PPTP VPN Startup Connect

[Bob]

I have a Microsoft Windows 2000 PPTP VPN Client that I use to connect
to a remote server. I have a RoadRunner Cable connection that is
available all the time.

As the VPN is configured now, I have to make the Client connection
manually after I start my computer.

How do I make the connection on my end happen automatically when I
start my computer?

 

[Doug Sherman [MVP]]

At the login screen check the box for 'Logon using dialup connection.' A
cable Internet VPN is a 'dialup' connection for this purpose.

Doug Sherman
MCSE, MCSA, MCP+I, MVP

 

[Bob]

At the login screen check the box for 'Logon using dialup connection.' A
cable Internet VPN is a 'dialup' connection for this purpose.

I don't have a login screen. I use autologin. Is there some other way
to access that switch?

 

[Bob]

At the login screen check the box for 'Logon using dialup connection.' A
cable Internet VPN is a 'dialup' connection for this purpose.

I tried that, but it is not automatic - it requires that I manually
launch the VPN client login. And when I convert back to Autologin,
nothing happens to the VPN client. I am back where I started.

I need a way to get the VPN client to establish the connection
automatically at startup.

 

[Doug Sherman [MVP]]

If you save your VPN settings including pasword, the client will launch
automatically. Obviously, autologon does not support this feature.

Doug Sherman
MCSE, MCSA, MCP+I, MVP

 

[Bob]

If you save your VPN settings including pasword, the client will launch
automatically. Obviously, autologon does not support this feature.

I turned autologin off and tried to set it up as you indicated. Not
only did I have to login to Windows, but I still had to manually
launch the client VPN.

What a bummer - can't MS ever get things right?