Article ID: 310651 - Last Review: August 6, 2007 - Revision: 3.3

Using Internet Connection Sharing with user profiles

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SUMMARY

This article describes how Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) works with user profiles in Windows.

All of the Internet connections and passwords that you use with ICS must be available in every user profile in Windows.

ICS can connect to the Internet only using cached passwords that are available in the current user profile.

For example, consider the situation where the ICS host computer contains profiles for both User1 and User2, and User1's profile contains the dial-up connection and the cached password for User1. If you attempt to connect by using User2's profile, User2 must re-enter their password in order for the ICS host computer to gain access to the Internet.

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REFERENCES

For more information about home networking and Internet Connection Sharing in Windows XP, click the link below to view the following Support WebCast:

Support WebCast: Home Networking and Internet Connection Sharing in Microsoft Windows XP (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/324980/)

For additional information about Internet Connection Sharing, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

310563 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310563/EN-US/ ) Description of Internet Connection Sharing in Windows XP

For additional information about how to enable Internet Connection Sharing, click the article numbers below to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

237254 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/237254/EN-US/ ) How to Enable Internet Connection Sharing on a Network Connection

306126 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306126/EN-US/ ) HOW TO: Configure Internet Connection Sharing

283673 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/283673/EN-US/ ) How to Enable the Internet Connection Firewall Feature in Windows XP

For additional information about how to configure ICS in Windows XP for an Internal PPTP Server, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

309524 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/309524/EN-US/ ) How to Configure Windows XP ICS for an Internal PPTP Server

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