THANK YOU very VERY MUCH Wayne.

A simple test of Send/Recieve in outlook 2003 *after* getting the connection going worked perfectly!

One headache gone, xxx to go < s >

Great place this UT!!!

cheers

>Jim,
>
>Try this - these steps are on a W2003 server, but should be similar on most;
>
>1) Right click network places --> properties
>2) Right click your vpn connection --> properties
>3) Click Networking tab
>4) Select TCP/IP --> Properties
>5) Click Advanced
>6) General Tab --> Uncheck - "Use default gateway on remote network"
>
>hth
>-w-
>
>
>>Hi Wayne,
>>
>>When I use Disconnect from the rt-click my whole mapping (of the drive accessed by VPN) disappears. It's a pain having to re-map it each time.
>>
>>Is there some way to 'disconnect' without disappearing it???
>>
>>thanks