Vista - VPN always defaults to WAN Miniport (L2TP) instead of
PPTP
07-24-2007 #1 (permalink)
Eagle117
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VPN always defaults to WAN Miniport (L2TP) instead of PPTP
When I create a new VPN connection on my Vista laptop, the
device is alwaysconfigured as "WAN Miniport (L2TP)" and I cannot
connect to my PPTP VPN atwork. My boss has the exact same laptop
with Vista as well and when hecreates a new VPN it defaults to "WAN
Miniport (PPTP)" and it works justfine.
I cannot seem to find any way to change which miniport is used
by the VPNconnection. I can't uninstall any of the miniport from
Device manager. Itdoes not give me an error but they don't
dissappear.
I followed some instructions I found to reinstall the miniports
using thecommands:
Netcfg -u MS_L2TPNetcfg -u MS_PPTPNetcfg -l
%windir%\inf\netrast.inf -c p -i MS_PPTPNetcfg -l
%windir%\inf\netrast.inf -c p -i MS_L2TP
But nothing changed in device manager and I still cannot
connect. Help?
My System Specs
07-26-2007 #2 (permalink)
Eagle117
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RE: VPN always defaults to WAN Miniport (L2TP) instead of
PPTP
From another post here I found this website which explains my
problem:http://boyersnet.com/blogs/chucks_bl...l-pc-2007.aspx
Basically, if you install VirtualPC 2007 under Vista, it appears
to breakyour PPTP VPN connections. I could uninstall it but finding
a betterworkaround would be idea.
