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• 04 Nov

We’ve seen a rise in Virtual Private Network (VPN) usage over the last few years and the trend doesn’t seem to be slowing. More and more folks are wanting to get around region blocks, remote securely into their office network from the comfort of home, and play online games with servers located in different countries. With a VPN, this is all too easy.  This article will walk you through the process of how to setup a VPN on Windows 10.

Before following this procedure, you need to log in to your Windows 10 with administrative privileges and then follow the below steps

1. Open Settings of your Windows 10 computer to get started with setting up a VPN in Windows 10.

2. Click on “Network and Internet” icon, to further see the settings.

3. On the left panel, you will see options like Status, Ethernet, Dial-up, VPN, Data usage and Proxy.  Click on VPN and VPN setup window will open.

4. Click on “Add a VPN connection” and a new window will open up to set up the VPN in Windows 10.

5. Fill up the following details under “Add a VPN connection” Window

• Start with VPN provider, here you choose the provider from given options in the list by tapping the drop-down menu. Click on Windows (in-built) as Windows is capable to create a Point to Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) with its integration supporting the VPN.
• Now enter a Connection Name and the Server name or address which is your WAN and ISP respectively.
• Under the VPN type, select “Point to Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP)”
• Under the “Type of sign-in info”, you have this option to choose from which are – Username and password, smart card, One-time password and Certificate.
• Enter Username and password, if necessary
• Check “Remember my sign-in info” at the bottom to avoid logging in again and again in future
• Click on Save. Now you have successfully created your VPN connection on Windows 10.

6. You are now ready to use newly setup VPN on your Windows 10.  It will appear on the list and you can Connect to it whenever required.

• Select Windows (built-in) under VPN provider
• Click on that newly added VPN connection and click on “Connect” and that will connect you to your server
• If you want to re-edit the information of your newly added VPN, click on Advanced options just beside “Connect”
• You can also click on “Clear sign-in info” just below the “Edit” option in the above picture to clear your password/ username for your VPN connection on Windows 10.

With the help of this article, you can figure out how to setup VPN on Windows 10 on your own and provide you with relevant information on how VPN works. However, if you are not up for configuring VPN manually, then you can always choose a VPN software for your Windows 10 from a pool of options available online.