Re: Windows XP Pro VPN connection prompts for username and password

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Are you logging in to the workstation at home with the same user name
and password that you use when you are in the office? Do you have any
passwords saved? They can be found in control panel/users.

"SekShunAte" <SekShunAte@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>I've got a Pro machine that is joined to a domain. It works great when i'm in
>the office using the wireless network we set up. I can access all shares just
>fine. Once i get home and connect through VPN on my wireless going through a
>Linksys router, I lose the ability to view network shares on the server. It
>prompts for a username and password. I put in the login information and i get
>a pop up telling me that the information was already attempted and to specify
>a new one. I can hit the exchange server through outlook after one failed
>attempt. I just click retry and it works. DNS is fine. I can ping the server
>no problem. It's just attempting to view network shares that i have the
>issue. Any ideas?

Jim B. SBS MVP
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