[vpn-help] Failing to install the Shrew VPN Client 2.2.2 on Win8.1 64bits

Mon Jan 5 02:22:45 CST 2015

On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 3:22 AM, Jean Lamontagne (ObjeXpert) <
jlamontagne at objexpert.com> wrote:

> Hi Alexis & al,
>
>
>
> I unfortunately do not have such fresh Win8 computer available. Mine is
> almost fresh considering a Full Win8.1 Repair/Upgrade has been required in
> order to formally uninstall the Cisco VPN Client … I was unable to do that
> before that repair.
>
>
>
> Do you know if a new Shrew VPN client version is on the drawing board?
> (i.e.: v2.2.3 or v3). I would be more than willing to give it a trial. I
> have nothing to lose …
>
>
>
> I know other Shrew users have got problems after the big Microsoft
> KB3000850 had been installed, which is the latest Microsoft SChannel
> implementation and that is specific to Win8.1. To make Shrew working, they
> have been forced to remove this KB. Unfortunately, for corporate policy
> reasons, I can NOT afford to do soL
>
>
>
> Does anyone, having Win8 or more preferably Win8.1 installed, could send
> me an export of their current registry for the following Key:
>
>
>
>
> *HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}*
>
>
>
> I used the Windows Sysinternals Process Monitor v3.1
> <http://technet.microsoft.com/en-ca/sysinternals/bb896645.aspx> to
> monitor the registry activities while running the Shrew v2.2.2 installer
> and I have noticed some ACCESS_DENIED when the Shrew installer is setting
> some very specific registry values à *RootDevice and FilterList* from
> {4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\000?\Linkage. I would use this
> export to validate my current Shrew installation (from a registry
> point-of-view) and potentially manually fixing it.
>
>
>
> IMHO, any new Shrew versions will have to be tested against this KB3000850
> <http://support.microsoft.com/kb/3000850>. As far as I know, Microsoft is
> NOT anymore providing improvements over Win8 (only patches and security
> fixes) … by opposition to Win8.1 which is still on the improvement path. As
> far as can see, this KB will be integral part of any new Windows releases.
>

Hi Jean,

No news about a new release of Shrew (Need to see with Matthew the Authors
of Shrew...)
I have no yet switched to Windows 8.1... and no try to install Shrew...

