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authorSamuli Seppänen <samuli@openvpn.net>2011-03-15 16:38:07 +0200
committerDavid Sommerseth <davids@redhat.com>2011-03-21 15:15:22 +0100
commit58704ea66478942ae82c013d0d48c7931cb79fa0 (patch)
tree885845ab391ccaab282d7018885b8196b55321b9
parentReplaced config-win32.h with win/config.h.in (diff)
downloadopenvpn-58704ea66478942ae82c013d0d48c7931cb79fa0.tar.xz
Updated INSTALL-win32.txt
Signed-off-by: Samuli Seppänen <samuli@openvpn.net> Acked-by: Gert Doering <gert@greenie.muc.de> Signed-off-by: David Sommerseth <davids@redhat.com>
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-rw-r--r--INSTALL-win32.txt23
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/INSTALL-win32.txt b/INSTALL-win32.txt
index cc79d72..5a0f3a9 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.