There are workarounds for this. First off, you need to shut off "Enable Start Before Login" under the "Windows Login Properties" menu on the Options button of the VPN dialer.
Then you need to disable one of the dlls that the Cisco dialer installs.
Look in the registry and find HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon and delete the entire value called "GinaDLL", not just the "csgina.dll" that is installed by the VPN dialer.
Or upgrade to a newer version of the VPN dialer, then you only have to disable the start before login to get it to work correctly.
Don't blame the hardware, the problem with the DCT-2000 is software. I have two DCT-2000s at home with Comcast/ATTBI/Mediaone and they ARE terribly slow changing channels. A buddy of mine has a DCT-2000 in Rhode Island with Cox cable, which uses an entirely different software suite than Comcast and it flies. His DCT-2000 is comparable to DirectTV when it comes to changing channels.
From what I understand, these boxes are upgradable and can run a variety of different OSes, including (gasp!) Windows CE. I am not sure which OS Comcast (or Cox) uses, but it may be the difference.
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Is there a live webcam of the debt clock anywhere?
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I checked Google and just came up with a bunch of Flash versions of the clock and a million hits on this same story from a week ago..
There are workarounds for this. First off, you need to shut off "Enable Start Before Login" under the "Windows Login Properties" menu on the Options button of the VPN dialer.
Then you need to disable one of the dlls that the Cisco dialer installs.
Look in the registry and find HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon and delete the entire value called "GinaDLL", not just the "csgina.dll" that is installed by the VPN dialer.
Or upgrade to a newer version of the VPN dialer, then you only have to disable the start before login to get it to work correctly.
"It's such a simple flaw; we don't believe it requires extensive testing to deploy the patches," he [PTC spokesman Joe Gavaghan] said.
That's an excellent plan! Nothing bad has ever come from that train of thought before.
In future news, PTC spokesman Joe Gavaghan is now working for Microsoft's Security division.
Don't blame the hardware, the problem with the DCT-2000 is software. I have two DCT-2000s at home with Comcast/ATTBI/Mediaone and they ARE terribly slow changing channels. A buddy of mine has a DCT-2000 in Rhode Island with Cox cable, which uses an entirely different software suite than Comcast and it flies. His DCT-2000 is comparable to DirectTV when it comes to changing channels.
From what I understand, these boxes are upgradable and can run a variety of different OSes, including (gasp!) Windows CE. I am not sure which OS Comcast (or Cox) uses, but it may be the difference.