tuprox
There should be some sort of support forum, specifically for supporting installs and such because this is the second time OpenVPN has really screwed up my machine in the two times I've installed it (on a 64bit system???).
I don't know what is going on with this install of OpenVPN 2.1.4 but I installed the client software on a Windows 7 64bit machine and after that I got a notice that my mapped drives weren't connected and couldn't be restored. I checked my adapter properties and they seemed fine (automatic - DHCP). I tried removing the software but that didn't work. I tried ipconfig /release and renew and flushdns - no go.
OpenVPN does install a network adapter called a "TAP-Win32 Adapter v9" and it has a red "X" over it showing the network cable is unplugged and this is while it is enabled. If i disable it, the red "X" goes away and it greys out.
I don't know where else to go with this. I tried searching for others that had this problem but I didn't find many with the same situation. I know this happened to me about 4 years ago when I tried to set this up before and I ended up reformatting as it was the quickest thing to do at the time.
BTW, I'm doing this because I need the easiest or best way to set up a VPN to connect to my office computer while traveling. I'm using a DD-WRT router that has OpenVPN on it (or able to install on it). If anyone knows anything about this and can help out, I'd appreciate any input.
I also tried connecting to my router via wireless and it won't let me connect that way either. This thing has my network connections all messed up.
I REALLY need some help to get my machine working again as I REALLY don't want to do a fresh install and think that it is absurd that this software could do this without some kind of warning before the install!!!
