How to setup OpenVPN Client GUI on Microsoft Windows Vista x86

Follow up the steps described below for connecting your Openvpn Server from any Microsoft Windows Vista x86 Client:

1. Download openvpn-2.0.9-gui-1.0.3-install.exe

2. Right-click to the downloaded file and install it with administrative privilages.

3. For default, after that openvpn client installation, the master directory appears at “C:\ProgramFiles\OpenVPN\”. Right-click to OpenVPN folder and allow full permission to your logged-in user from security tab.

4. Get your certificate files from your System Administrator and move them to the openvpn config directory (C:\ProgramFiles\OpenVPN\Config). The file names will be “client.key”, “client.crt”, “ca.crt” as default.

5. Move/Copy “client.ovpn” file from “C:\ProgramFiles\OpenVPN\Sample-config-files” to “C:\ProgramFiles\OpenVPN\Config”. Then open it with your favorite text editor and change “remote myserver-1 1194″ to

“remote yourserver’s_ip_address yourserver’s_port_number“.

And include these two lines just below:

route-method exe

route-delay 2

So after these changings your “client.ovpn” file must be like:

…..
…..

dev tun
remote yourserver’s_ip_address yourserver’s_port_number
route-method exe
route-delay 2
…..
…..
6. Save your “client.ovpn” file and close it.

7. Type “msconfig.exe” to your search/run bar from start menu and open it.

8. Go to the startup tab and disable “openvpn-gui”, then click apply and close it.

9. Restart your computer.

10. After you logged-in again, find “OpenVPN GUI” (you can easily find it as typing it to your search/run bar from start menu.)

11. Right-click it and send it to your desktop

12. Now you can connect to your remote openvpn server, just right-click to your OpenVPN GUI icon at your desktop, and choose “Run as Administrator”, then you will see your openvpn icon at your task bar. Just right-click it and click to connect. That’s all. If you followed-up every step as mentioned above, now you must connect to your Openvpn Server.