[Vpn-help] Windows 7 x64 BSOD (again)

[Will Weisser]

It certainly does help, thanks for the reply.  Actually the problem hasn't
occurred again since my original e-mail, so it would seem to be very
sporadic at best.

I see in the other mail you sent you mentioned donations, but I don't see a
donation link on the site...is it possible to donate via paypal?

On Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 3:46 AM, Matthew Grooms <mgrooms at shrew.net> wrote:

> Will Weisser wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'd like to start by thanking you for your awesome VPN client.  I
>> experienced two BSODs today while not connected to the VPN, but loading them
>> in windbg shows they are occurring in vfilter.sys (see output pasted below).
>>  From browsing through the list archives it seems this has been reported
>> before, so I guess the purpose of this e-mail is just to confirm that this
>> is happening on Windows 7 Professional 64bit in 2.1.5rc4,  and to see if
>> there is an expected ETA for when a fix will be available.  I've had the
>> client installed for a number of weeks so it's odd that it happened twice
>> today for the first time, but it would be really inconvenient for this to
>> start happening often, and uninstalling the VPN is not an option at the
>> moment!
>>
>>
> Hi Will,
>
> Thanks for the bug report. Almost 100% of my development time over the last
> month has been related to kernel driver development. We are making a very
> big push to eradicate the remaining few bugs that linger in the 2.x source
> code. Recently, we brought on a contract kernel developer who specializes in
> network driver development. He was able to correct quite a few issues and
> its likely the problem you are experiencing won't exist in a future release.
>
> As for an ETA, the 2.1.5 release will ship with the older drivers. Its been
> in development for far too long to delay it until the new drivers are ready.
> We will follow up with a quick 2.1.6 release that contains the new drivers
> once they have been tested through a short beta cycle. These new drivers
> will be submitted to MS and will be signed before the final release is made
> available. I will be posting a development update shortly with more details.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> -Matthew
>
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