Access Connections problem

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rgrosz · #1 Post by **rgrosz** » Sat Jan 15, 2005 1:56 pm

I've been using Access Connections for several months. I have several profiles that I use at various locations.

I wanted to update the encryption key on my home network, which uses WPA. I figured it would be a good idea to change the key periodically, since I am paranoid.

I am unable to edit, delete or copy this profile inside of Access Connections. For some reason, all three of these buttons are grayed out.

I uninstalled my existing version 3.21, then downloaded and installed version 3.53. But I still can't change anything in that one profile. I can modify any of the other profiles fine.

Any ideas?

stustrway · #2 Post by **stustrway** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 9:59 pm

I have this problem too. Any solutions?

michael23 · #3 Post by **michael23** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 9:04 am

Are you logged on as a user with administrator privileges?

stustrway · #4 Post by **stustrway** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 9:06 am

Yes, I am logged on w/ an admin account. To be more specific, I cannot edit or delete any profiles which I imported into AC. Before I did a clean install a few months ago, I backed up all of the profiles I created. After the clean install, I imported them. I'm happy to delete them manually, if anyone knows how to do that too. Thanks!

Nick Y · #5 Post by **Nick Y** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 10:08 am

Long way round, but you could uninstall AC, which will ask you if you want to save your profiles; don't save and then reinstall... (Or not even reinstall; it seems to be causing a lot of problems with me and others.)

davidspalding · #6 Post by **davidspalding** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 6:35 pm

The profiles are in teh Registry. I posted in another AC thread where they are. Just export them, and use them for recreating them when you've reinstalled that punk-a** Access Connections.

llama_thumper · #7 Post by **llama_thumper** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 2:48 pm

hi,
have the same prob and don't quite get you - should I:

a) export profiles
b) uninstall access
c) restart
d) install
e) import?

or did you mean doing something directly with the registry?

ThinkPad R · #8 Post by **ThinkPad R** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 5:39 pm

I have a problem with the ThinkVantage Access Connections starting up.

I don't know why. some kind of initialization error. help help

davidspalding · #9 Post by **davidspalding** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 10:01 pm

If for some reason you can't edit or export the profiles, you can go to the registry, and the details are pretty much there. Export from REGEDIT that whole location hive, and you'll have a semi-useful backup of the locations. Then uninstall, go back to an earlier version or just reinstall the same one, and recreate the profiles.

Or as someone suggested, save the profiles to the desktop and reimport them after reinstall. I've done it, it works.

#10 Post by **GomJabbar** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 9:23 am

I think it would be easier to write down your existing profile settings, then delete the profile. Now create a new profile using the information you wrote down.

Puttagee · #11 Post by **Puttagee** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 10:37 am

The only problem you may encounter is the passwords, for wireless for example, will not export...... I know that from experience....

As GomJabbar suggested it's probably better just to write down all the settings, I did just encase something went wrong I have all the settings to start from scratch.

llama_thumper · #12 Post by **llama_thumper** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 10:29 am

didn't work for me (exporting profiles, reinstalling access, importing again) - the 'old' ones remained uneditable.

davidspalding · #13 Post by **davidspalding** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 1:15 pm

Reread my suggestion. I don't think "import again" was there. Delete all the AC stuff from the registry after uninstallation, then install, and recreate the profiles ... that's my idea. YMMV.

llama_thumper · #14 Post by **llama_thumper** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 1:37 pm

right, misread you there...but still dont understand - 'recreate' how?

christopher_wolf · #15 Post by **christopher_wolf** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 1:49 pm

llama_thumper wrote:right, misread you there...but still dont understand - 'recreate' how?

Manually, I believe.

llama_thumper · #16 Post by **llama_thumper** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 2:54 pm

any details?

ie get them back into the registry somehow?

Puttagee · #17 Post by **Puttagee** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 10:23 pm

Recreate your profiles from Access Connections

llama_thumper · #18 Post by **llama_thumper** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 11:33 pm

sorry if i'm being a bit daft here, but what exactly do i have to do to 'recreate' them?

jsmit86 · #19 Post by **jsmit86** » Fri Apr 28, 2006 12:05 pm

llama_thumper wrote:sorry if i'm being a bit daft here, but what exactly do i have to do to 'recreate' them?

So....
1. uninstall
2. delete all access connections registry stuff.
3. do a clean install of access connections
4. pretend it's a brand new pc!
5. Create you profiles from scratch. Just like it's a brand new machine!

davidspalding · #20 Post by **davidspalding** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 11:40 am

I might've misread someone daftly myself. I wasn't suggesting merging the Registry imports back into the Registry, but exporting and importing profiles from AC has worked for me before. I meant exporting the Registry location info (missing piece: to an NT 4 Registry file type, which is readable in Notepad) so you could read it later.

But if an AC profile was not playing nice, I wouldn't re-import it. I'd create it anew from the information I'd written down, or exported from the Registry.

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