Archive for the ‘Windows solutions’ Category

Data Backup and Recovery Windows 2003 (Part 1) – A General Overview

Sunday, January 29th, 2012
Data Backup and Recovery Windows 2003 (Part 1) – A General Overview

The loss of data can bring an enterprise down – be it for a few hours, days, or even weeks. For smaller businesses, data loss can be devastating. For home users, it can be heart-breaking and utterly annoying. Whatever brings about data loss is bound to cause an organization to suffer – not only from [...]

How to automatically log in to OpenVPN on Windows

Sunday, November 20th, 2011
How to automatically log in to OpenVPN on Windows

Many people want to have their OpenVPN connection automatically start up and log in when they boot up their computer. Although there is no direct option in OpenVPN for Windows to accomplish it, it can be done. The first step is to launch OpenVPN with a configuration attached so that it can connect to a [...]

Disabling the UAC (User Account Control) in Windows Vista Personal VPN

Sunday, November 20th, 2011
Disabling the UAC (User Account Control) in Windows Vista Personal VPN

Sometimes, when troubleshooting OpenVPN installation or connectivity issues, it is beneficial to disable the UAC to eliminate the factor of permissions problems being the problem. By doing this, one can determine if the issues are permissions related or not. Enter ‘UAC’ in the Search Box Double-click on ‘Turn User Account Control on or off’ Double-click [...]

Disabling the Windows 7 UAC to troubleshoot Personal VPN connections

Sunday, November 20th, 2011
Disabling the Windows 7 UAC to troubleshoot Personal VPN connections

On occasion, the installation of OpenVPN goes wrong or some other factor prevents proper installation or function. In the majority of cases, both installation and connection errors are due to not having proper Windows 7 system permissions set. One way to prove that the problems are permission related is to disable the UAC (User Account [...]

How To Enable OpenVPN Autologin

Saturday, November 12th, 2011

In OpenVPN installation the ability to read auth passwords from a file using –askpass and –auth-user-pass is disabled by default. Trying to read an auth password from a file without password save enabled will result in the following error: “Sorry, ‘Auth’ password cannot be read from a file” In order to enable we have to [...]

First impressions of the free OpenVPN 2.1 software

Saturday, November 12th, 2011
First impressions of the free OpenVPN 2.1 software

OpenVPN is a very powerful free VPN solution that is supported on Solaris, Linux, OpenBSD, FreeBSD, NetBSD, Mac OS X, and Windows 2000/XP/Vista. I tried the Open Source SSL/TSL-based VPN software on Windows Vista x64 and SuSE Linux 10.1. I think the fact that OpenVPN is available for so many different platforms alone makes it [...]

OpenVPN working guide on windows 7

Saturday, November 12th, 2011
OpenVPN working guide on windows 7

To install, the application has to be Run as Administrator: After downloading, right-click on the file and select Run as Administrator Agree to any questions that pop up. Click next where prompted. Note: The installation of the TAP adapter can sometimes take up to a minute. Do not exit the installer while the TAP adapter [...]