Jim Guckin

Question:

My WAN miniport has gone missing. I accidentally deleted it durring some computer troubleshooting.  Do you know how to get it back short of a complete Windows re-install?

Thanks,
Howard S. Jordan
Montgomery, AL

Answer:

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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