[vpn-help] vflt driver failed to load

[kevin vpn]

On Mon, 30 May 2011 12:32:19 +0200
"Christian Krackowizer" <c.krackowizer at a1.net> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> this is WINDOWS and not Shrew related … you have to disable the
> device in the registry…
> 
> Von: vpn-help-bounces at lists.shrew.net
> [mailto:vpn-help-bounces at lists.shrew.net] Im Auftrag von Mitch Grande
> Gesendet: Samstag, 28. Mai 2011 22:52
> An: vpn-help at lists.shrew.net
> Betreff: [vpn-help] vflt driver failed to load
> 
> I installed and use the Shrew Soft client for a while, then got my
> hands on a Cisco VPN client.  I uninstalled shrew soft, but it left
> some files behind.  I renamed vfilter.sys and virtualnet.sys to
> *.bak, but I've been getting the following error in my event log on
> every boot:
> 
> The following boot-start or system-start driver(s) failed to load: 
> vflt
> 
> I've been getting random shutdowns lately, and I want to rule this
> out as a possible cause of them.  How can I fix this error?
> 

Hi Mitch,

I've found that Shrew can eventually clean itself up. I had an
uninstall of Shrew fail in the past and I found that re-installing then
uninstalling Shrew again cleaned up the mess.  First uninstall the
Cisco client, reboot, install Shrew 2.1.7, reboot, uninstall Shrew.