Re: [Openvpn-users] Status = 55 Error. Help!

[Mathias S. <ma...@op...>]

On Wed, 2 Nov 2005, Crypto Cracker wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I am totally frustrated over this problem. I have read a dozen posts about
> it with no luck. For starters:
>
> 1) I have my Tap adapter enabled. I tried disabling and re-enabling. No
> luck.
>
> 2) My tap Adapter *does* show up on Network Connections, however, ipconfig
> *does not* show any tap adapters at all. OpenVpn --show-net *does not* show
> any Tap devices either.
>
> 2.1) Device manager shows it as "TAP-Win32 Adapter V8", it is *not* hidden
> and says it is working correctly. Characteristics is 0x81 in registry.
>
> 2.2) I have two additional Tap Adapters that got installed with openVpn:
> "TAP-Win32 Adapter V8 - CommStudio Virtual Adapter By TamoSoft" and
> "TAP-Win32 Adapter V8 - Minipuerto del administrador de paquetes". These
> last two however, show up as hidden.
>
> 3) Of course I did try uninstalling and reinstalling at least 5 times the
> whole OpenVPN package, including the tap adapter, making sure every trace of
> it gets completely deleted from the registry before reinstalling.
>
> 3.1) I am using version 2.0.2 downloaded 2 weeks ago from
> http://openvpn.net/download.html
>
> 4) Firewall is of course OFF. No other personal firewalls are installed.
>
> 5) I have no antivirus Software installed at all, so no other firewalls
> could be messing with it.
>
> 6) I am on a Dial Up connection to the internet.

Hmm, I can see you have been reading up on this problem before posting as 
you seem to have tried everything I would have normally suggested already 
;-)

One thing though, have you tried running WinSockFix? (Google for it) Your 
problem description doesn't really match others that winsockfix have taken 
care of but it might be worth giving a shot anyway.

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