Re: Intermittant Connection to Usenet

"Astroboy" <> wrote in message
news:...
> I am using Vista Home. SP1 does not load and always removes itself. WAN
> Miniport (SSTP) is flagged
> as not operating properly.
>
> I use Newsrover as a newsreader and NewsGuy for usenet connections. Both
> worked perfectly for
> years.
>
> I just added a D-Link (model DIR-615) router to my sytem and everything
> seems to work fine, except
> for one thing. I'm getting loss of connection with the NewsGuy servers.
> I've contacted them, but
> they say everyone is running OK, and i've never had problems before. When
> i download files, things
> are OK for a while, then connectivity drops off and eventually stops.
>
> Since the only thing that's changed is the new D-Link router, i suspect
> this is the problem. I've
> tried changing ports and i've checked the D-Link setup to make sure
> everything is as it should be. I
> am using a switched cable connection (not wireless) on this computer.
>
> Could the WAN Miniport be the issue? How do you fix this?
>
> Any ideas? Any other fixes?
>
> TIA!

If you can't get SP1 for Vista installed, or more importantly SP2 you have
issues unrelated to a router that needs to be solved first. Run various
malware checkers such as Malwarebytes and SpyBot search and destroy to see
if you have been infected. If nothing is found you need to research the
reason behind the SP not being installed properly.

There are some references on the internet to WAN Miniport showing issues
after an uninstall of SP1. Might want to look at that also.