Help!!

[johnharte]

Hi,
I wonder if anyone can help me, I have a user with a laptop (Win 2000) which I would like to allow them a Dial up connection when away from the building. However, When I log in as Administrator and set all the properties of IE to Dial up when network connection is not present - Everything works OK.

When I log in as the User, The settings have'nt changed and all the boxes are greyed out etc. (User as Power User)

So for the purposes of making this work, I made the user a part of the Administrator's group and logged back in, But it still would'nt let me alter anything.

I even formatted the drive (Drastic, I know) and re-installed Win 2K.. Same..

Firstly, Is this a permission issue for that user?
Or Is there something I have overlooked?

Any Help would be appreciated...!!!!!

Thanks in Advance,[/U]

John Harte.

 

[Zelandakh]

It is a permissions issue and also a profiles issue. You set the dial up parts as Administrator, but it only stores them at a user level. When you log in as the user, you get the problem where it inherits the default settings which don't include the dial up and you can't change them as you don't have the right access.

I have yet to try it, but make the user a power user on the local machine and you should be able to modify the user's settings and get it to store. If not, check the policy restrictions.

 

[johnharte]

I have made the user a power user on the local machine, this did'nt work either?

Policy Restrictions? (New to Win2K) Is this Located in the Computer Management Console?

I could'nt seem to find anything in there?

This works for all other users with Laptops, Not this laptop!

Please Excuse my Lack of Win2k Knowledge.

John