Re: Remote Admin on a XP Pro client behind a NAT

Doug, Its not so much that I want the VPN Client to integrate with the login
process, but rather that I need the VPN connection to persist across logins
and log outs. I have setup a VPN connection on a test machine and I can use
it during login by selecting the "Log on using a dial-up connection"
checkbox. But what I ultimately want to do is to a login via Remote Desktop
from the other side of the VPN connection, and when I try this the first
thing that Windows XP does is log out the current user. This in turn kills
the vpn connection.

I'm sure that this is not an unusal situation, but I just can't seem to find
a way around it...

Wells


"Doug Knox MS-MVP" wrote:

I don't know if Cisco offers trial versions or not. You should check the options for the VPN client you're currently using. I would expect almost any good VPN client to allow for integration with the logon sequence.

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Per user Group Policy Restrictions for XP Home and XP Pro
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"Wells" <Wells@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:DB81FF27-8A6E-4030-9B2D-E894C9AF3090@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
That sounds perfect (well, actually perfect would be if windows xp already
did this). Do you know if Cisco has any trial software programs so that I
can test it to make sure it works? I've looked all over their site and I
couldn't find anything...

Thanks,
Wells

"Doug Knox MS-MVP" wrote:

The Cisco VPN client we use has an option to remain active, even if the user logs off. It will actually come up as part of the logon process so the user can authenticate against the VPN server, then logon via the domain. Log off and the VPN client is still running in the background and the machine can be administered remotely.

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Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
http://www.dougknox.com
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Per user Group Policy Restrictions for XP Home and XP Pro
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm
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"Wells" <Wells@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:982E6FC1-AA49-426E-B951-4A98F5727CF4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I may be going about this the wrong way but currently my company has many
laptops out all over the country that connect to the internet through various
ISPs, most of which use NAT. I need to be able to manage these machines and
my prefered way to do this is to have these machines create a VPN connection
to the server in our central office (it has a static IP) and then to use
Remote Desktop to do what ever I need to do on the remote PC. The problem
here is that as soon as I login to the remote PC it logs the current user on
that PC out, which causes the VPN connection to die.

How do I get around this? Is there any way to keep the VPN connection open?

Thanks,
Wells


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