Regards,

>
>
> Have a great dayJ
>
>
> *Jean Lamontagne**Senior Software Consultant/*
> *Consultant principal en logiciels*
> *ObjeXpert Inc.*
> Home  : (514) 363-2820
> Cell  : (514) 996-2471
> MailTo: jlamontagne at objexpert.com
>
>
>
> *From:* prolag at gmail.com [mailto:prolag at gmail.com] *On Behalf Of *Alexis
> La Goutte
> *Sent:* Sunday, January 04, 2015 5:43 AM
> *To:* jlamontagne at objexpert.com
>
> *Cc:* vpn-help at lists.shrew.net
> *Subject:* Re: [vpn-help] Failing to install the Shrew VPN Client 2.2.2
> on Win8.1 64bits
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Sun, Jan 4, 2015 at 8:41 AM, Jean Lamontagne (ObjeXpert) <
> jlamontagne at objexpert.com> wrote:
>
> Hello again,
>
>
>
> Does anyone has any idea on what could be the root cause of the Error
> 0x80070005 with possible cause being “Access is denied” that happens during
> the installation?
>
>
>
> Could it be due to registry access? file-system access? or both?
>
>
>
> I am willing to go deeper into the investigation but before doing this I
> would like to know if anyone would have seen such error before?
>
>
>
>
>
> HI Jean,
>
> Never get this error !
>
> Do you have try with a "fresh" install of Windows 8 ? you get the same
> error
>
> Do you have search on Internet, there is a lot of stuff about error
> 0x80070005
>
> Regards,
>
>
>
> Have a great dayJ
>
>
> *Jean Lamontagne**Senior Software Consultant/*
> *Consultant principal en logiciels*
> *ObjeXpert Inc.*
> Home  : (514) 363-2820
> Cell  : (514) 996-2471
> MailTo: jlamontagne at objexpert.com
>
>
>
> *From:* vpn-help [mailto:vpn-help-bounces at lists.shrew.net] *On Behalf Of *Jean
> Lamontagne (ObjeXpert)
> *Sent:* Saturday, December 27, 2014 6:31 PM
> *To:* alexis.lagoutte at gmail.com
> *Cc:* vpn-help at lists.shrew.net
> *Subject:* Re: [vpn-help] Failing to install the Shrew VPN Client 2.2.2
> on Win8.1 64bits
>
>
>
> *NOTE*: This is the remake of a previous email that has been blocked
> because of its size due to my usage of screen captures. I have replaced the
> screen captures by the text they were containing.
>
>
>
> Hello Alexis & al,
>
>
>
> *Alexis*, my previous email was answering your last question (please see
> below).
>
>
>
> After manually cleaning-up any remaining traces from the previous
> installation attempt of the Shrew VPN Client 2.2.2 (i.e.: Registry,
> ProgramData, Program Files), I have ran again the
> “vpn-client-2.2.2-release.exe” and here are a few more detailed screen
> captures:
>
>
>
> While running the installer, I am seeing the following error screen:
>
>
>
> Error 0x80070005: Couldn’t install the network component.
>
> Possible cause: Access is denied
>
>
>
> … and then (as if everything went fine), I am getting the following
> completion dialog:
>
>
>
> Shrew Soft VPN Client has been installed on your computer.
>
> Click Finish to close this wizard.
>
>
>
> After the installation has been completed and after a reboot, I have
> captured the following screen that shows that NO virtual Network Adapter
> had been created:
>
>
>
> NO virtual Network Adapter
>
>
>
> … but, as per this other screen capture, the Schrew Soft filter had been
> installed:
>
>
>
> Schrew Soft Lightweight Filter is installed to the existing Network
> Adpaters.
>
>
>
> Then, when I uninstalled the Shrew VPN Client 2.2.2, I have captured the
> following error screen:
>
>
>
> Error 0x80070005: Couldn’t apply the changes after uninstalling vflt.
>
> Possible cause: Access is denied
>
>
>
> I hope the above screen captures will help to figure-out what is going
> wrong during the installation ….
>
>
>
> PS: After all the above, I manually cleaned-up any remaining traces from
> this other installation attempt of the Shrew VPN Client 2.2.2 (i.e.:
> Registry, ProgramData, Program Files).
>
>
>
> I wish great holidays to all of you J
>
>
> *Jean Lamontagne**Senior Software Consultant/*
> *Consultant principal en logiciels*
> *ObjeXpert Inc.*
> Home  : (514) 363-2820
> Cell  : (514) 996-2471
> MailTo: jlamontagne at objexpert.com
>
>
>
> *From:* Jean Lamontagne (ObjeXpert) [mailto:jlamontagne at objexpert.com
> <jlamontagne at objexpert.com>]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, December 24, 2014 12:02 PM
> *To:* 'alexis.lagoutte at gmail.com'
> *Cc:* 'vpn-help at lists.shrew.net'
> *Subject:* RE: [vpn-help] Failing to install the Shrew VPN Client 2.2.2
> on Win8.1 64bits
>
>
>
> Bonjour Alexis,
>
>
>
> Thanks very much for your very quick replyJ
>
>
>
> I was having the Cisco Systems VPN Client *5.0.07.0440* that has been
> finally removed after a long and painful saga … where, I have been forced
> to do a Windows 8.1 Update / Repair in order to successfully remove this
> client. Before that, I was unable to remove it. When I removed-it, right
> after the Windows 8.1 Update / Repair, I have done so without any kind of
> error or warnings. I can also confirm that the “DNE/Deterministic Network
> Enhancement” is NOT anymore listed into the Network Connection
> configurations.
>
>
>
> Do you believe there would be some remaining traces somewhere that would
> prevent the Shrew VPN Client 2.2.2 to install correctly?
>
>
>
> Have great holidaysJ
>
>
> *Jean Lamontagne**Senior Software Consultant/*
> *Consultant principal en logiciels*
> *ObjeXpert Inc.*
> Home  : (514) 363-2820
> Cell  : (514) 996-2471
> MailTo: jlamontagne at objexpert.com
>
>
>
>
>
>
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