Validation Failed for C:\winnt\system32\vsinit.dll

[mxcasey]

I am running VPN Client 4.6.00.0045 on Windows 2000 and when I reboot I get the an error that reads "Validation Failed for C:\winnt\system32\vsinit.dll"

It seems the VPN Service is not starting. A reinstall will not fix it. I do not have ZoneAlarm or any other personal firewall installed. Any help would be appreciated.

[sstudsdahl]

I'm not sure if the steps described at this URL will help your issue or not. There is quite a bit of information in the post that may be of some help.

http://forum.zonelabs.org/zonelabs/board/message?board.id=Off-Topic&message.id=5155

On my system, I do not have ZoneAlarm and installed at all and I have the vsinit.dll file on my system. I suspect that it is installed with the Cisco VPN Client. There is reference to this file in bug CSCec41278 that leads me to this conclusion. The version of the VPN client that I have installed is 4.6.00.0049.

HTH

Steve

[mxcasey]

Thanks for your response.

It turned out to be missing Root Certificates.

For reference:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/en/server/help/default.asp?url=/windows2000/en/server/help/sag_PKPuseCertRoot.htm