Re: Missing drivers for WAN Miniport

In
news:a3de549f-2c3f-418e-86f6-,
AndyHancock wrote:
> I have a Toshiba Satellite A660-047 PSAW3C-047017 running Windows 7
> Professional 64-bit.
>
> I just downloaded the ISO for Norton Ghost 15, created the
> installation CD, installed Ghost, and ran the driver validation from
> the installation CD. I got the following message:
>
>> The following devices do not have drivers in the Symantec Recovery
>> Disk.
>>
>> WAN Miniport (IKEv2)
>>
>> A detailed information about these devices is given below
>>
>> Description : WAN Miniport (IKEv2)
>> Class : Net
>> Class Guid : {4d36e972-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}
>> Hardware Id : ms_agilevpnminiport
>> Hardware Id : MS_AgileVpnMiniport
>
> From a bit of googling, it seems it is more of a higher level
> interface than an actual hardware device. I'm not really sure what
> it's used for, or how likely I will miss it in the event of a
> recovery. Is this something I should spend time worrying about right
> away?
>
> The thread
> http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/w...7-7e5b3460b6a6
> says it's not needed in "most cases" but I was wondering if any
> exceptions might be encountered during recovery (when I would like to
> use WiFi to surf and restore my system to non-factory state, as well
> as to do diagnostics on a possibly bad HDD).

I am not sure, but I believe that is for VPN connections only. And last
I heard, Windows doesn't normally come with VPN drivers.

Virtual private network - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_private_network

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Bill
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