Dial Up to Network on login

[David Chatterton]

We have a radius server setup, works great. Then we have
around 50 sites using Windows XP machines. They all have
to logon to the domain which is either ISDN or ADSL. So
you can guess that ADSL is fine and ISDN is the problem.

When logging in, there is a tick box that asks if you want
to dialup before making a connection etc, this is fine but
I wish to be always ticked by default. So when customer
logs on to the machine it dials in the background, so is
seamless to customer.

I am aware that you can tick this box everytime you logon
but I wish for something that will be permanentally ticked
as these people tend to forget to tick the box!

Many Thanks

 

[Marc Reynolds [MSFT]]

Hi David,

To enable this option so that it is always checked, use the following steps
to edit the registry:

1. Start Registry Editor (Regedt32.exe).

2. Locate and select the following registry subkey:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon

3. From the Edit menu, click Add Value, and type the following information:

Value Name: RasForce Data Type: REG_SZ Value: 1


NOTE: After you add this value, the "Logon using Dial-up networking" option
will be permanently selected. If the remote network is not available to
authenticate your logon, then you will not be able to logon to the computer
until one of the following conditions is met:



- The remote network becomes available.

- You use the Emergency Repair Disk (ERD).

- You use another computer to edit the registry remotely and change the
RasForce value from 1 to 0, which turns off the "Logon using Dial-up
networking" option.

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Thanks,
Marc Reynolds
Microsoft Technical Support

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[David Chatterton]

Will give it a go, looks promising...

Many Thanks
David