February 22, 2007

Cisco VPN is the Devil!

I’m very sorry for the lack of an update yesterday. I was away from the computer. :)

Anyway, I spent a lot of time today trying to troubleshoot my computer at work. Here’s the breakdown:

  1. I could remote desktop anywhere just fine.
  2. I installed the Cisco VPN Client. I did not configure it.
  3. I couldn’t remote desktop anywhere!
  4. I uninstalled Cisco VPN Client.
  5. I couldn’t remote desktop anywhere!
  6. I hacked at the registry and removed any remnant of the application.
  7. I couldn’t remote desktop anywhere!
  8. Go to #6.

I never actually solved the problem. In short, don’t install that shit unless you absolutely need it.

I Googled for hours. It seems Cisco VPN Client has a tendency to break Remote Desktop, but nobody knows exactly why. And for your techies I’ll state this again: No, I never actually configured or used the client. I just installed it and it broke shit.

If you have suggestions, please let me know!

Filed under: Geeky Stuff — Michi @ 12:13 am

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