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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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That doesn't make a bit of sense. I have over 100 VPNs, all with saved credentials, and all start perfectly if connected via the Settings panel without asking for a credential once as the login/pass are saved during creation. Not a single one connects from the menu.
Interesting. I also have 100+ VPN tunnels with SAVED credentials and they all work perfectly fine from the System Tray across multiple laptops/desktops with version 1903.
Are your 1903 use a fresh install of Windows or they were upgraded from previous Versions 1803/1809?
All mines are upgrades and the credentials were initially saved in 1803 or 1809 prior to upgrade.
Both fresh installs from ISO and upgraded exhibit the issue. All the upgraded were from 1809 or 1709. Funny part is that I got one of the 1709 upgrades to work with the VPN from tray...but only some will connect there. Even worse is that every one has the ridiculous ICC profile flashing/resetting issue on USB activity. Add these two bugs together and 1809 is pretty much annoyingly becoming useless!
Maybe it has to do with the type of VPN created? I only have MERAKI Security Appliances at all my client locations which uses L2TP/IPSEC with pre shared key and PAP. If you do not mind me asking what do you use?
Nope, type doesn't matter. I have L2TP, IKE, PPTP ones and they all do the same. Since everything works from Settings but not the tray, it's more likely that MS screwed up (again) with one of the libraries. They are probably calling an API from the tray that has changed or is missing some component. Typical, though, as they seem to care more about being sure that Xbox **** works, but not a bit about the corporate components.
