Hi all
I recently got a new company lap top to replace my not so old company laptop, both run windows 10
on the original laptop I can use the vsphere client (version 6) to connect to my ESXi server, but on my new laptop I get the following

I see this is documented in VMware Knowledge Base
but it referrers to the older client, and I can't uninstall patches on company hw.
in the logs I see a slight different version of client,
version=6.0.0, build=build-14472085, (this was downloaded from the ESXi server via the web interface (yes I can connect to it via web)
vs
version=6.0.0, build=build-6855219,
the log from non working client
| [ | :startup :W: 1] 2020-04-13 15:16:52.122 Log for vSphere Client Launcher, pid=6952, version=6.0.0, build=build-14472085, option=release |
| [ | :Error :W: 1] 2020-04-13 15:16:52.188 System.UnauthorizedAccessException: Attempted to perform an unauthorized operation. |
at Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey.Win32Error(Int32 errorCode, String str)
at Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey.SetValue(String name, Object value, RegistryValueKind valueKind)
at Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey.SetValue(String name, Object value)
at VpxClient.Program.RegisterClientMimeExtension()
| [ | :QuickInf:P: 3] 2020-04-13 15:17:00.427 Retry HttpRequest GetResponse - 1 |
| [ | :QuickInf:P: 3] 2020-04-13 15:17:00.496 Retry HttpRequest GetResponse - 2 |
| [ | :QuickInf:P: 3] 2020-04-13 15:17:00.565 Retry HttpRequest GetResponse - 3 |
| [ | :Failed t:P: 3] 2020-04-13 15:17:00.652 System.Net.WebException: The request was aborted: Could not create SSL/TLS secure channel. |
Server stack trace:
at System.Net.HttpWebRequest.GetResponse()
Exception rethrown at [0]:
...
at System.Net.HttpWebRequest.GetResponse()
at VirtualInfrastructure.Utils.WebDownload.GetResponse()
| [ | :Error :P: 3] 2020-04-13 15:17:00.657 possible failure processing clients.xml |
System.Net.WebException: The request failed due to an SSL error. (The request was aborted: Could not create SSL/TLS secure channel.)
at VirtualInfrastructure.Utils.WebQuery.LocalizeWebException(WebException exception)
at VirtualInfrastructure.Utils.WebQuery.Request(String url, Nullable`1 timeoutSecs)
at VirtualInfrastructure.Utils.ClientsXml.ParseXml(Int32 timeoutSecs)
at VpxClient.Login.ClientsXmlLoader.TrySinglePort(ClientsXml clientXml, Exception& activeError)
System.Net.WebException: The request was aborted: Could not create SSL/TLS secure channel.
Server stack trace:
at System.Net.HttpWebRequest.GetResponse()
Exception rethrown at [0]:
...
at System.Net.HttpWebRequest.GetResponse()
at VirtualInfrastructure.Utils.WebDownload.GetResponse()
at VirtualInfrastructure.Utils.WebDownload.get_ResponseStream()
at VirtualInfrastructure.Utils.WebQuery.Request(String url, Nullable`1 timeoutSecs)
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
| [ | :Error :M: 1] 2020-04-13 15:17:00.963 Error retrieving clients.xml |
Exception already logged, summary: System.Net.WebException:The request failed due to an SSL error. (The request was aborted: Could not create SSL/TLS secure channel.)
log snippet from working client
| [ | :startup :W: 1] 2020-04-13 15:40:59.350 Log for vSphere Client Launcher, pid=1812, version=6.0.0, build=build-6855219, option=release |
| [ | :Error :W: 1] 2020-04-13 15:40:59.392 System.UnauthorizedAccessException: Attempted to perform an unauthorized operation. |
at Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey.Win32Error(Int32 errorCode, String str)
at Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey.SetValue(String name, Object value, RegistryValueKind valueKind)
at Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey.SetValue(String name, Object value)
at VpxClient.Program.RegisterClientMimeExtension()
| [ | :QuickInf:W: 6] 2020-04-13 15:41:07.755 Set the dll search path to C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\Infrastructure\Virtual Infrastructure Client\6.0 |
could it be the client version? if so where can I get this build? if not any other ideas?
cheers
Paul