Re: Can you login after desktop comes up?

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I was hoping I would not have to explain this, but here goes...

I'm using a Cisco VPN setup. It does have the option to load before Windows
login to establish a tunnel BEFORE the initial login. Now here's my catch 22;
Now we have Verizon PCMCIA Internet cards. These puppy's do not establish
there connection to the Internet until the system has logged in. Thus, if
using these cards to establish my VPN connection I have to already be logged
in to get the card working. But I need to login to get my mapped home
directory drive set in my users profile. So... What now...
--
B. Knight
MCSE, MCP, CCA


"dirserviceguy@xxxxxxxxxxx" wrote:

> The Nortel VPN client that we use has a option for "logoff after connect".
> So The user logs on to the PC with the cached creds, runs the VPN client to
> get the tunnel established, once the tunnel is up the VPN client logs the
> user off of the local machine without bringing down the tunnel. The user is
> then presented with the CTRL_ALT_DEL gina screen, and is able to do "live"
> logon against the domain (login script, home drive, all the goodies,
> etc....)
>
> What VPN client do you use? Does it have this option? What if you were to
> have them do a logoff "by hand" after the tunnel is up? How many licks does
> it take to get to the center of a tootsie pop?
>
> DSG
>
>
>
>
> "B. Knight" <BKnight@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:4A7FA0B1-102B-403C-B5B4-EBFDEB8B6796@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > I have a unique scenario where I need my users to login (to get their Home
> > folder drive stated in the Active Directory profile) after they have
> logged
> > in using a cached domain account. After they start their machne and login
> to
> > get to their desktop, they start a VPN session to establish a network
> > connection to the Domain. I can setup a shortcut to their login script
> (for
> > theie other mapped drives) but the Home drive does not map because this is
> in
> > their profile. How can I get this home drive mapped. The VPN session can
> not
> > load as a service, thus it can not be established before the initial login
> of
> > the machine.
> > --
> > B. Knight
> > MCSE, MCP, CCA
>
>
>
.

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