a connection,

and so wasn't relevant (e.g. like windows firewall...if it's turned off it

can't interfer with connections). During troubleshooting with MS I was

asked to turn off all firewalls I had running, so I told them I had both

Windows Firewall and ZoneAlarm turned off. After a couple more attempts

failed he then suggested I try uninstalling ZoneAlarm.





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