jbyoung23
Hello,
I've got a strange problem I can't seem to tackle. I've installed openVPN and have been running it successfully. The issue is every time I log on after a restart or shutdown or what have you the TAP adapter is always in use by "something." This prohibits openVPN from starting automatically/manually since it's "in use." The remedy i've figured out is that I have to go in and disable and enable the adapter, and after that everything works fine with no issues.
My question is this: Is there something I can do to stop whatever is "grabbing" the TAP from doing so? I've so far been able to automate the disable/enable process and openvpn startup with task scheduling but it doesn't always go smoothly and is not the preferred way of doing things. I've checked event logs and can't seem to find any entries relating to the TAP so I'm not sure where to go from here.
EDIT: For clarity im using Windows 8.1 64bit
Thanks folks.
jbyoung23
Wow that was exactly it! I was under the impression that the OpenVPN service was something needed to run OpenVPN in general, not just a shell to start the program. I must've missed that part.
Thank you very much!!
EDIT: not sure how to mark this as solved, but it should be.
