[vpn-help] BSOD after uninstalling Shrew with Novell Client installed

[kevin shrew-vpn]

On Wed, 05 May 2010 11:35:14 -0500
Matthew Grooms <mgrooms at shrew.net> wrote:

> On 4/29/2010 2:59 PM, Kevin Macnaughton wrote:
> >
> > After uninstalling Shrew VPN (2.1.5 or 2.1.6b7) on a Windows XP
> > machine that has the Novell Client installed, the next time the
> > machine is restarted, Windows will crash to a BSOD on startup.
> >
> > The BSOD error:
> > DRIVER_UNLOADED_WITHOUT_CANCELLING_PENDING_OPERATIONS 
> > The guilty file: vfilter.sys
> 
> Hi Kevin,
> 
> I took a cursory look at this yesterday and I can definitely
> reproduce the crash. However, I'm not entirely sure of the root
> cause. I need to do more investigation and then I'll get back to you.
> 
> -Matthew

Hi Matthew, thanks for the quick look and response!  I await the
results of your testing and hope it does not turn out to be a
difficult issue to resolve.