Setting Up Laptop on the Network

Hello,

SBS2K. I am trying to set up a laptop for a traveling salesman where he can
plug into the office network when he is in and VPN when he is away. So far,
I have installed the firewall client and changed the laptop from a workgroup
to the domain. I am able to hit the internet as well as map drives. I
cannot, however get the user's Outlook to open his mailbox. When I open
Outlook XP, it gives the following message:

Cannot start Microsoft Outlook. Unable to display the selected folder or
item. You do not have permission to log on.

Not sure why I am getting that message. The settings in Control Panel > Mail
seem to be okay. Any ideas? That said, I am thinking that changing from a
workgroup to joining the domain was a bad idea. For my laptop, it is in its
own workgroup and I am able to do everything I need to whether I am in the
office on the network or not. The only thing I have to do it change the
settings on the Firewall Client. When I am in the office or VPN'ed in, I
just enable the Firewall Client. When I am on my hoe network, I just disable
it. Everything works fine that way. The reason I have it like this is so
that I do not have to switch users/profiles. I can use the same one all the
time. Also, I should mention that I use Roaming User Profiles. Of course, on
my laptop, the roaming profile does not work. Any ideas on a better way to
do this. Thanks,

Chris

Lanwench
Wed Jul 14 07:56:03 CDT 2004

In the office, you need to have the VPN client *disabled* or you'll have
problems.

I'd say you did the right thing by adding the computer to the domain. Have
you double-and-triple-checked the Outlook profile to make sure it's pointing
at the right server/mailbox? Check the security settings (advanced tab of
Exchange server service properties) and make sure Logon Network Security is
set to Password Authentication....

You can use roaming profiles just fine - he just won't be
downloading/uploading his cached profile while out of the office.



Chris Guimbellot wrote:
> Hello,
>
> SBS2K. I am trying to set up a laptop for a traveling salesman where
> he can plug into the office network when he is in and VPN when he is
> away. So far, I have installed the firewall client and changed the
> laptop from a workgroup to the domain. I am able to hit the internet
> as well as map drives. I cannot, however get the user's Outlook to
> open his mailbox. When I open Outlook XP, it gives the following
> message:
>
> Cannot start Microsoft Outlook. Unable to display the selected folder
> or item. You do not have permission to log on.
>
> Not sure why I am getting that message. The settings in Control Panel
> > Mail seem to be okay. Any ideas? That said, I am thinking that
> changing from a workgroup to joining the domain was a bad idea. For
> my laptop, it is in its own workgroup and I am able to do everything
> I need to whether I am in the office on the network or not. The only
> thing I have to do it change the settings on the Firewall Client.
> When I am in the office or VPN'ed in, I just enable the Firewall
> Client. When I am on my hoe network, I just disable it. Everything
> works fine that way. The reason I have it like this is so that I do
> not have to switch users/profiles. I can use the same one all the
> time. Also, I should mention that I use Roaming User Profiles. Of
> course, on my laptop, the roaming profile does not work. Any ideas on
> a better way to do this. Thanks,
>
> Chris

Chris
Wed Jul 14 14:00:13 CDT 2004

Thanks for the response. I am able to get him on the network and using
Outlook successfully. Just having problems with GPOs. Thanks a lot.

Chris

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
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> In the office, you need to have the VPN client *disabled* or you'll have
> problems.
>
> I'd say you did the right thing by adding the computer to the domain. Have
> you double-and-triple-checked the Outlook profile to make sure it's
pointing
> at the right server/mailbox? Check the security settings (advanced tab of
> Exchange server service properties) and make sure Logon Network Security
is
> set to Password Authentication....
>
> You can use roaming profiles just fine - he just won't be
> downloading/uploading his cached profile while out of the office.
>
>
>
> Chris Guimbellot wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > SBS2K. I am trying to set up a laptop for a traveling salesman where
> > he can plug into the office network when he is in and VPN when he is
> > away. So far, I have installed the firewall client and changed the
> > laptop from a workgroup to the domain. I am able to hit the internet
> > as well as map drives. I cannot, however get the user's Outlook to
> > open his mailbox. When I open Outlook XP, it gives the following
> > message:
> >
> > Cannot start Microsoft Outlook. Unable to display the selected folder
> > or item. You do not have permission to log on.
> >
> > Not sure why I am getting that message. The settings in Control Panel
> > > Mail seem to be okay. Any ideas? That said, I am thinking that
> > changing from a workgroup to joining the domain was a bad idea. For
> > my laptop, it is in its own workgroup and I am able to do everything
> > I need to whether I am in the office on the network or not. The only
> > thing I have to do it change the settings on the Firewall Client.
> > When I am in the office or VPN'ed in, I just enable the Firewall
> > Client. When I am on my hoe network, I just disable it. Everything
> > works fine that way. The reason I have it like this is so that I do
> > not have to switch users/profiles. I can use the same one all the
> > time. Also, I should mention that I use Roaming User Profiles. Of
> > course, on my laptop, the roaming profile does not work. Any ideas on
> > a better way to do this. Thanks,
> >
> > Chris
>
>