Using Roaming Profile from a VPN

[ComputerDude555]

Hello,

I am trying to configure a PC so that it can logon to a VPN and download the server copy of a roaming profile.

Currently, I recieve a message that says something like "Windows was unable to use your roaming profile and is using your local profile instead"
I have looked in to checking the "Dial a connection first" box but my VPN connection is not a dial up connection and therefore it does not appear in the list when I type my username and password in.

Is there anyway to connect to a VPN first then log on?

Thanks

 

[burtsbees]

No---connecting to the VPN IS entering a username and password---this IS how you connect to a VPN...

Burt

 

[burtsbees]

The only way that comes close to what you are thinking is a site-to-site, but usually the tunnel is up at all times, providing site-to-site connectivity all the time (like a T1, frame-relay, etc).

Burt

 

[ComputerDude555]

Thanks for your reply.

What type of things does the roaming profile store that is specific to the user?
The roaming profile is being set up on a laptop so I presume I will need to log in when connected to the actual network so I can periodically update my roaming profile on my laptop?

Thanks

 

[burtsbees]

Not too sure about roaming profiles, but I do know that you cannot connect to a remote-access VPN without entering a username and password.

Burt

 

[reynolwi]

you can setup a VPN connections in windows xp and have it connect when you click that dialup connection. I deployed that feature on all our laptops that go out with our supervisors so they can access the network here at corporate.

It works just like a dialup connection. When they enter their login info and click on the dialup option it uses the broadband connection to establish a VPN tunnel before it logs the user on to the computer. Because it downloads the info from the servers here for the user including roaming profiles, network shares, etc...

Wm. Reynolds
RRWDS | TxPSS

http://www.rrwds.com

http://www.txpubsafety.com

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