Welcome to this quick how to on setting up a vpn (pptp) connection to your office on Microsoft Vista. I love Microsoft’s VPN solutions since they come working right out of the box for pretty much all of its lineup of windows, dating back to Windows 95. Here goes
1. Click Start, click on Control Panel
2. Click on the Network and Internet section
3. Click on Network and Internet Sharing
4. Click on “Set up a connection or network” on the left hand navigation bar
5. A new dialog will open, select “Connect to a workplace”
6. Select “Use my Internet Connection (VPN)”
7. Your administrator will give you an vpn server ip or address, enter that in the first field, and then name your connection. Check the box that reads “Don’t connect now; just set it up so I can connect later”
8. Enter your username and password. This might be the same username and password you use at the office, otherwise your administrator will tell you what this is.
9. Click on Close
10. Click on “Connect to a network” form the left hand navigation, from the Network and Sharing Center window that was opened from step 3-4
11. Select the VPN connection you just created, and click Connect
12. Click on Properties
13. (Optional) If you have a work laptop that is joined to the domain, click on the Security tab, and check the box that reads “Automatically use my Windows logon name and password (and domain, if any)”
14. Click on the Networking tab, and double click on the list option “Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IP)”
15. Click on advanced
16. If you do not want all of your internet traffic to go through the vpn connection, uncheck the box “Use default gateway on remote network”
17. Close all the property windows, and click connect!
DONE!