Vista - WAN Miniport (SSTP) - missing driver

Hi all,
just looked in device manager (unrelated matter) on Vista and noticed a
device that was listed as having a problem. It wasn't there a couple of
days ago.

WAN Miniport (SSTP)
Windows cannot load the device driver for this hardware. The device
driver may be corrupted or missing. (code 39)

It seems to refer to an inf file called netsstpa.inf. When I search the
computer that file has definitely been indexed in the past (location c:
\widows\inf), but it's now gone. I haven't installed or uninstalled
anything network related for ages.


I'm not sure what this is. Any ideas why this would have suddenly
appeared over the last few days? Any idea how to fix it?

Thanks
Mick

Mick <mikeyjames69@xxxxxx> wrote in
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BTW - Vista Ultimate 32

Gigabyte GA-965P-DQ6
Q6600 @ 3GHZ (8x375)
2G Corsair PC6400 4-4-4-12
Leadtek Geforce 8800GTS (640MB)
Dual Boot Vista Ultimate/XP Pro: 2 x Raid 0 (4x Maxtor 250Gb 16MB)
Raid1part1=Vista / Raid2part1=XP Pro

This post talks about WAN Miniport (PPTP) that may help.

RESOLVED: Network Wizard only ...The solution involved reinstalling the WAN
Miniport (PPTP) driver. Here's how I did it: 1. Go to device manager and
select "Show Hidden Devices" under the ...
http://www.chicagotech.net/netforums...9aeb8e5e43c459


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"Mick" <mikeyjames69@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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That didn't work for me, in fact now I lost the whole WAN Miniport SSTP option

John

"Robert L. (MS-MVP)" wrote:

In case anyone is wondering about the original issue, please see Error message when you view a WAN Miniport (SSTP) network adapter or a WAN Miniport (NDISWANBH) network adapter in Device Manager in Windows Vista: "Error code 39"

According to that kb, it is safe to ignore error 39.

I had this problem in Vista recently.

I used netcfg and devcon to resolve it. Netcfg is shipped with
windows. Devcon needs to be downloaded from:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/311272/en-us

I removed and readded the device with the warning sign. These are
special devices for VPN links, etc. Device Manager cannot repair them
directly. You may want try just adding the device back without removing
it first.

To remove:
netcfg -e -u ms_ndiswanip

To add:
devcon install c:\windows\inf\netrasa.inf ms_ndiswanip

If you get a failure message in devcon, reboot and let the bootup
process try to finish the install. Let it run to completion, it takes a
couple of minutes. I had to do this. Devcon seems to fail adding the
drivers to the device node when Windows is running.

Both of these commands are run from the cmd prompt. Copying devcon.exe
to a convenient directory like c:\users\<your ID> first is helpful.

If your device has a different name substitute it above. You may want
to check netrasa.inf with notepad or wordpad first to make sure it is
part of this definition file. Most likely it is.

MSDN or TechNet have writeups on what MINIPORTS are used for in more
detail.


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Thank you for the tip.

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