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SBS Connection Manager does not run on Win 7 X64

December 30th, 2009 - 09:56 pm ET by D.Sweet | Report spam
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I am not sure if I have sellected the correct place to ask this question.
I have a Server running 2003 Small Business server, I recently upgaded with
a fresh install my Dell 490 Workstation that has 2 processors to Win 7 x64. I
cannot run the SBS Connector for remote access, give me a mesage that the
Processor Arch. is incorrect. I know hat with WIN7 x32 it works but am not
able to run it on the x64 version. Can anyone guide me in the correct
direction?

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#1 v-robmen
January 04th, 2010 - 01:41 am ET | Report spam
Hi D.Sweet,

Thanks for your reply and Kerry's advice.

Glad to know the work round that manually created VPN connection works fine on 64 bit Windows 7 client.

This issue is by design and actually occurs not only to 64 bit Windows 7 client, but also to other 64 bit OS client including Windows Vista. A good work round is to create a
VPN connection manually instead of using the VPN connector that created by SBS connecting computer wizard. Because the Connection Manager Administration Kit (CMAK)
installed on the SBS Server(location is C:\programs files\CMAK\cmak.exe) is for 32 bit program and the created service profile for client computer is 32 bit too.

You must install CMAK on a computer that is running the same processor architecture as the computers on which you want to install the profile. To create a profile for a 64-bit
version of Windows, then you must create the profile on a computer that is running 64-bit version of Windows, such as Windows Server 2008 R2. To create a profile for a 32-
bit version of Windows, then you must create the profile by using CMAK on computer that is running a 32-bit version of Windows. You can install CMAK on the 32-bit version of
Windows 7 as an optional feature. (see: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/...y/dd672667(WS.10).aspx and http://www.isaserver.org/img/upl/vp...2/cmak.htm )


More instance found for your reference:

Vista x64 and Download Connetion Manager Issue
http://www.eggheadcafe.com/software...ad-co.aspx

VPN Connection Manager on SBS 2003 - 64-bit Issues
http://www.experts-exchange.com/Sto...84751.html

Vista - Cannot connect to SBS 2003
http://www.vistax64.com/network-sha...003-a.html

Unable to install the VPN-Q 2006 client on Windows XP 64bit
http://www.winfrasoft.com/kb-6.htm

Create i386 CMAK Profile on x64 Machine
http://reidablog.blogspot.com/2009/...chine.html

Hope this helps. Also, if you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to let me know.


Sincerely,
Robbin Meng
Microsoft Online Newsgroup Support

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