128-Bit Dial-Up Networking Security Upgrade Does Not Work

• Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition

SYMPTOMS

After you install Windows 98 Second Edition, you may experience either of the following issues:

• When you attempt to create a Dial-Up Networking (DUN) connection that uses 128-bit data encryption, you may receive the following error message:

  Error 629: You have been disconnected from the computer you dialed.
  Double-click the connection to try again.




• You are unable to install the 128-bit version of the Windows 98 Dial-Up Networking Security Upgrade (Msnt128.exe) file.
  
  NOTE: When you double-click the Msnt128.exe file, you receive the 128 bit encryption for Dial-Up Networking (Not for Export) dialog box. When you click OK, you quit the Msnt128.exe program.

CAUSE

This issue can occur for either of the following reasons:

• You installed Windows 98 Second Edition after you installed the 128-bit version of the Windows 98 Dial-Up Networking Security Upgrade files.
  
  NOTE: Windows 98 Second Edition includes a newer version of the 40-bit DUN files that replace the 128-bit DUN files.



• The 128-bit version of the Windows 98 Dial-Up Networking Security Upgrade works only with Microsoft Windows 98.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this issue, uninstall Windows 98 Second Edition or install the 128-bit DUN Security Upgrade for Windows 98 Second Edition when Microsoft makes it available. To see if the 128-bit DUN Security Upgrade for Windows 98 Second Edition is available, view the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/Support/NTServer/128Eula.asp

Additional query words: vpn

Keywords          : kberrmsg kbnetwork kbsetup kburl dun win98se 
Version           : WINDOWS:
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbprb 

Last Reviewed: July 30, 1999