Microsoft KB Archive/168064

= PPTP Protocol Not Available on MCA Computers =

Article ID: 168064

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q168064



SYMPTOMS
When you try to install point to point tunneling protocol (PPTP), it does not appear as an installable protocol in the Network Control Panel on Microchannel computers.



CAUSE
Windows NT operating system components can be installed based on bus type. In this case, MCA is not listed as a supported bus architecture in the [PlatformsSupported] section of Oemnxppp.inf.



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem open the Oemnxppp.inf file (located in the %Systemroot%\System32 directory). In the [PlatformsSupported] section, add MCA. Another resolution is to delete the [PlatformsSupported] section entirely.

See Example:

Before:

  [PlatformsSupported] ISA EISA "JAZZ-INTERNAL BUS"

After:

  [PlatformsSupported] MCA ISA EISA "JAZZ-INTERNAL BUS"



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT Server version 4.0. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: prodnt Micro-channel MCA Point to point transfer ps/2 micro-channel

Keywords: kbbug KB168064

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