VPN not working on Windows 10 1903

Anonymous
2019-05-31T15:38:48+00:00

I am an IT technician at an IT company. One of our clients has asked us to install a fresh version of Windows onto 6 of their PCs.

These PC's are old PC's that they do not use - meaning that they have had a fresh version of Windows installed onto them. This has been upgraded to 1903. I have attempted to setup a VPN connection in order to connect the PC's to the company's domain. When doing so, the VPN connection just hangs on 'Connecting to vpn'

I know 1903 is still very new into the world, but wondering if anyone knows how this issue can be resolved?

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  1. Anonymous
    2019-06-13T20:40:06+00:00

    @ChristopherCoePXThose updates installed...no luck. Dang.

    Just spreading the news of the workaround among my staff. I guess stay tuned?  Magically it'll get fixed with some hotfix and no one will be the wiser:  everyone will have reverted to connecting the hard way, heh.

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  2. Anonymous
    2019-06-13T19:50:53+00:00

    I use built-in windows VPN client with L2TP protocol and encountered the same problem right after installing Update 1903. I noticed, that after update installation the system actually didn't reboot. I would know that, because I use BitLocker encryption and when the computer really reboots I have to enter the password for boot to proceed.

    So, I rebooted my computer and voila, VPN is working again.

    Seems, it's a universal troubleshooting procedure in Windows OS.

    Hope it will help you.

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  3. Anonymous
    2019-06-11T05:08:14+00:00

    Just FYI just tried connecting via settings with remembered credentials then disconnecting through the task bar. After disconnecting through  the task bar the remembered credentials method worked on the next taskbar connect.

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  4. Anonymous
    2019-06-11T05:04:56+00:00

    I tried those and can still only connect through settings. I have a bunch of users I have to alert to not update or lose the taskbar VPN connection. The settings connection is not a valid solution for those not tech savvy. This really needs to be addressed with a hotfix.

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  5. Anonymous
    2019-06-09T11:05:32+00:00

    Just to higlight what I did for a fix which worked for me.

    After installing the 1903 update, run updates again and install this: 

    https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4495620/may-14-2019-kb4495620-cumulative-update-for-net-framework

    I did this and now is working fine. Im connecting VPN SSTP to my home Domain as well.

    Let me know if this works for you?

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