Logging in using VPN in Windows 8

Question

Just installed Windows 8 Enterprise on my work laptop.

I have configured my VPN connection (PPTP) like I had in Windows 7, but for some reason, I cannot find out where to select that I want to dial-up to my workplace before trying to logon to the domain.

Any ideas?

/GurliGebis

EDIT: I'm talking about logging in BEFORE logging into Windows, not after :)

Solution

1. Left click the networking icon on your task bar, and a fly-out menu shows up from the right side of the screen.
2. The VPN connection is up towards the top. Left-click that, and a connection button appears.

For when you first log on, there's a "network logon" icon next to the "ease of access" icon on the lower left of the screen.

(This may have been set up by my corporate IT, YMMV)

Comments

[GurliGebis]

I'm talking about connecting to VPN before logging into Windows. In Windows 7, I could click "Change User", and click on a small icon down to the right on the login screen, and select to dial the VPN before logging into Windows.

[Mark Allen]

Oh! Sorry. I'll edit my answer.

[GurliGebis]

Hmm, thats interresting, on my machine, there is only the Ease of access icon in the lower left corner. What kind of VPN are you using? PPTP?

[GurliGebis]

Nevermind, I feel like such an i**ot right now, since it is right there on the button when I click the back arrow.

[Mark Allen]

Not at all, it's a new OS so some things are going to take some getting used to. :)

[AStopher]

@MarkAllen My VPN connection doesn't show there, what can I do to make it?

[Mark Allen]

@zyboxenterprises It's not obvious but click the little icon on your system tray that looks like a monitor with a network or power cable sticking up. That'll open a menu on the left side that says "Connections". On my PC, the VPN connection shows up there and I can click "Connect". Do the same thing later after it's connected and it'll say "Disconnect".