Problems with installing VPN on Windows XP

[Lucas Wan]

Hi,

I have tried installing the Wingate VPN on my Windows XP machine, with the hope that it will connect to our work server running a VPN server.
However, after installing the VPN, my internet connection stopped working. I'm using PPPoE based ADSL connection. When the VPN server was installed, I couldn't connect to any host. It did get the IP address, but it looks like the route tables were messed up. Also, now that I have uninstalled VPN from my computer, all the dial-up connections are missing, and if I create a new one, it just disappears after a reboot. I can still use desktop shortcuts though, and they do show up in the internet settings control panel.

I wonder if anyone could help me.

Thanks,

Lucas

[adrien]

Are you sure that the WinGate VPN uninstalled properly?

that is very strange what you are seeing. WinGate VPN doesn't touch the dialup profiles, so the only reason I can imagine that these would disappear may be if the dialup adapter is not loading properly.

Was the WinGate ENS driver removed? This was

windows\system32\drivers\qbikhkxp.sys

Adrien

[Lucas Wan]

As far as I can tell, yes.

The Wingate ENS driver also seems to be removed. I checked and the file you mentioned is nowhere on my system.

Actually, the symptoms match those listed in the Microsoft KB article 329050. I tried all the solutions, but no luck.

Since it happened right after I installed WinGate VPN (next reboot), I thought that maybe you have met such an issue before.