Wow, was that ever a mistake to try to update my Cisco 1841 IOS from Windows
Vista...

The whole system hung in the middle of uploading the new firmware, not even
the task manager could end the java Cisco client or web interface. (I even
tried ProcX from ghostsecurity.com to close it and no luck either)

I ended up doing a reset while Windows was running to get control back, not
even log out or shutdown options worked in this instance.

It ended up corrupting the boot image on the Cisco, luckily enough I had
backed up all my config files and reset the router from a Windows 2000 server
elsewhere on my network.

Avoid javascript interfaces to Cisco routers at the moment... even with the
latest Java installed, the system will hang when you attempt a TFTP transfer
to the router.


If you must administer Cisco routers under Windows Vista, i would highly
reccomend sticking with Winagents IOS Config Editor, it still functions as it
was intended.