Monthly Archives: November 2015

Windows update/BITS/ipSec/various errors & problems

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We had a computer which could not run Windows Update because BITS would not start (error 2147014790, but could be others.)  MSE would not update either and the Event Log also had various other errors including “The IPsec Policy Agent service terminated with the following error: The requested service provider could not be loaded or initialized.”

Resetting the IP stack fixed everything:

  1. Start the Command Prompt window as Administrator
  2. Netsh winsock reset
  3. Netsh int ipv4 reset
  4. Netsh int ipv6 reset (if you use IPv6)
  5. Restart the computer

 

Windows 10 – Getting at TCP/IP settings for VPN

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Microsoft’s Windows 10 has at least one bug that was discovered very early in its development that was never fixed before release:  A VPN connection cannot be configured through the normal UI. The most common setting people have to change is to disable “Use default gateway on remote network.”

This setting can be changed on Windows 10 this way:

  1. Locate the proper RASPHONE.PBK file.
    - for ‘all users’ VPN’s:  %ProgramData%\Microsoft\Network\Connections\Pbk
    - for ‘current user’ VPN’s: %AppData%\Microsoft\Network\Connections\Pbk
  2. Edit the proper RASPHONE.PBK file using notepad so IpPrioritizeRemote is 0

 

Wondershare fraud

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Beware of purchasing Wondershare products including: MobileGo, MirrorGo and others (www.wondershare.net.)  While their software seems to be OK, they intentionally make the ordering process confusing and they will continue to charge you annually for what should have been a one-time purchase in the hopes that you won’t notice it and pay anyway. Such nefarious behavior makes us question what else they do to the computers on which their software is installed.