Mac OS X Lion VPN stopped working

Hey guys,
I've a problem with my VPN connection.
My Macbook is around 2 months old, so it came with a clean installation of OS X Lion. I configured the built-in VPN Client to connect to my parents network, it uses Cisco IPSec and everything went smooth. I didn't use it for a week or so and when I try to connect now I get an error, saying: "A configuration error occurred. Verify your settings and try reconnecting."
I have to say that I installed Little Snitch and ShrewSoft VPN for my Universities VPN. I removed both programs, but that didn't help the problem.
I'm pretty new on Macs so there is probably loads of things I haven't ever heard of/considered.
7/10/11 8:34:00.949 AM configd: IPSec connecting to server xx.dyndns.org
7/10/11 8:34:00.950 AM configd: SCNC: start, triggered by SystemUIServer, type IPSec, status 0
7/10/11 8:34:00.955 AM configd: IPSec Phase1 starting.
7/10/11 8:34:00.968 AM racoon: IPSec connecting to server xx.xx.x.172
7/10/11 8:34:00.968 AM racoon: Connecting.
7/10/11 8:34:00.968 AM racoon: IPSec Phase1 started (Initiated by me).
7/10/11 8:34:00.973 AM racoon: IKE Packet: transmit failed. (Initiator, Aggressive-Mode Message 1).
7/10/11 8:34:10.956 AM configd: IPSec disconnecting from server xx.xx.x.172
7/10/11 8:34:10.956 AM racoon: IPSec disconnecting from server xx.xx.x.172
Btw, using my girlfriend's Mac with Snow Leopard the VPN connection works, as well as on my iPod Touch (both on the same network as my own Mac) so I guess I can rule out any router-related misconfigurations. And of course I restarted my computer several times as well as deleting the VPN connection and reconfiguring it. (OS is uptodate)
I thought there might be some kind of plist file the would allow me to go tabula rasa on all network settings!? Googled it but couldn't find any working solution.
thanks for the help!

Here's an update on my problem:
Called Apple Support the other day. They basically told me that they can't help, because this is a problem of misconfiguration and that those kinda things weren't covered. Still the person on the line gave me a hint, I should look for leftovers of previously installed software in /Library/LaunchDaemons/ and /Library/LaunchAgents/ .
Well, that did the trick. In one of the folders I found "net.shrew.iked.plist". This file obvioulsy belongs to the ShrewSoft VPN client. I removed it and the built-in client works again.
I reinstalled ShrewSoft one more time to see if it works without the mentioned plist-file...needless to say it wouldn't connect anymore, but that's alright with me - for now.

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h. Once the problem occurs, click "Stop" on the Capture menu on the client and the server, and click "File"->"Save as" to save the captured files.
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j. The tracing files are saved at %systemroot%\tracing folder. On both the NPS server and the client, please compress the "tracing" folder to a zip file.
Thank you.
Best regards,
Steven Song
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   Jul 22 15:18:31 process FaceTime[179] caught causing excessive wakeups. Observed wakeups rate (per sec): 152; Maximum permitted wakeups rate (per sec): 150; Observation period: 300 seconds; Task lifetime number of wakeups: 45021
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I tried to pull all the power out for a whole night, resetting the pram and nvram but nothing helps.
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Called Apple Support the other day. They basically told me that they can't help, because this is a problem of misconfiguration and that those kinda things weren't covered. Still the person on the line gave me a hint, I should look for leftovers of previously installed software in /Library/LaunchDaemons/ and /Library/LaunchAgents/ .
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So I purchased a DVI to VGA converter to plug my MAC Book Pro in to a LCD TV. It worked great for the first week, then suddenly stopped working. It seems to not detect the adapter. When first plugged in the screen on my MAC goes blue, then back to my normal screen display. I even tried with my girl friends 13" MAC book pro to get the same results. Any suggestions? I've tried the detect displays option to get nothing. Thanks

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10.9.4 mavericks macbook pro retina to TV via HDMI
using an HDMI cable to watch movies on my laptop macbook pro retina.
was working this morning, and watched a movie. then I go to work, and come back and now the exact setup is no longer working.
it does not show any display in the preferences menus, and the TV is just blue without any input.
cable is secure, nothing has changed. nothing.
edit: actually I did pull the HDMI cable out while the two were connected this morning.
tried restarting, reconnecting, nothing
... very frustrating, no idea why computers suddenly stop working for no reason whatsoever. maybe someone hacked my computer this afternoon while I was gone? it's just a random failure.
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Hello JupiterSpaceport
If you are having issues with connecting to your TV, then check out the article below to look at resetting the NVRAM as well as starting up in Safe Mode to see if anything changes.
Apple computers: Troubleshooting issues with video on internal or external displays
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1573
Regards,
-Norm G.

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Chuck

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I loved my officejet 8600 and had no problem printing or scanning wirelessly. All of a sudden the scan function stops working. I can still print without problem. My printer tells me to go to my computer and "enable scan to computer". But when I do that, it says "communication error. Unable to communicate with device." I did the things that HP support suggested -- downloaded new HP software. Turned router, computer and printer off. But problem persists. I looked at the forum and it seems like other people had a similar problem but the posts are all from 2012 -- and I don't see any solution, the posts just end. Some people in the string got it to work by downloading all the possible HP software, not just the minimum software -- but I did that and still not working. What I don't understand is why it was working just fine and then it stopped? Did some update get downloaded without me realizing it that put some kind of klitch into the works? I want my scanning function back -- but this is above my pay grade. Is there a way to get a live person at HP to talk to me?

VPN Stopped working (consitently) after 2.2 Upgrade

After upgrading to the 2.2 firmware, I started to experience a lot of trouble getting my VPN connection to work. It is attempting to connect to my PPTP server, and worked fine before. I tried changing from a host name to an IP address, and that didn't help. I've also done some restarts, but nothing seems to work. On my PPTP server, I can see an incoming connection, but the iPhone just sits there in the "Connecting ..." state. Eventually it times out and says "Network Not Available". Every once in awhile, it does connect, but it's rare.
Has anybody else experienced this? Any suggestions other than update the firmware in my firewall (which isn't really an option, or necessary I'd say).
Thanks.
Greg

Steven, yes, that is the case. I am not using an RSA Secure ID. All of the other settings you listed are what I'm using.
As an additional note, I got the Network Utility (by Codepacity) program from the app store. It allows you to (among other things) ping sites. When I used that to ping my PPTP server, I saw that the ping attempts were failing. I kept running it until the pings started to succeed and was then able to get my VPN connection working; it was a long time before the pings started working. It may be that AT&T's network was having issues, and it was just coincidental that the problems started after my firmware upgrade. That is just speculation though.
Greg

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