WAN Miniport (SSTP) - missing driver

Hi all,
just looked in device manager (unrelated matter) on Vista and noticed a
device that was listed as having a problem. It wasn't there a couple of
days ago.

WAN Miniport (SSTP)
Windows cannot load the device driver for this hardware. The device
driver may be corrupted or missing. (code 39)

It seems to refer to an inf file called netsstpa.inf. When I search the
computer that file has definitely been indexed in the past (location c:
\widows\inf), but it's now gone. I haven't installed or uninstalled
anything network related for ages.


I'm not sure what this is. Any ideas why this would have suddenly
appeared over the last few days? Any idea how to fix it?

Thanks
Mick


Vista Ultimate 32

Gigabyte GA-965P-DQ6
Q6600 @ 3GHZ (8x375)
2G Corsair PC6400 4-4-4-12
Leadtek Geforce 8800GTS (640MB)
Dual Boot Vista Ultimate/XP Pro: 2 x Raid 0 (4x Maxtor 250Gb 16MB)
Raid1part1=Vista / Raid2part1=XP Pro

Hi,

Possibly the file was corrupted and removed by the system. Reinstalling
network card drivers from the manufacturer may resolve it.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"Mick" <> wrote in message
news:.. .
> Hi all,
> just looked in device manager (unrelated matter) on Vista and noticed a
> device that was listed as having a problem. It wasn't there a couple of
> days ago.
>
> WAN Miniport (SSTP)
> Windows cannot load the device driver for this hardware. The device
> driver may be corrupted or missing. (code 39)
>
> It seems to refer to an inf file called netsstpa.inf. When I search the
> computer that file has definitely been indexed in the past (location c:
> \widows\inf), but it's now gone. I haven't installed or uninstalled
> anything network related for ages.
>
>
> I'm not sure what this is. Any ideas why this would have suddenly
> appeared over the last few days? Any idea how to fix it?
>
> Thanks
> Mick
>
>
> Vista Ultimate 32
>
> Gigabyte GA-965P-DQ6
> Q6600 @ 3GHZ (8x375)
> 2G Corsair PC6400 4-4-4-12
> Leadtek Geforce 8800GTS (640MB)
> Dual Boot Vista Ultimate/XP Pro: 2 x Raid 0 (4x Maxtor 250Gb 16MB)
> Raid1part1=Vista / Raid2part1=XP Pro

Thanks, I'll give it a try.




"Rick Rogers" <> wrote in
news:u9uT#:

> Hi,
>
> Possibly the file was corrupted and removed by the system.
> Reinstalling network card drivers from the manufacturer may
> resolve it.
>

Did you just uninstall beta SP1 by any chance?

Mick wrote:
> Hi all,
> just looked in device manager (unrelated matter) on Vista and noticed a
> device that was listed as having a problem. It wasn't there a couple of
> days ago.
>
> WAN Miniport (SSTP)
> Windows cannot load the device driver for this hardware. The device
> driver may be corrupted or missing. (code 39)
>
> It seems to refer to an inf file called netsstpa.inf. When I search the
> computer that file has definitely been indexed in the past (location c:
> \widows\inf), but it's now gone. I haven't installed or uninstalled
> anything network related for ages.
>
>
> I'm not sure what this is. Any ideas why this would have suddenly
> appeared over the last few days? Any idea how to fix it?
>
> Thanks
> Mick
>
>
> Vista Ultimate 32
>
> Gigabyte GA-965P-DQ6
> Q6600 @ 3GHZ (8x375)
> 2G Corsair PC6400 4-4-4-12
> Leadtek Geforce 8800GTS (640MB)
> Dual Boot Vista Ultimate/XP Pro: 2 x Raid 0 (4x Maxtor 250Gb 16MB)
> Raid1part1=Vista / Raid2part1=XP Pro

bjr <bj-> wrote in
news::

> Did you just uninstall beta SP1 by any chance?


No, but thanks anyway.

"Rick Rogers" <> wrote in
news:u9uT#:

> Hi,
>
> Possibly the file was corrupted and removed by the system.
> Reinstalling network card drivers from the manufacturer may
> resolve it.
>


Yep, that worked.
Thanks