From: Samuli Seppänen <sam...@openvpn.net> OpenVPN 2.3.10 includes an OpenVPN-GUI which automatically requests elevation of privileges using UAC. Modified INSTALL-win32.txt to reflect this behavior.
Signed-off-by: Samuli Seppänen <sam...@openvpn.net> --- INSTALL-win32.txt | 15 +++++++++------ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/INSTALL-win32.txt b/INSTALL-win32.txt index 7c05685..ce08e63 100644 --- a/INSTALL-win32.txt +++ b/INSTALL-win32.txt @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@ + UPGRADING FROM 2.3-ALPHA1 AND EARLIER OpenVPN Windows installer went through major changes in @@ -23,13 +24,15 @@ your configuration files and certificates, which now go to provided you did not install the 32-bit version on 64-bit Windows. -IMPORTANT NOTE FOR WINDOWS VISTA/7 USERS +IMPORTANT NOTE FOR USERS OF WINDOWS VISTA AND ABOVE + +Note that on Windows Vista and above, you will need to run the +OpenVPN-GUI as a user with administrator privileges, so that +it can add routes to the routing table. Admin privileges are +requested automatically in OpenVPN 2.3.10 and later; older +versions require right-clicking on the OpenVPN-GUI desktop icon +and selecting "Run as administrator". -Note that on Windows Vista, you will need to run the OpenVPN -GUI with administrator privileges, so that it can add routes -to the routing table that are pulled from the OpenVPN server. -You can do this by right-clicking on the OpenVPN GUI -desktop icon, and selecting "Run as administrator". GENERAL QUICKSTART FOR WINDOWS -- 2.1.0
