VPN\Vista

We are connecting to our Windows 2003 server R2, using a VPN connection.
On our XP machines everthing works ok. When we try with a Vista
Machine, it prompts us for a password, when we are mapping to the
network drive. It never connects. With XP, when we map a drive it
connects up ok, and does not prompt for the password. What would cause
this?

TIA

You may need to use net command to cache the credentials at first time. Or
this post may help. Please post back with the result.

How to cached VPN credentialsHowever, when the same user access the VPN, he
uses cached credentials to ... I don't think this is a specific Vista-ism,
may happen with XP as well, but ...
http://www.chicagotech.net/netforums...1df17f879532ea


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> We are connecting to our Windows 2003 server R2, using a VPN connection.
> On our XP machines everthing works ok. When we try with a Vista Machine,
> it prompts us for a password, when we are mapping to the network drive.
> It never connects. With XP, when we map a drive it connects up ok, and
> does not prompt for the password. What would cause this?
>
> TIA