[ignore APPLIES TO section if you’re not running Vista or IE7]
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/936211
slim26 wrote:
> I’ve been using an MS VPN connection (PPTP) successfully for the past
> year.
> My company requires a configuration script to be setup in my proxy
> settings
> in IE to get internet connection.
>
> I’ve had some issues and had to reformat and re-install XP SP3. I’ve
> completed all windows updates.
>
> Now the problem that I have is when I connect to VPN, IE connection gets
> hosed. I get no internet. I setup the configuration script and am fairly
> certain I have all the same settings that I had prior to the new format.
> What happens is after I connect to VPN, I launch IE, and after a minute or
> so it times out. It then asks me if I want to diagnose a connection
> problem. If I diagnose it, it will restore internet connection, although
> it
> doesn’t even prompt me for a username and password, which the config
> script
> is supposed to require.
>
> Every subsequent connection via VPN, requires me to go through the same
> routine.
>
> Firefox works without a hitch. It will run the config script.
>
> Any suggestions? Maybe there was an update that is killing it for me? I
> uninstalled IE8 and reverted to IE6, however, that does not resolve the
> problem.
>
> Thanks for any help.
