VPN - has anyone gotten it to work?

Hello,

I was wondering if anyone has gotten Vista to work with VPN's yet. I have
tried to connect to PPTP and IPSec VPN's, but NOTHING works. It doesn't
even tell me why the connection failed. I look in the event viewer and
there is nothing to be found...

Any insight would be appreciated. All of my VPN connections work with the
built-in XP client or the Cisco Client...

- Stewart

Just set up & connected using both a VPN and a Remote Desktop session.
Only issue is locating the setup facility - Networking is too S P R E A D
out over too many applets/locations on Vista. All the functions need to
be re-joined in a single access point.

"Stewart Saathoff" <sdsaathoff@no.spam.hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> Hello,
>
> I was wondering if anyone has gotten Vista to work with VPN's yet. I have
> tried to connect to PPTP and IPSec VPN's, but NOTHING works. It doesn't
> even tell me why the connection failed. I look in the event viewer and
> there is nothing to be found...
>
> Any insight would be appreciated. All of my VPN connections work with the
> built-in XP client or the Cisco Client...
>
> - Stewart
>
>
>

You can setup VPN from Control Panel > (set to "Classic View") > Internet
Options > Connections (tab) > Setup, and you will get a list of various
networking options.
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"R. McCarty" <PcEngWork-NoSpam_@mindspring.com> wrote in message
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> Just set up & connected using both a VPN and a Remote Desktop session.
> Only issue is locating the setup facility - Networking is too S P R E A D
> out over too many applets/locations on Vista. All the functions need to
> be re-joined in a single access point.
>
> "Stewart Saathoff" <sdsaathoff@no.spam.hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:uP66q5LgGHA.5096@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>
>

You make a good point there. That's what I noticed too, that there are too
many ways to get into a specific dialog box. It gives an illusion that there
are way too many options to fiddle with. This is a general observation, and
you're right the networking options are a good example.

"R. McCarty" <PcEngWork-NoSpam_@mindspring.com> wrote in message
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> Just set up & connected using both a VPN and a Remote Desktop session.
> Only issue is locating the setup facility - Networking is too S P R E A D
> out over too many applets/locations on Vista. All the functions need to
> be re-joined in a single access point.
>
> "Stewart Saathoff" <sdsaathoff@no.spam.hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:uP66q5LgGHA.5096@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>
>

If you want to see the default XP settings to help re-adjust yourself with
the standard VPN settings, check out this article )
http://www.vistabase.co.uk/welcome.p...xpstylenetwork

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"Doodles Malone" <doodles@malone.org> wrote in message
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> You make a good point there. That's what I noticed too, that there are too
> many ways to get into a specific dialog box. It gives an illusion that
> there are way too many options to fiddle with. This is a general
> observation, and you're right the networking options are a good example.
>
> "R. McCarty" <PcEngWork-NoSpam_@mindspring.com> wrote in message
> news:eWurflMgGHA.5088@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>

My problem is not with setting up the connection. The connection is setup.
The problem is that it does not connect and there are no error messages....

"Zack Whittaker" <admin@zacknet.co.uk> wrote in message
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> If you want to see the default XP settings to help re-adjust yourself with
> the standard VPN settings, check out this article )
> http://www.vistabase.co.uk/welcome.p...xpstylenetwork
>
> --
> Zack Whittaker
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> » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk
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> rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and
> not
> of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared
> that up!
>
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> "Doodles Malone" <doodles@malone.org> wrote in message
> news:u8zY5GNgGHA.3900@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>
>

Open Control Panel (set to "Classic View") > open "Problem Reports and
Solutions" > View Problem History (left pane) > look if there any error
messages relating VPN or Internet connections, right click one, click View
Details. Copy the data and paste here, it will help us better diagnose the
problem.
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"Stewart Saathoff" <sdsaathoff@no.spam.hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> My problem is not with setting up the connection. The connection is
> setup. The problem is that it does not connect and there are no error
> messages....
>
> "Zack Whittaker" <admin@zacknet.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:%23mes2CPgGHA.1856@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

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