There is a problem with Vista's PPTP Adapter

> Has anyone else come across this yet?
>
> Within 30 minutes to two hours after establishing a PPTP VPN
> connection to my remote work network (hosted by a Windows 2003 SBS SP1
> server) I lose connectivity to my *local* Windows 2003 SBS SP1
> server. For example, my local Outlook 2003 is no longer able to "see"
> its PST file, which is on a mapped drive on my local SBS server (the
> problem also happens with any files opened by Word). I am also unable
> to open any of my network shares on the local SBS server.
>
> Disconnecting the PPTP session resolves the situation and I can then
> access my local shares (it is necessary to restart Outlook before it
> will reconnect to its PST). After restarting the PPTP connection, the
> process repeats, but this time I can go for days before losing
> connectivity to my local shares.
>
> I experienced this same problem with Vista RC1. I do not experience
> the problem on the same desktop computer when I boot it up with
> Windows XP.
>
> I have the OEM version of Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate so I cannot
> call Microsoft's support line to report this behavior. Are there any
> back-door avenues to Microsoft to report this issue?
>
> Tim Jahns
> Tucson, AZ
>