Re: Problem signing in with laptop outside of office

Ben,
It works by default, provided the user has logged in once while on the network. They use cached credentials when off the network.
So the question we have is, what is different about the Vista machines that you say are configured the same?
- What errors do you see in the Event Log?
- Do you have any differences in the wireless network connection properties?
There are Group Policies to prevent caching the profile, but it seems unlikely you would have set that without knowing it,
Anthony
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"Ben Scaithe" <quixotic68@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:Ovq5wDPGKHA.1340@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


Hi Bob! Thanks for the response. However, this link provided is an answer for XP and it merely says to apply the latest service pack. This is Vista Business and it has SP1. Assuming it is still a cached credentials issue, how do I check the cached credentials setting on Vista and make the change that would allow these laptops to sign in outside the network? Thanks!







"Bob Lin (MS-MVP)" <noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:BCB6265C-DFEE-4365-9681-6964FA1DC2D9@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sounds like credentials issue. make sure the domain cache credentials is enabled or it is saved correct. This search result may help.
Cached Credentials
"Windows needs your current credentials to ensure network connectivity" Cached Credentials Question. Can't logon to XP with cached credentials ...
www.howtonetworking.com/credentialserrors.htm


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"Ben Scaithe" <quixotic68@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:Os5B4NIGKHA.3948@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
We are implementing four Vista Business laptops that access the domain network (Windows 2003 R2 x64 server). They access the network at the office through wireless and all work fine there; the user of each laptop signs in to their domain user account. The problem we run in to is outside the office. Two of the laptops can sign in to their domain user account just fine without being on the domain network, but the other two get an error: "There are currently no logon servers available to service the logon request". They are all configured the same, and one of the non-working ones is an identical make and model to one that works. It doesn't seem to matter if they have locally stored profiles or not. So what's up with this? They don't want to be forced to sign on in as a local user and have no access to domain resources. What can we do to remove this problem? Thanks!

- Ben




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