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RE: Try this patch...
by C C Magnus Gustavsson on Friday February 13th 2009, 4:25
I tried 1.1.14, which I believe should have the patch applied. I get a bit further:
fixme:shell:URL_ParseUrl failed to parse L"System.Windows.Forms"
fixme:shell:URL_ParseUrl failed to parse L"System"
fixme:shell:URL_ParseUrl failed to parse L"System.Drawing"
fixme:shell:URL_ParseUrl failed to parse L"System.Xml"
fixme:shell:URL_ParseUrl failed to parse L"System.Configuration"
fixme:shell:URL_ParseUrl failed to parse L"mscorlib.XmlSerializers"
fixme:shell:URL_ParseUrl failed to parse L"System.Xml.resources"
fixme:shell:URL_ParseUrl failed to parse L"System.Xml.resources"
fixme:shell:URL_ParseUrl failed to parse L"mscorlib.resources"
fixme:shell:URL_ParseUrl failed to parse L"mscorlib.resources"
fixme:shell:URL_ParseUrl failed to parse L"VpxClient.XmlSerializers"
fixme:shell:URL_ParseUrl failed to parse L"VpxClient"
fixme:shell:URL_ParseUrl failed to parse L"Accessibility"
fixme:win:EnumDisplayDevicesW ((null),0,0x32dd5c,0x00000000), stub!
fixme:shell:URL_ParseUrl failed to parse L"VpxClient.resources"
fixme:shell:URL_ParseUrl failed to parse L"VpxClient.resources"
fixme:shell:URL_ParseUrl failed to parse L"VpxClient.resources"
fixme:shell:URL_ParseUrl failed to parse L"VpxClient.resources"
fixme:shell:URL_ParseUrl failed to parse L"VpxClient.resources"
fixme:shell:URL_ParseUrl failed to parse L"VpxClient.resources"
fixme:shell:URL_ParseUrl failed to parse L"VpxClient.resources"
fixme:shell:URL_ParseUrl failed to parse L"VpxClient.resources"
fixme:ole:CoGetContextToken stub
fixme:dciman:DCICreatePrimary 0x340 0x3e8129c
fixme:ras:RasEnumConnectionsW (0x199ff8,0x7e9d7228,0x7e9d7224),stub!
fixme:ras:RasEnumConnectionsW RAS support is not implemented! Configure program to use LAN connection/winsock instead!
fixme:winsock:WSAIoctl -> SIO_ADDRESS_LIST_CHANGE request: stub
fixme:ras:RasConnectionNotificationW (0xffffffff,0x234,0x00000003),stub!
fixme:shell:URL_ParseUrl failed to parse L"System.resources"
fixme:shell:URL_ParseUrl failed to parse L"System.resources"
fixme:winsock:WSAIoctl -> SIO_ADDRESS_LIST_CHANGE request: stub
fixme:shell:URL_ParseUrl failed to parse L"VpxClient.resources"
fixme:shell:URL_ParseUrl failed to parse L"VpxClient.resources"
Then "A communication error occured recieving data from the server.". So at least the ssl problems seem gone now.
With native rasapi32.dll:
fixme:shell:URL_ParseUrl failed to parse L"System.Windows.Forms"
fixme:shell:URL_ParseUrl failed to parse L"System"
fixme:shell:URL_ParseUrl failed to parse L"System.Drawing"
fixme:shell:URL_ParseUrl failed to parse L"System.Xml"
fixme:shell:URL_ParseUrl failed to parse L"System.Configuration"
fixme:shell:URL_ParseUrl failed to parse L"mscorlib.XmlSerializers"
fixme:shell:URL_ParseUrl failed to parse L"System.Xml.resources"
fixme:shell:URL_ParseUrl failed to parse L"System.Xml.resources"
fixme:shell:URL_ParseUrl failed to parse L"mscorlib.resources"
fixme:shell:URL_ParseUrl failed to parse L"mscorlib.resources"
fixme:shell:URL_ParseUrl failed to parse L"VpxClient.XmlSerializers"
fixme:shell:URL_ParseUrl failed to parse L"VpxClient"
fixme:shell:URL_ParseUrl failed to parse L"Accessibility"
fixme:win:EnumDisplayDevicesW ((null),0,0x32dd5c,0x00000000), stub!
fixme:shell:URL_ParseUrl failed to parse L"VpxClient.resources"
fixme:shell:URL_ParseUrl failed to parse L"VpxClient.resources"
fixme:shell:URL_ParseUrl failed to parse L"VpxClient.resources"
fixme:shell:URL_ParseUrl failed to parse L"VpxClient.resources"
fixme:shell:URL_ParseUrl failed to parse L"VpxClient.resources"
fixme:shell:URL_ParseUrl failed to parse L"VpxClient.resources"
fixme:shell:URL_ParseUrl failed to parse L"VpxClient.resources"
fixme:shell:URL_ParseUrl failed to parse L"VpxClient.resources"
fixme:ole:CoGetContextToken stub
fixme:dciman:DCICreatePrimary 0x340 0x3e8129c
fixme:winsock:WSAIoctl -> SIO_ADDRESS_LIST_CHANGE request: stub
fixme:shell:URL_ParseUrl failed to parse L"System.resources"
fixme:shell:URL_ParseUrl failed to parse L"System.resources"
fixme:winsock:WSAIoctl -> SIO_ADDRESS_LIST_CHANGE request: stub
fixme:shell:URL_ParseUrl failed to parse L"VpxClient.resources"
fixme:shell:URL_ParseUrl failed to parse L"VpxClient.resources"