VPN causes computer to lock up

I used to connect to my home computer (XP SP2) from work (OS X 10.4.10) via PPTP VPN. Then I swapped out my computer at work, but put the old HD in the new tower. Everything has worked fine with no problems, except trying to connect to my VPN at home. I will get to the part where it says "Authenticating" and the computer will just completely freeze. I can move the beach ball around, but cannot switch apps and expose does not work. Nothing responds. No dock. Nothing. So, what can I do to fix this? Is there a preference file somewhere I can delete to see if it fixes it? Any other ideas? Thanks

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~/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.networkConnect.<ethernet MAC address>.plist
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=5582962&#5582962
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