I'm not sure if it is due to the latest Windows 10 update or something else. But recently, OpenVPN won't start up automatically anymore. Even though it is placed in the user autostart folder for the start menu.  Any advice on how to trouble shoot this?
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I've been running into a problem where some of the applications from the startup menu don't actually start upon login. After looking at the list of the applications I've noticed that actually only the exe files that I've set in properties to "Run as administrator" (in compatibility tab) don't run (and also a .cmd file).  How do I run those apps during startup?
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When I start my PC, it boots into Windows (Windows 7 32-bit) quite happily, I login and the main Windows screen appears. At that point, however, the system is extremely unresponsive for up to 5 minutes - if I click on Firefox to start it, nothing appears to happen for a long time, etc, etc. The mouse and Windows UI is responsive, but programs take forever to start, webpages seem to hang (or at least load extremely slowly) and so on.  I imagine that the issue is with one or more programs that run on startup, but I don't know quite how to identify which one it might be. The event log shows nothing of any obvious interest. I can't see any high CPU activity in task manager or Process Explorer, and I can't hear any high disk activity.  I'd rather understand what's happening and then work out how to address it, than have to go for a blind "switch things off and see what helps" approach, but maybe that's being optimistic :-)  I suspect disk bottlenecks or network, but I don't know how I could set something up to diagnose this (and in particular, given that I can't get programs to start in a timely manner, I'd prefer something that automatically starts and logs data for later analysis than something like Process Explorer, which always leaves me worrying that by the time it started the problem had gone away :-)  I guess my ideal would be 2 things:   Something that gave me an overall "what are the current key bottlenecks in this system" summary (ideally, which could be set to run in the background and collect data for later analysis). Some means of starting a program (say, Firefox) and have it record what was going on in terms of waits and delays in the system.   Unfortunately, I've never really found anything like either of these.  I'm not a professional systems admin - my background is database admin - so if there are "obvious" tools to look at or try, then I'd be grateful to know of them (particularly if the information they give is easy for an amateur to analyze) :-)
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I couldn't connect to Windows Update nor install .NET so I've done a clean install of Windows 8.1 from Microsoft's iso.  The same problem occurs : the loading bar is never beginning ! No error message.  I've compared what is happening on my Win 7 netbook with Wireshark. When searching for updates, it's sending http requests to Microsoft with a URL like /v11/2/microsoftupdate/. The fresh install of Win 8.1 basically doesn't try to connect anywhere.  I have no proxy, no firewall, no special configuration. Both laptops are on the same network.
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I have a working script, which allows me to do a vpn connection. It looks like this:  openvpn --config VPNBook.com-OpenVPN-Euro1/vpnbook-euro1-tcp443.ovpn   All is good, but I have to input the publicly available vpn and password every time I run this script. (Don't worry, I'm not going to do banking or anything serious over a free VPN, this is more for learning).  This is the username and the password available publicly on their website:  Username: vpnbook  Password: he2qv5h   After firing up, the script prompts me for username and password which now I need to copy and paste.   Tue Aug 15 11:54:51 2017 library versions: OpenSSL 1.0.2l  25 May 2017, LZO 2.08 Enter Auth Username: vpnbook Enter Auth Password:    Is there a way of doing it so the script inputs the values on its own?  I tried echoing it, but it isn't that easy.  Or do I have to edit the command itself, somewhere in the files? If yes, can someone point me in the right direction for doing it?
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Goal: I want to be able to securely use the internet via my home PC while my notebook is connected to an open hotspot/access point.  I do know that I can use a SSH tunnel/SOCKS proxy, but I don't want to fiddle around with applications (making them use it, if even possible). I guess what I need is an OpenVPN setup, so I'm looking for a detailed guide on how to:   Install and setup the OpenVPN server Setup the OpenVPN client (NetworkManager)   Ubuntu versions this should work on are 10.10 and 11.04.
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Just earlier I opened IE to go check my emails, etc... but my startup page is not google anymore as it previously was. The startup page was instead some "mystartsearches" thing which I had not downloaded. I also had two new add-ins into IE that I had not downloaded nor had been installed with any other program. I have been able to remove said add-ons, I have changed the home page to google, but it still does not open google on startup. Is there any extra configuration or file I need to change to make this startup page changed to be in sync with my homepage?  Extra info: I have cleared all settings from IE, restored to default, cleared all history and cache, refreshed my DNS cache, etc.
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I have Windows 8 Enterprise x64. It's installed a virtual machine. After trying to update VMWare's guest extension it black screened. After resetting it, now the virtual machine won't boot. It just says "automatic repair couldn't repair your PC"   Everything I do ends with an error or it coming back to this screen. If I go to Troubleshoot > Advanced Options > Start up settings and then go to Safe Mode, all it will do is say "preparing automatic repair" and then "diagnosing your PC" and then will come straight back to the "automatic repair couldn't repair your PC" screen. It's as if it doesn't even attempt to go into safe made.   Is there anything else I can do before I reformat?
