The server might have NetBeui installed for communicating on the LAN. You might try installing NetBeui on you XP machine. This KB article will show you how if you haven't done so already: http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q301/0/41.asp?LN=EN-US&SD=gn&FR=0&qry=netbeui&rnk=1&src=DHCS_MSPSS_gn_SRCH&SPR=WINXP Do you know if NetBeui was installed on your 98 machine? Do you know for sure that your server is a domain controller or is it just a workgroup server? I first found out that XP Home couldn't logon to a domain by helping a company setup a new laptop on their domain with XP Home installed on it. No VPN, just a small LAN. I could access all the other PCs & I could find the server by doing a search but when I tried to access it, it just told me "Access Denied". I used the same user account that the employee used with his old Win98 laptop. I could also logon to the domain with his old 98 laptop & access all of the shared drives, no problem. Does anyone else at your company have XP Home & have they been able to access resources via the VPN? At work, do you have to specify a domain name when you login?

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Here's a good one, since I bought this computer already loaded, I don't have an XP Disk to download NetBeui. I searched my C drive for the files and there not there. ARG....I used to just build the computer and buy the software, but I didn't feel like messing with it this time. Let me try to answer some of your questions so that you may continue helping. Yes it is a domain controller. I just looked at my 98 computer and I don't see the protocol NetBeui installed. I don't know anyone else with XP at this point. One thing I am noticing is on the 98 machine I have the ability to choosing an Access Control Level and User-level control is selected and here, under Obtain list of users and groups from: I put my Domain Name. Since this allows resource sharing, do you think this is the issue. I don't have this option in XP or if I do, then somehow I'm not identifying it. The only ability I have when setting up the VPN is just adding my company IP address. Is there a way to define this in XP Home? I feel like I shooting blanks here. Also, do you know any way to update Home to Professional. I've seen nothing to offer this other than an guy at CompUSA last night telling me that they offer a coupon to customers that purchase from them, which I didn't. I went to Best Buy and they say they don't offer this. Thanks for all your help so far. Cathy

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Nope, there's no way to specify a domain to log into, using the New Connection Wizard since the VPN connection & the domain logon are two separate processes. Your 98 PC had the ability to logon to a domain using the Client for Microsoft Networks properties. In the Network applet in the control panel, double-click on Client for Microsoft Networks & I'll bet that Logon to an NT domain is selected. If you take the VPN out of the picture & had that new XP computer at your office, you wouldn't be able to logon to that domain controller, even if you were dircectly connected to it using a crossover cable. Here's a paragraph straight out of one of my MCSE Exam Prep books that might help. After passing remote-access authentication & connecting to the LAN, remote-access clients log on to the Windows 2000 domain. After a successful domain logon process, the user's domain credentials are used to access resources for which they have premission. Remote-access clients are subject to Windows 2000 security, just as they are at the office. Remote-access clients cannot do anything for which they lack sufficient rights, nor can they access resources for which they do not have permission. The server must authenticate remote-access clients before they can access or generate traffic on the network. This authentication process is a separate step from logging onto Windows 2000. I hope that helps cuz I'm out of options. Maybe someone will come out with a hack for it. I wish you could upgrade from XP Home to XP Pro for only $99. That would be nice. Good Luck! Smitty

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Ya pay me more money then i will make Xp Platium (Home+Pro)heheh more money heheh

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i have installed the netbeui protokoll. but it is only visible in LAN, not in RAS connections ! so, at the moment i have no idea what's to do. Microsoft told me to make a contract for network to get more information about this. silly.

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I have a similar but slightly different problem than Cathy. I DO have XP Pro but have been unable to make an entirely succesful VPN connection to my company network (using Novell BorderManager to log in). Just like Smitty said, I was entirely thrown by the differences between Win98 (with which I CAN make a succesful connection)and XP Pro. The difference in what you see in the Client for Microsoft Networks properties is exactly how Smitty describes it. My IT department authenticated the network domain on my XP Pro laptop and with much tinkering, I kind of get into the network and can access a few applications and addresses, but not others. I seem to find our mail server, but it just flashes a message over and over again about retrieving data from the named server. Anyone have any ideas or suggestions?

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Same problem, arent microsoft poo? yet they dropped Netbeui, And my office network, like im sure all of yours uses Netbeui to do th ebulk of the communictaion. They also use TCPIP, Which will be why you can log on to the network at all, and browe a few sites, prehaps surf the net from their domain (thats about all i can do). PROBLEM IS The network admin guys will firewall TCPIP comms from the VPN server to the rest of the network, so you cant do s--- once you get in there.. only way around this is ask them nicely to totally change how they have their network set up... FAT CHANCE in my case probably also in all of yours XP pro will NOT help windows 2000 Will You can have netbeui over the VPN adapter in 2000 I think they call this a retrograde step... congrats bill Ps the colour schemes crap too!

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Cathy, I experienced a similar problem to yours. Last week, I was able to connect to my company via VPN and Remote Desktop Connection. Our IT department recently imposed stricter security standards. Although I don't know exactly what measures were put in place. However, I do know that my VPN connection continued to succeed but I was unable to browse the network or to connect via Remote Desktop Connection. I tried changing many settings. Finally, I enabled "Negotiate multi-link for single link connections." This is selected by editing the properties for the VPN connection (i.e. open Network Connections, right-click on the VPN connection, and select "Properties"). Next, select the "Networking" tab and click the "Settings" button beneath "Type of VPN." Check the box for "Negotiate multi-link for single link connections." I hope this helps! Regards, Nate

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I also have a problem with Windows XP. I had XP home on my laptop and was trying to log into my work NT domain. In Windows 98 there is a box you can check in the network settings that will allow you to connect to an NT domain. XP home is not designed to log onto domains. So I got the Professional upgrade and there is a menu that allows you to log onto domains. I filled out all the required information and I didn't allow me to log onto my domain. If anyone has any suggestions I would greatly appreciate them.

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