Re: vpn grayed out
From: Sooner Al (SoonerAl_at_somewhere.net.invalid)
Date: 10/27/04
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Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 05:01:16 -0500
SP2 includes SP1, so yes reinstalling SP2 may solve the issue...
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"kp" <campmhaha@go.com> wrote in message news:OsyASK8uEHA.1296@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> okay. this seems kind of bad.
>
> The suggestion was to go to the command line and run computer management.
> Then go to Services and Applications|services|Remote Access Connection
> Manager and then enable it if it were disabled.
> Mine said it was set to start manually. I selected "automatically" and then
> hit "start service". I get the following message:
>
> "Could not start the Remote Access Connection Manager Service in Local
> Computer. Error 5: Access is denied."
>
> A second google group posting suggested rerunning service pack 1 for XP if
> you get an error code 5. Looking around the microsoft site, I'm not seeing
> service pack 1 available anymore. Does this mean service pack 2 might fix
> it? That's where all my problems started in the first place....
> kp
> "Sooner Al" <SoonerAl@somewhere.net.invalid> wrote in message
> news:uPPunA7uEHA.2172@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>> Look at this for possible help...
>>
>>
> http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&c2coff=1&frame=right&th=2159ca9d1ae899d0&seekm=%23by3ni35DHA.360%40TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl#link2
>>
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>> Al Jarvi (MS-MVP Windows Networking)
>>
>> Please post *ALL* questions and replies to the news group for the mutual
> benefit of all of us...
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>> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> rights...
>>
>> "kp" <campmhaha@go.com> wrote in message
> news:u4wkjb6uEHA.2136@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>> > XP Pro. I had a vpn connection set up.
>> >
>> > Attempted to install SP2. Had to abort. Lost the use of the computer
> for a
>> > day while I repaired WinXP and several other programs (not sure I want
> to
>> > try the serv pack again but that's another story)
>> >
>> > Everything seems stable now, but I've lost the VPN thing totally. The
>> > connection doesn't even pop up or open when I click.
>> >
>> > When I try to create a new connection, it opens the wizard, I tell it I
> want
>> > to connect to my workplace and the next screen is supposed to give me
> the
>> > option of Dial-up or VPN. Both are grayed out.
>> >
>> > I figure there is some windows component that has somehow become
>> > unavailable. So I popped in the CD and selected every single thing the
>> > system offered. Still no option for Dial-up or VPN.
>> >
>> > It's something very very simple, isn't it?
>> > Will someone tell me what it is?
>> >
>> > Thanks!
>> > kp
>> >
>> >
>>
>
>
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