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-OpenVPN 2.1 Client Quickstart for Windows
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+IMPORTANT NOTE FOR VISTA USERS
+
+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
The OpenVPN Client requires a configuration file
and key/certificate files. You should obtain
these and save them to \Program Files\OpenVPN\config.
To start OpenVPN, first run the OpenVPN GUI by double
-clicking the desktop icon. Note that on Windows Vista,
-you will probably 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".
+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.