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Old 03-15-2007   #2 (permalink)
Sooner Al [MVP]


 
 

Re: Creating a shortcut to a VPN connection

"RMcCabe" <RMcCabe@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:17D8EFBA-786A-4DB4-BFE0-4B8EE1A6C9E6@microsoft.com...
> Could anyone tell me how to create a shortcut to a VPN connection in MS
> Vista? I would like to add this shortcut to my startup folder so that the
> VPN automatically connects without having to manually start it? In XP
> this
> was simple, doesn't appear to be as simple in Vista. Thank you.


You might look at the rasdial command and add it to a small batch file you
can use to auto connect. Go to "Start -> Run" and type cmd at the command
line. At the command prompt type 'rasdial /?' for the exact command
syntax...

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