Why aren't the dial-up
options available on my Windows 2000 domain?
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If you go to the Active Directory Users and Computers Microsoft
Management Console (MMC) snap-in, select User properties,
then the Dial-in tab, you might find that the following options
aren't available:
- Control access through remote access policy
- Verify caller ID
- Assign a static IP address
- Apply static routes
- Static routes
These options aren't available when your domain is mixed
mode instead of native mode because other non-Win2K domain
controllers don't support the options. If you don't have any
non-Win2K domain controllers, you can upgrade to native mode
to enable the options.
I have noticed a bug in the Win2K Administration tools
for Win2K Professional. If you have a mixed-mode domain, these
options appear to be available, but when you try to
select one of them, the system returns an error.
Why can't I use a dial-up
connection to access Web pages after I upgrade
my system to Windows XP?
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You might experience a problem using Microsoft Internet
Explorer (IE) and a dial-up connection to view Web pages
if all of the following conditions are true:
- You upgraded your system from Windows Me or Windows
98
- Before the upgrade, you configured on the computer a
LAN connection that used a proxy server
- Before the upgrade, one or more of the dial-up connections
didn't use a proxy server
If you meet all conditions, after you upgrade to XP, the
OS installation software incorrectly copies the LAN proxy
settings to the dial-up connections. To resolve this error,
you must manually remove these settings from each dial-up
connection by performing the following steps:
- Start IE.
- From the Tools menu, select Internet Options.
- Select the Connections tab.
- Select a dial-up networking entry, then click Settings.
- Clear the "Use a proxy server for this connection" check
box.
- Repeat Steps 2 through 5 for each dial-up networking
entry.
- Click OK to close the Internet Options dialog box.
Why does my VPN connection
give me an Unable to Establish Connection
message?
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This problem occurs when you configure Microsoft Internet
Explorer (IE) 5.5 running on Windows 2000 to prompt you
to start your VPN connection. Clicking Connect results in
the error message. Start your VPN connection before starting
your IE dial-up connection to solve the problem.
You can also use the following batch file:
REM Switch to preferred download directory
CD /D C:\<your download directory>
REM Dial your ISP
c:\winnt\system32\rasphone -d EntryName
REM Run your browser
"c:\program files\internet explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE"
REM When you exit, hang up
c:\winnt\system32\rasdial EntryName /DISCONNECT
exit
You can use a minimized shortcut to the batch file and
create a HotKey, or place the shortcut on the Start Menu.
Why does RRAS ignore
my dial-on-demand settings?
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A problem exists with RRAS that requires that you restart
RRAS before changes to DNS server settings take effect.
To restart RRAS, perform the following steps:
- Start the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) Routing
and Remote Access snap-in (Start, Programs, Administrative
Tools, Routing and Remote Access).
- Right-click the server, and from the All Tasks context
menu, select Restart.
- Close the MMC snap-in.
You can also restart RRAS from the command line:
C:\> net stop remoteaccess
C:\> net start remoteaccess
