I am replacing my existing Windows XP client with a Windows 7 ultimate client. I am not able to login to my Windows 2000 server from the new client.

so, what's the error code when you establishing the VPN connection from your new win7 client? Try to edit the VPN connection properties and change the connect type to the proper settings, if you enabled the PPTP VPN in your server 2000, change the automatic to PPTP from the VPN connection.a245ac8356cd89088a3a0e0536223c20 56cd89088a3a0e05 c093d70f088499c3a837cae00c042f14

Is this the appropriate approach to a wired LAN?

Hi, How do you connect to the Windows 2000 Server machine, via VPN connection? Are the Windows 7 machine and Windows 2000 machine in the same network? In order to troubleshoot the issue, please describe the symptom more detail and upload the error message here for research. Based on current situation, I suggest you try the following steps to troubleshoot the issue. 1. Temporarily turn off firewall on Windows 7 machine and run a Ping test between Windows 7 and Windows 2000. Can you get response from the network machine? 2. Modify relevant settings on Windows 7 machine. a. Click Start and open Control Panel. b. Open "Network and Sharing Center" and click "Advanced sharing settings". c. Expand the current network profile (such as "Home or Work"), and then select the following options: "Turn on Network Discovery", "Turn on file and printer sharing", "Turn on sharing so anyone with network access can read and write files in the Public folders", "Turn off password protected sharing" Thanks, Novak