CMAK InternetPassword - SOLVED

If you are creating a CMAK package (in my case for a VPN) and despite doing
everything right, can't get the ISP password field to populate for dialup
ISPs, the answer is NOT documented in the CMAK 1.3 help file or the MSKB.

Since I've spent a BUNCH of time hunting this down on Google Groups and the
MSKB, only to find out it's un(der)documented, I thought I'd post a message
for those trying to solve the same problem since I had to learn the solution
on the MS partner groups. I didn't find a single Usenet post where someone
actually had the solution. Most concluded it was a bug and couldn't be done.

But it can.

It IS documented here, but you have to know to look for it--

http://technet.microsoft.com/Windows...cbd3c1033.mspx

--and you have to look hard, because it's buried. In case the URL changes,
the Technet article title is "Connection Manager Tools and Settings" so
search Technet for that phrase.

Read the Technet documentation for the caveats, but, bottom line, add PCS=0
to the [Connection Manager] section of your otherwise perfect *.CMP file and
it will work.

A complete, working CMAK 1.3 .CMP file follows:

=======================
[Profile Format]
Version=4

[Connection Manager]
CMSFile=<ProfileName>\<ProfileName>.cms
InternetUserName=<ISPUserNameHere>
InternetPassword=<ISPPasswordHere>
KeepDefaultCredentials=1
RememberInternetPassword=1
PCS=0
======================

Hope this saves you some time. Wish it had been here a month ago for me to
find it!

--
Jeff Vandervoort
JRVsystems

Thank you for sharing your experience with us.

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
"Jeff Vandervoort" <jeffv @ jrvsystems dot com> wrote in message news:%23XVP$(E-Mail Removed)...
If you are creating a CMAK package (in my case for a VPN) and despite doing
everything right, can't get the ISP password field to populate for dialup
ISPs, the answer is NOT documented in the CMAK 1.3 help file or the MSKB.

Since I've spent a BUNCH of time hunting this down on Google Groups and the
MSKB, only to find out it's un(der)documented, I thought I'd post a message
for those trying to solve the same problem since I had to learn the solution
on the MS partner groups. I didn't find a single Usenet post where someone
actually had the solution. Most concluded it was a bug and couldn't be done.

But it can.

It IS documented here, but you have to know to look for it--

http://technet.microsoft.com/Windows...cbd3c1033.mspx

--and you have to look hard, because it's buried. In case the URL changes,
the Technet article title is "Connection Manager Tools and Settings" so
search Technet for that phrase.

Read the Technet documentation for the caveats, but, bottom line, add PCS=0
to the [Connection Manager] section of your otherwise perfect *.CMP file and
it will work.

A complete, working CMAK 1.3 .CMP file follows:

=======================
[Profile Format]
Version=4

[Connection Manager]
CMSFile=<ProfileName>\<ProfileName>.cms
InternetUserName=<ISPUserNameHere>
InternetPassword=<ISPPasswordHere>
KeepDefaultCredentials=1
RememberInternetPassword=1
PCS=0
======================

Hope this saves you some time. Wish it had been here a month ago for me to
find it!

--
Jeff Vandervoort
JRVsystems