Network Passwords, make Win2k like XP?

[David Bolt]

The office network is based on a Windows 2000 server and uses 192.168.16.x
ip addresses. It also acts as a VPN Server.

Scenario 1
Remote client machine is running Windows XP Pro. To work with the home
network, the remote user makes a connection to The Internet, then the VPN
connection. Now, it is a while since I set this up, but I am quite sure that
I told the remote users to make a connection to the server using a drive
mapping, which allows the username and password for the office network to be
input, and stored. After the first time, as long as their password does not
change on the office server, they can just use the application without
re-entering username and password.

Scenario 2
Remote client machine is running Windows 2000 Pro. The user makes the
connection in the same was as above, but every time they connect they have
to click the shortcut on their desktop to the server's file space and then
input username and password. Once this has been done, they can carry on as
with XP.

What I want to do is simplify the connection procedure for the Windows 2000
users as much as possible. In particular, it would be nice if the office
network username and password were stored in some way as with XP.

Any ideas?
Thanks.
Dave

 

[Steven L Umbach]

The "stored credentials" is a feature new to Windows XP and not available in Windows
2000. You can however select "connect with different username" when you map a drive
in Windows 2000 to enter alternate username and password for that connection which
may be worth a try. --- Steve

 

[David Bolt]

Yes, that does work, but when the Windows 2000 machine starts it can not
access the share, no internet connection yet. If I leave the mapping
persistent, I still seem to have to specifically enter username and password
to get access to the shared location after every time the PC has been
re-started.
Any more ideas?
Thanks
Dave

 

[Steven L Umbach]

Can't think of anything else except if you are in an AD domain have the vpn users
logon to the VPN with the domain name option. --- Steve

 

[David Bolt]

Ah! We have an Active Directory. Do I have to do something to make Windows
2000 workstations use it?
Dave

 

[Steven L Umbach]

Have the users select properties/options on their VPN connectoid and check "include
logon domain". I don't know of a way to configure that with Group Policy however.
There may be a way to roll out connection properties with CMAK but I have not tried
it myself. The win2000.rras_routing newsgroup may have more info on that. --- Steve

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/.../2003/standard/proddocs/en-us/cmak_ops_85.asp
-- CMAK

 

[David Bolt]

Thanks, I'll look into that.
Dave

Have the users select properties/options on their VPN connectoid and check "include
logon domain". I don't know of a way to configure that with Group Policy however.
There may be a way to roll out connection properties with CMAK but I have not tried
it myself. The win2000.rras_routing newsgroup may have more info on hat. --- Steve

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/WindowsServ/2003/standard/p
roddocs/en-us/Default.asp?url=/resources/documentation/WindowsServ/2003/stan
dard/proddocs/en-us/cmak_ops_85.asp
-- CMAK