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Posted by J. McGoggin on May 25, 2005, 4:54 pm
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Can't say for sure, but it seems *much* more likely a compatibility issue
with XP Home or your other netwokring components than with Athlon. After
all, Microsoft doesn't support any kind of serious WAN networking with XP
Home.
> Would installing Contivity on a Win XP Home machine cause the machine to
be
> non-functional? I have a Contivity client that uses Fiberlink Global
Remote
> and whenever I install the package, all of the system resources are used
up
> and I can run nothing. Until I saw this message, I was thinking that there
> was an incompatibility with the Athlon 64.
>
> I previously ran these older versions if these packages on a P3 running
> WindowsME with no problem.
>
> > Tim stated that, although he is installing on his 'home' pc, his OS is
> > WinXP
> > Pro, which does indeed support domain access and other required
networking
> > pieces.
> >
> > My suggestion is to install the Contivity software to another folder
> > and/or
> > another machine, in order to get a total inventory of what the .cab
files
> > are installing and where. Perhaps your IT guys can provide this. Then,
> > with
> > that list of files in hand, manually search and destroy each and every
> > installed file, then restart and make sure all your network settings are
> > still working properly before installing again.
> >
> > As many on this newsgroup can attest, installing any VPN client software
> > can
> > really become a nasty mess when things don't happen exactly as they
> > should.
> > Things can go so wrong that your entire OS gets hosed and has to be
> > reinstalled. Fortunately, unbinding, uninstalling and reinstalling NIC
> > drivers and sometimes other components often remedies the situation too.
> >
> > Just proceed slowly and thoroughly, and you should get through this
> > otherwise unscathed. Good luck.
> >
> >
> >
> >> Contivity is designed for remote domain access , Win XP Home edition
> >> does NOT support domain access
> >>
> >>
> >> >In an attempt to install VPN on home pc (XP PRO), I encountered 3
> >> >errors:
> >> >1) The software you are installing for hardware Nortel IPSECSHM
> >> >Adaptor has not passed Windows Logo testing to verify its
compatibility
> >> >with XP.
> >> >then
> >> >2) The specified resource type cannot be found in the image file.
> >> >then..
> >> >3) Installation of the Contivity VPN Client Driver failed...
> >> >
> >> >I contacted my companies help desk and they sent me VPN Client version
> >> >4.65. I then tried to install it. I no longer got error message #2
> >> >above , but still received #1 & #3.
> >> >
> >> >Based on the other postings, I think I can ignore message #1 as it is
> >> >really informational. However, message #3 seems to be hosing me up.
I
> >> >can't get past it. I have done this with Norton's turned off and
> >> >Windows Firewall off.
> >> >
> >> >I also read one posting directing the user to use DOS commands to
> >> >uninstall the product (in C:\Program Files\InstallShield Installation
> >> >Information\ setup.exe uninstall. However in following this, it
> >> >prompted me for the location of data2.cab which did not exists in this
> >> >directory. So I was unable to go furhter.
> >> >
> >> >Furthermore, in C:\Program Files I did find a Nortel folder with one
> >> >dll which I deleted by hand. There was nothing for Nortel in my
> >> >registry that I could see and there was no Nortel program to uninstall
> >> >using Control Panel - add Remove programs.
> >> >
> >> >My work is providing this software as our way to get into the
intranet.
> >> > I am having a problem that apparently most at my work never
encounter.
> >> >
> >> >Please help & much thanks!
> >> >
> >> >Tim
> >>
> >
> >
>
>
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