Hello All, How can I enable this on Vista Build5384? Thank you! /adlpena

Have you gotten an answer to this? I have the same issue. I have been posing in the microsoft.public.windows.vista.networking_sharing newsgroup, but with no luck. I'm going to start cross-posting next week. I wonder if this has been eliminated and MS just doesn't want to own up to it. I'm a telecommuter, and this is a very important piece of functionality for me. I'd be grateful for any information you have received.Keith

nope, i guess it's still under development but who knows :-) anyway, i found a workaround in which you have to login to the local box then establish your vpn connection then do the user switch. it works for me, hope it will work for you as well... goodluck!

I have the same issue with RC1 and am surprised that it is not there. I wanted to join one machine to a domain remotely (which works by using vpn from a local id), but then it is not possible to login with a domain user account because no passwords are cached yet. Does anyone know when this function will be available or if there is something new, may be a hidden field?

Still no answer to this? I am using the released version of Vista Enterprise, and still don't see it. If this feature is no longer supported, would someone PLEASE confirm this? Thanks.

Here is a solution to a problem close to this one. My problem was that I had toset up a new computer with Vitsa, joining it to a domain and logging on a domain user Log on using the local account. Change your computer from a Workgroup to a Domain (if needed) and restart the computer. When the computer starts back up log on using the local account again. While logged in to this account create your VPN or Dialup connection. Connect to this VPN/Dialup connection. From the start menu select "Switch User" Log on using the domain username and password. The username will be verified using the dialup connection and the ushername will be cached.

Do the following and it should work. 1. Create a dialup connection. You need to select "Allow other people to use this connection" while creating the connection. 2. Join your computer to a domain. 3. Restart your computer. 4. On logon screen, you might have got the user screen. Try "Switch User" or do "Esc". 5. It will show the list of users. You will see a "Network logon" button Icon in right bottom of the screen 6. Click "Network logon" button and you will be able to view your Dial up connection there. Hope this helps. Thanks, Vamsi

Vamsi, thank you very much! I played with this today and got some help from coworkers. I fleshed out the steps for my benefit, and because I might need this for future documentation. Logon to Windows using PLAP (Pre-Logon Access Providers) Log on as a local admin.Control Panel >> Network and Sharing Center >> Setup up a connection or network >> Connect to a workplace OR Set up a dial-up connection.Check the checkbox to Allow other people to use this connection (so that the owner of the DUN configuration will be System and not your individual user).Complete the wizard and save the connection.Join the PC to a domain (establish a dial-up connection first, if needed).After rebooting, press Ctrl-Alt-Delete to log on if prompted. You are presented with the logon screen for the user that last logged in. Press Esc or click Switch User to view other logon options.There will now appear a blue button near the lower-right corner, just to the left of the red Shut Down button. Click the blue button. If you have more than one System-owned DUN configuration, then all of them will appear here as buttons that can be clicked, in which case you click the one you want to use.If prompted, type the username and password for the DUN connection and click the round, blue button to connect. A dialog appears, showing the progress of the connection attempt. After the connection is established, Windows will use the same credentials to log into Windows. If that fails, the DUN connection remains active, and you will be taken back to the Windows logon screen to submit Windows credentials. Christopher Chalfant MCSE: Security (2000 & 2003)

Thanks Christopher! This works fabulous. This resolved 7 cases that we had on this issue.

This is great information! Now, how can the user *edit* the dial-in string to add a 9 or 99 or any other prefix required to get an outside line? And I mean edit pre-logon.