Jeff,
All you need to do is put an LMHOSTS file on the VPN client with the entry for the remote
server which holds the PDC emulator role and Netbios domain name.
314108 How to Write an LMHOSTS File for Domain Validation and Other Name
http://kb/article.asp?id=Q314108
HTH,
Gary
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