PPTP in XP SP3

Does anyone know what SP3 does to PPTP?

Both myself and a colleague installed it, and when we connected any PPTP
VPNs, we got all the right IP addressing, but could not ping anywhere by IP
or by FQDN. We could not see any computers on the remote network.

We have now removed SP3 and PPTP works properly again.

Any ideas???

Richard Coward wrote:
> Does anyone know what SP3 does to PPTP?
>
> Both myself and a colleague installed it, and when we connected any
> PPTP VPNs, we got all the right IP addressing, but could not ping
> anywhere by IP or by FQDN. We could not see any computers on the
> remote network.
>
> We have now removed SP3 and PPTP works properly again.
>
> Any ideas???

Don't use unsupported pre-release products? *grin*

What is known about Windows XP SP3 (still in pre-release - SP3 Release
Candidate 1 (RC1) at this time):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en

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"Richard Coward" <Richard Coward@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:FF8C1473-5DD0-404A-8764-A840805C5BCE@microsoft.com...
> Does anyone know what SP3 does to PPTP?
>
> Both myself and a colleague installed it, and when we connected any PPTP
> VPNs, we got all the right IP addressing, but could not ping anywhere by IP
> or by FQDN. We could not see any computers on the remote network.
>
> We have now removed SP3 and PPTP works properly again.
>
> Any ideas???
>
>

"Shenan Stanley" wrote:

> Richard Coward wrote:
> > Does anyone know what SP3 does to PPTP?
> >
> > Both myself and a colleague installed it, and when we connected any
> > PPTP VPNs, we got all the right IP addressing, but could not ping
> > anywhere by IP or by FQDN. We could not see any computers on the
> > remote network.
> >
> > We have now removed SP3 and PPTP works properly again.
> >
> > Any ideas???
>
> Don't use unsupported pre-release products? *grin*
>
> What is known about Windows XP SP3 (still in pre-release - SP3 Release
> Candidate 1 (RC1) at this time):
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en
>
That's not helpful. There is nothing reported about a serious bug in the PPP
module, Compression is always on (MPPC) regardless of what the user is
choosing.
Very bad.