Windows 7: VPN Question?

hi,

Ive just created a VPN and connected sucessfully.

However, ive noticed its not quite performing correctly.

1. I cant use the internet when connected to the server (locally or remotely, no internet at all)
2. i cant find printers on the remote local server
3. i cant ping local hosts remotely
4. nothing appears under the "network", i thought the network name or host name would appear under network and allow me to browse shared documents, eg, COMPUTER_NAME in "networ"

however i can map network drives.

Any help much appreciated,

Cheers