http://blogs.msdn.com/b/jfox/Covering real-world development scenarios that I experience in the field.en-USTelligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)http://blogs.msdn.com/b/jfox/archive/2012/09/10/windows-8-isconnectedtointernet.aspx#10363417Sun, 28 Oct 2012 07:12:03 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:10363417tomdjpn<p>but this fails if the user is connected to internet through a VPN.</p> <p>See:</p> <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://quawp.azurewebsites.net/2012/10/checking-connectivity-the-correct-way/">quawp.azurewebsites.net/.../checking-connectivity-the-correct-way</a></p> <p>and many threads that seem related to this issue, e.g.</p> <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w8itpronetworking/thread/96a7f1ab-1a24-48af-a6ec-6988c116be91?prof=required">social.technet.microsoft.com/.../96a7f1ab-1a24-48af-a6ec-6988c116be91</a></p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=10363417" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/jfox/archive/2012/09/10/windows-8-isconnectedtointernet.aspx#10361264Fri, 19 Oct 2012 18:08:57 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:10361264It Works!!!<p>Great man, MSDN does not give support for this</p> <p>thanks a lot</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=10361264" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/jfox/archive/2012/07/05/windows-8-leveraging-the-credentialpicker.aspx#10350856Wed, 19 Sep 2012 15:30:24 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:10350856Jason Fox - MSFT<p>Hi Anthony,</p> <p>I haven&#39;t seen any method to add additional input fields to the CredentialPicker UI. I think in this case, you may need to write your own custom control.</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=10350856" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/jfox/archive/2012/07/05/windows-8-leveraging-the-credentialpicker.aspx#10349109Thu, 13 Sep 2012 15:02:04 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:10349109Anthony<p>Hi Jason,</p> <p>I really want to make use of this class, however with the app I&#39;m developing there are 3 pieces of information that a user must enter to be authenticated with the system. &nbsp;Is there a method of adding a third text input to the CredentialPicker as I don&#39;t particularly want to make my own control just because of this.</p> <p>Thanks,</p> <p>Anthony</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=10349109" width="1" height="1">