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Originally Posted by jal
I'm not sure what you mean about your 2 Computer icon??
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In XP there is an icon in the notification area (bottom right) for wired network connection that looks like 2 monitors, one in front of the other. When it's not connected there is a red X on the icon. Vista is the same by default unless someone has changed it, the icons just look a little different.
It sounds to me like your IT guy is overpaid and underqualified.
VPN should be on-demand only.
I've heard of a lot of IE users having this same issue without having a VPN.
The ones I have seen have a setting wrong in their "Internet Properties". For some reason there is a box checked for proxy server in their LAN settings but they have never set up a proxy server, or if they did they didn't know what they were doing.
I would open Control Panel > Internet Options > Connections tab > In the box check the settings for your VPN, make sure it
doesn't say anything like "dial... (anything)". Same way with the setting below the box, it should have selected "Never dial a connection".
Check the LAN settings to see if there is a proxy server address listed. If there is no proxy address listed, you should uncheck the box (if it is checked) next to "Use a proxy server... ".
Like has been stated, it's tough to troubleshoot without looking at it to see how your VPN was (mis)configured. Maybe you would be interested in letting Joe do a remote assistance connection to look directly in your machine? I would offer to do it, but it sounds like Joe has a lot more networking experience than I do.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u...t/viafile.mspx
Or,
you could simply delete the VPN, walk it over to IT, tell him to set it up
correctly this time, and then
watch how he does it to see where he goes astray.