How to set up an unattended dialup acount?

[flattspott]

Is there a way to do this? Maybe some Registry entries or something?

[Thanatos]

Tough one, you'd have to do it with a .ins (internet connection settings) file. Maybe google has the answer

[Aaron]

I once tried to install a dialup *.ins file throught winnt.sif, but it didn't work. Although I didn't have a modem on the test PC it could explain why, it probably needs an installed modem to be able to import the dialup settings.

[flattspott]

Well that's too much of a hassel then. I just have it copy a text file with all the settings to set it up manually.

[Igor]

Dial-up connections settings are located in the Remote Access Phonebook (Rasphone.pbk) at %systemdrive%\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\Network\Connections\Pbk.

Just backup Rasphone.pbk and restore it during unattended setup.

[Aaron]

hmm, the username and passwords are not stored in this phonebook?

[Igor]

hmm, the username and passwords are not stored in this phonebook?

Unfortunately only passwords are not stored. Anyway I use rasdial command in a batch file where I have stored username and password:

rasdial "myconnection" "username" "password"

[ahmedramzi]

makes sense...

i'll try it right now

[ahmedramzi]

shall i just write this to my cmd file:

COPY "%systemdrive%\Install\Tools\rasphone.pbk" "%systemdrive%\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\Network\Connections\pbk"

that's it?

[Aaron]

shall i just write this to my cmd file:

COPY "%systemdrive%\Install\Tools\rasphone.pbk" "%systemdrive%\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\Network\Connections\pbk"

that's it?

Yep

[jps]

I'd sure like to see the contents of your rasphone.pbk.

I need to configure XP to dial up on an unattended machine.

Do I need a RAS account somewhere (I see the rasdial example) or can you tell me how to automatically dial into my "normal" ISP?

[WwTIPPYwW]

Dial-up connections settings are located in the Remote Access Phonebook (Rasphone.pbk) at %systemdrive%\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\Network\Connections\Pbk.

Just backup Rasphone.pbk and restore it during unattended setup.

%systemdrive%\Documents and Settings\All Users\ = %allusersprofile%

here is a shortcut....from a CMD promt type SET to see settings

[jps]

Can anyone please point me to information necessary to configure XP so that running any program requiring network access will result in a hands-free dialup (un-attended machine in very remote location)?

Alternatively I want to programmatically perform a dialup and establish a network connection prior to running programs that require such connection (on the same un-attended machine).

I think this must be pretty easy, but I have not been able to find the answers after much googling, etc.

[Sensation_1337]

Thx just looking to make that unattended

[Oleg_II]

hmm, the username and passwords are not stored in this phonebook?

Unfortunately only passwords are not stored. Anyway I use rasdial command in a batch file where I have stored username and password:

rasdial "myconnection" "username" "password"

Does this work? Somebody tried it to set username and password?

I found that freeware utility NIRCMD can do similar things (and much more).

Edited October 18, 2006 by Oleg_II