Question : Remote Access (VPN) Problem

This problem has been seen several times before, but I haven't found a good solution yet - the following link describes the issue:

  http://www.experts-exchange.com/Operating_Systems/Windows_Server_2003/Q_21258543.html

It's a SBS2003 Standard Edition with one NIC and SP1 installed. I installed some updates last night and now no-one can connect remotely via a PPTP VPN. I tried reconfiguring the Remote Access Wizard, but it hangs at the end and gives the following error, as decribed in the link above:

*** Running IExpress to build the package returned ERROR 80004005
*** ERROR: Cannot delete temp directory CMP2.tmp
Specifying error location (in CMAK) returned OK
*** CRRASCommit::CommitCMAK returned ERROR 80004005
*** CRRASCommit::CommitEx returned ERROR 80004005

I have a strong suspcion that this is linked to DNS or DHCP - my users can connect via PPTP and authenticate, but are not allocated a valid IP address.

Remote Desktop connections and OWA are both fine.

Please note that this *was* working, so has nothing to do with the router or port-forwarding etc.

Any pointers greatly appreciated!

Answer : Remote Access (VPN) Problem

Yes, reinstall SBS SP1 again... never any harm in doing that.

Be sure to follow this guide:  http://sbsurl.com/sp1

Jeff
TechSoEasy