Windows 10: Auto Connect PPTP VPN in Windows 10

I was not able to find a way to do this on these forums, but it seems lots of people are asking this question. I started with this thread on Expertsexchange https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/28808999/Auto-Start-VPN-when-windows-10-starts.html



I used the task scheduler to trigger a rasdial batch script when Ethernet or Wifi connects.


Modify this command and make sure it works.

rasdial.exe "YOUR_VPN_NAME" yourusername password123




Then modify the script at the end of this post so your username and password etc are correct. Save that script as vpndial.bat somewhere on your computer, some people might drop it right into C:\


Find your event ID's for a successful network connection:

Open the Event Viewer, go to Windows Logs, and then System.

Either unplug or plug in your ethernet connection, refresh the page with the Refresh button on the right

Notate the event ID that corresponds with the connection, not the disconnection.

Do the same with the Wifi.

On my computer, these are event ID 32 and 7021 for Ethernet and Wifi respectively, may be different on other computers depending on the device manager.


Open up Task Scheduler, create a new task ( not basic task), name it, go to the Triggers tab, create a new Trigger

Change "Begin the task:" to "On an Event", change it to Custom, click New Event Filter button, make changes based on this screenshot.




Change the <All Event IDs> field to your two event IDs that correspond to each adapter's network connect. They are comma separated.

Click OK, then Click OK again.

Go to the Actions tab, add a new action, Browse to where you saved the script.

Click OK, then click OK again.


You're done!

Now whenever I plug in Ethernet, Task scheduler starts the script which pings Google's DNS server until it gets a successful reply, then starts the VPN.




SET counter=60

:start

echo %counter%

IF %counter%==0 goto eof

ping -n 1 8.8.8.8

IF errorlevel 0 goto vpn

SET /A counter=%counter%-1

goto start

:vpn

rasdial.exe "YOUR_VPN_NAME" yourusername password123

eof

:)

 

Incoming PPTP Connections do not work on Windows 10 pro

There are many Step Guides on available on setting up PPTP Connections:

Here are a couple:

Windows 10 PPTP VPN Setup | My Private Network VPN

http://strongvpn.com/setup_windows_10_pptp.html

I suggest comparing the outlined procedures with how you you setup your own connection to see if you can identify any specific issues.

 

Add a VPN connection

Here are some articles that show step by step how to setup a VPN:

Connect to a VPN in Windows 10 - Windows Help - Microsoft Support

https://support.microsoft.com/en-sg/help/20510/...

Windows 10 PPTP VPN setup : My Private Network

https://help.my-private-network.co.uk/.../60000...

 

Windows 10 Updates Broke PPTP VPN Connection

Im Working as tech support for a large Company and we setup all our franchise stores with PPTP servers programmed in the router. The Owners Use this VPN for Gathering franchise reports as well as using VPN for remote support assistance. We have 2 new computers
on Windows 10 that cannot connect using the windows Built-In VPN. and we also have several windows 10 computers unable to connect to PPTP vpn. i have done all possible things( Like enabling MS-CHAP V2, removing all the Tap adapters and reinstalling them, etc).
This is only happening on windows 10. this is definitely a windows 10 issue as we have windows 7 & 8 machines that can connect to the VPN without any issues. Please help.