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My WAN miniport has gone missing. Running Vista Home Premium. Anyone know how to get it back short of a complete Windows re-install?

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Howard

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My WAN miniport has gone missing. Running Vista Home Premium. Anyone know how to get it back short of a complete Windows re-install?

Thanks,
Howard

It's been a while since I've been in this situation, but this should work:

1. Download devcon.exe from some Microsoft site.

2. Open netrasa.inf in c:\windows\inf

3. Look for the section [Msft.NTx86]

4. In the DeviceID column, you can see the installable devices.

5. Run this command to install the WAN Miniport (PPTP):
devcon.exe install c:\windows\inf\netrasa.inf MS_PptpMiniport

6. You can install the other devices similarly. I think you will need MS_L2tpMiniport, MS_PtiMiniport, MS_NdisWanIp, MS_PppoeMiniport additionally

Let me know if this helps you.

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