From 58704ea66478942ae82c013d0d48c7931cb79fa0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?utf8?q?Samuli=20Sepp=C3=A4nen?= Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 16:38:07 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Updated INSTALL-win32.txt MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Signed-off-by: Samuli Seppänen Acked-by: Gert Doering Signed-off-by: David Sommerseth --- INSTALL-win32.txt | 23 ++++++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/INSTALL-win32.txt b/INSTALL-win32.txt index cc79d728c..5a0f3a9f5 100644 --- a/INSTALL-win32.txt +++ b/INSTALL-win32.txt @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -IMPORTANT NOTE FOR VISTA USERS +IMPORTANT NOTE FOR WINDOWS VISTA/7 USERS Note that on Windows Vista, you will need to run the OpenVPN GUI with administrator privileges, so that it can add routes @@ -9,14 +9,15 @@ desktop icon, and selecting "Run as administrator". GENERAL QUICKSTART FOR WINDOWS The OpenVPN Client requires a configuration file -and key/certificate files. You should obtain -these and save them to \Program Files\OpenVPN\config. +and key/certificate files. You should obtain +these and save them to OpenVPN's configuration +directory, usually C:\Program Files\OpenVPN\config. -To start OpenVPN, first run the OpenVPN GUI by double -clicking on the desktop icon or start menu icon. - -The OpenVPN GUI is a system-tray applet, so an icon for the -GUI will appear in the lower-right corner of the screen. -Right click on the system tray icon, and a menu should appear -showing the names of your OpenVPN configuration files, and -giving you the option to connect. +You can run OpenVPN as a Windows system service or by using +the client GUI. To use the OpenVPN GUI, double click on the +desktop icon or start menu icon. The OpenVPN GUI is a +system-tray applet, so an icon for the GUI will appear in +the lower-right corner of the screen. Right click on the +system tray icon, and a menu should appear showing the names +of your OpenVPN configuration files, and giving you the +option to connect. -- 2.47.2