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   Message 719 of 2,348   
   Gerhard Hofmann to All   
   Re: MS pptp client - where does it store   
   17 Jan 04 15:54:47   
   
   From: gerhard.hofmann@planat.de   
      
   In article , ppointer@nospamindspring.com   
   says...   
   > Gerhard Hofmann wrote:   
   > > does anybody know where Win 2000's integrated pptp client saves ip   
   > > address of VPN gateway, user id, password?   
   > >   
   > > I'd like to save those data to an USB stick instead of hard disk. Any   
   > > way to do this?   
   >   
   > You're out of luck with IP address.  That gets encrypted into the   
   > executable via the Connection Manager Administrator.  By default, the   
   > user id, password and domain are not stored, though the user can opt in   
   > for the PPTP software to save that info.  A possible work around might   
   > be to use the VPN setup that comes with the OS on your client laptops,   
   > though I've never been successful with it.  On the other hand, the   
   > result of the Connection Manager is an executable, and you could save   
   > that to the USB stick (it's only half a k in size).   
   >   
      
   Can you tell me where these exe files are stored and how they are named? Is it   
   possible to clone DUN- and VPN-settings from one PC to another just by copying   
   an exe file?   
      
   TIA   
   Gerhard   
      
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