tap driver install failed! Please help!

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rd6022
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tap driver install failed! Please help!

Post by rd6022 » Tue Mar 29, 2011 10:57 am

Hi there,

I've been using OpenVPN on diff computers with diff os and configuration. So far so good.
This morning I installed the latest version from your web site and I got into this problem.


C:\Program Files\OpenVPN\bin>rem Add a new TAP-Win32 virtual ethernet adapter

C:\Program Files\OpenVPN\bin>"C:\Program Files\OpenVPN\bin\tapinstall.exe" insta
ll "C:\Program Files\OpenVPN\driver\OemWin2k.inf" tap0901
Device node created. Install is complete when drivers are installed...
Updating drivers for tap0901 from C:\Program Files\OpenVPN\driver\OemWin2k.inf.
UpdateDriverForPlugAndPlayDevices failed, GetLastError=-536870397
tapinstall.exe failed.

C:\Program Files\OpenVPN\bin>pause
Press any key to continue . . .

I've tried every method on the forums and on google. Driver signing is disabled, manually install is not working either, I am running as Admin, Tried right click and install as admin, no luck.

My setup:
Windows 7 Pro (up2date except sp1) 32bit version
No antivirus/antispyware/firewall. Even windows firewall is down, together with windows defender.

What should I do?

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krzee
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Joined: Fri Aug 29, 2008 5:42 pm

Re: tap driver install failed! Please help!

Post by krzee » Thu May 12, 2011 8:33 am

this is happening with 2.2.0?

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