I upgraded my physical PC from Windows 8 to Windows 8.1 RTM (x64), and also had the Shrew client (2.2.2) stop working. At first I thought it was a compatibility thing, but I installed Windows 8.1 RTM clean in a VM, installed Shrew, and it worked just fine. So I knew then it wasn’t a compatibility thing, and also jives with what I understand about Windows 8.1, in that it doesn’t have “driver level” differences with Windows 8.
I’m going from memory here, but I believe I uninstalled Shrew from my physical PC, removed all of Shrew’s data files (I believe there is a folder under \programdata), removed all of the nonpresent devices from device manager (you can Google that procedure; if need be I can give it to you), which I *think* had some Shrew virtual adapters, rebooted, installed Shrew again, and it’s worked fine ever since. Every once in a while I still have to cycle the Shrew services, but I believe that’s a known issue in the client itself. HTH! Jim From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Monday, October 07, 2013 1:00 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [vpn-help] Shrewsoft VPN client and Windows 8 problem Folks - I have never had an issue with the VPN client for windows until I upgraded to Windows 8.1 preview. It just won’t connect. Are you aware of anyone else having issues with the 8.1 upgrade? Many thanks Sent from Windows Mail
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