openvpn gui v11.14 + win7

heap

Hi,
i installed openvpn gui 11.14 on my win7 computer.

Everytime during the start of the windows i am getting error window:
Openvpn gui
OpenVpnServiceInteractive is not started. Task requiring administrative access my not work.

No idea why ... even my services.msc has OpenvVpnServiceInteractive start to autostart.

Any idea?
thanks!

TinCanTech

Is the Openvpn-InteractiveService actually started though ?

heap

yes, even that error message popped up. Isnt that strange?

TinCanTech

It is probably due to your firewall .. check that localhost connections are allowed.

Otherwise, please make sure that the service is started.

As a last resort you could try reinstalling.

This may help a little:
https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/OpenVPN-GUI-New#gui-group

heap

hi,
service is started ... i also reinstalled...

Well i am running / booting as Admin user.

Not sure what do you mean by firewall? localhost connections where? ;/

thanks

TinCanTech

heap wrote service is started ... i also reinstalled

And the same thing happened ..

heap wrote Well i am running / booting as Admin user

Openvpn has gone out of it's way to make it so poeple like you can run openvpn with a non-admin user
for the sake of security ..

heap wrote Not sure what do you mean by firewall? localhost connections where?

Google firewall .. focus on Windows .. enjoy ..

Or just disable the windows firewall temporarily.

heap

hello,
is there any better replacement / client?

Well my windows fw is disabled, but i have eset nod32 firewall which is more sophisticated. ;/ so thinking what exactly has to be allowed on that fw.

thanks

TinCanTech

heap wrote i have eset nod32 firewall which is more sophisticated.

But not sophisticated enough to actually help you ..

As I said before .. connections to localhost.

heap

okay, but what connections to localhost? i am running vpn client .. so while booting no vpn connection is open... still confused. thanks

TinCanTech

The GUI is trying to connect to the IService .. but i suspect you are blocking it, possibly deliberately ..

heap

what exactly is IService? cant google anything about it under win7

TinCanTech

IService is InteractiveService.

You will also need to learn how to configure your firewall for connections to localhost.

heap

i added all subnets to my firewall -> as secure zones... so dont know ... should work as its part of that subnets.

heap

i still cant understand what are you talking about....

Openvpn app during boot is trying to conect to InteractiveService (what port numer) from localhost/127.0.0.1 ?

TinCanTech

Please test your setup by disabling your firewall completely.

heap

thats pitty. Firewall disabled, first reboot all ok, second error window.... so looks like not fw issue.

https://imgur.com/a/JbG8wZa

TinCanTech

Sounds exactly like a firewall issue to me ..

heap

why? even i disabled fw same window appeared after boot ;//

TinCanTech

Software Firewalls have a habit of reactivating themselves .. after a reboot.

heap

i clicked to Disable FW forever, after boot i checked its status and it was disabled. Its Eset32.