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Saturday, May 09, 2009

Join domain from home


  • log in to local admin acct
  • connect VPN
  • join the machine to the domain
  • reboot
  • log in again local admin acct
  • connect VPN
  • add domain acct to local administrators group (this is why need to be on VPN again)
  • SWITCH users to the domain account (dont logout, this will kill the VPN)
  • log in to domain account, will cache creds and you're good to go



Sonic Wall Global VPN Client - 64 bit


Installed Win7 64-bit today. Here's the first in a series of posts on various software issues.

SonicWall Global VPN client. Existing install does not work on 64-bit. Bails at startup.
Here is the updated one. (also saved it here)

After install, get "Error loading IPSec driver".
Fix described here and below.

Open Device Manager
  • in View menu, select Show hidden devices
  • expand Non-Plug and Play Drivers
  • open SonicWALL IPsec Driver and set Startup Type to Automatic
  • If current status is Stopped, start it.



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