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I've been trying to make xcompmgrto autostart in Lubuntu 11.10 but it just doesn't, I have to start it manually.  I have added the next lines to the autostart script in ~/.config/openbox/  #Run a composite manager xcompmgr &amp;   But whenever I log in it doesn't do anything, I don't really need any special parameters for it I just want it to start at log in.  How can I make it run automatically at login?
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I recently upgraded to windows 10 on my daily driver laptop and I have liked it so far except for one thing. Randomly the windows menu decides to stop working when I press the windows key or I press the button in the corner. Has anybody else experienced this problem? Solutions?  Thanks!
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Everything in Windows 10 worked perfectly for just 3 or 4 days after upgrading from 8.1. Yesterday I wanted to use the search feature, so I press win+s and get the error "Critical Error: Your Start menu isn't working. We'll try to fix it the next time you sign in."  (I also can't open the settings app since that's also a 'metro' app)  I have tried everything I could find and nothing worked for me.  Things I've tried include:   In powershell:   Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}  The answer .   And things like that.  "Did you modify the registry?"  Yes:   Adding Sublime Text 3 to the "Open with" list (It can't be because of this can it?) Back in Windows 8; Adding a few things to the RMB menu of some files (no trouble at all)   So what can I do to fix these problems?
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The Goal: I would like to open a program from my ubuntu server in my windows 7 desktop.  Steps Taken: Putty > SSH > X11 check 'enable port forwarding' I have started VNC Viewer in listening mode started putty ssh session apt get install xinit startx &amp; geany (it's a c language ide; it uses the GUI so I"m using it to test x forwarding)    Error Messages: geany returns "cannot open display" startx returns "setversion 1.4 failed"    I'm working on Windows 7 and headless Ubuntu Server 12.04 LTS  Obviously I forgot something, but I'm having difficulty figuring out what. The goal is to not use sudo apt get install desktop, since I only want to use one program at a time, and anyway my server isn't hooked up to a monitor.   Any ideas? Questions? Thanks for your help! Curios
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We are experimenting with running an OpenVPN server for our business. One question I can't seem to find the answer to is this:  When we generate keys for one of our users for them to use at home, can their use the same keys on their home laptop as well as their home desktop? Or do we need to generate separate keys for each user's client machine?
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When opening Run via +R in Windows Server 2019, there are no items in its history or Registry key: (I believe the situation is the same in Windows 10) HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\RunMRU   I think it's because I deleted a folder in one of the Windows system directories, and while I can't think of the exact name of that folder, I remember its name contains history  Is there a way to fix this?
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When I boot up my PC, I get these windows security alert message telling me to allow the programs and I have configured to open on startup through the firewall, then if I open an application E.G Steam, it gives me the same message, so I press allow, but the next time I boot the application or PC, they show up again, I've done a virus scan with Malwarebytes to no avail. I am using windows 10    Thanks in advance
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I have a Virtual Machine in Virtual PC 2007.  To start it from the desktop, I have the following command in a batch file:  "c:\program files\Microsoft Virtual PC\Virtual PC.exe" -pc "MY-PC" -launch   But that leaves a dos prompt on the host machine until the virtual machine shuts down, and I exit out of the Virtual PC console.  That's annoying.  So I changed my command to use the START command, instead:  start "c:\program files\Microsoft Virtual PC\Virtual PC.exe" -pc MY-PC -launch   But it chokes on the parameters passed into Virtual PC.  START /? indicates that parameters do indeed go in that location.  Has anyone used START to launch a program with multiple command-line arguments?
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Windows 8 is set to sleep after 30 mins, and it used to work, but recently it's started refusing to sleep. (I can still manually ask it to go to sleep without any issue.)    I was having issues a while ago, but it was with my network adapter. That's since been disabled, so it's definitely not that:    I've checked to see what devices are able to wake up my machine, but it only appears to be my mouse:    Which is odd, because I haven't recently changed my mouse, and more confusing still: The monitor does go to sleep just fine. If it was actually the mouse keeping my system awake, I'm pretty sure the monitor wouldn't go to sleep.  I've checked my Wake Timers, and nothing:    I've also checked my existing requests...  UPDATE: I found something. What to do with it, I don't know...    Note: Even when /requests says that there's "NONE" under every category, my machine still won't sleep(!).    In short: How can I tell what's preventing my computer from Sleeping?    UPDATE: Ok, so I now have a few more pieces of the puzzle. I came back to my computer and it was ASLEEP! Lawks! It seems that the only times it doesn't sleep is if VLC Player is open, even if a video isn't actually playing.  UPDATE UPDATE: Ok, so it won't sleep sometimes when VLC Player ISN'T running, either. Bah!
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I upgraded to Ubuntu 15.10 and now if I want to open VMware Player it doesn't do anything. I also uninstalled and installed it again, still nothing.  What can I do?