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After letting Windows reboot and install updates today, I cannot use VPNs.
My existing VPN connection no longer shows in the VPN page of Settings.
If I try to create a new VPN connection and click Save, the button becomes greyed out and nothing happens
If I try to create a VPN connection with PowerShell, I get a "Provider load failure" error. Nothing I've found on the Internet has shed any light on this at all, there's zero hits in any search engine for "Add-VpnConnection" + "Provider load failure". This topic will probably be the first one.
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Add-VpnConnection -Name "VPN" -ServerAddress "example.com"
Add-VpnConnection : Provider load failure
At line:1 char:1
+ Add-VpnConnection -Name "Work VPN" -ServerAddress "example.com"
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (PS_VpnConnection:root/Microsoft/...S_VpnConnection) [Add-VpnConnection],
CimException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : HRESULT 0x80041013,Add-VpnConnection
I don't have security software running that could interfere with anything as far as I know. MBAM is installed but has no real-time protection enabled, and I haven't updated it in a few days anyways. Windows Defender is the only other thing.
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My existing VPN connection no longer shows in the VPN page of Settings.
If I try to create a new VPN connection and click Save, the button becomes greyed out and nothing happens
If I try to create a VPN connection with PowerShell, I get a "Provider load failure" error. Nothing I've found on the Internet has shed any light on this at all, there's zero hits in any search engine for "Add-VpnConnection" + "Provider load failure". This topic will probably be the first one.
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Add-VpnConnection -Name "VPN" -ServerAddress "example.com"
Add-VpnConnection : Provider load failure
At line:1 char:1
+ Add-VpnConnection -Name "Work VPN" -ServerAddress "example.com"
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (PS_VpnConnection:root/Microsoft/...S_VpnConnection) [Add-VpnConnection],
CimException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : HRESULT 0x80041013,Add-VpnConnection
I don't have security software running that could interfere with anything as far as I know. MBAM is installed but has no real-time protection enabled, and I haven't updated it in a few days anyways. Windows Defender is the only other thing.
Continue reading...