XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.comp.os.windows-11, alt.comp.   
   icrosoft.windows   
   From: jj4public@outlook.com   
      
   On Sat, 24 Aug 2024 16:15:03 -0000 (UTC), Andrew wrote:   
   > This is all about streamlining - and not necessarily about VPN per se.   
   > Does Windows 11 have any tricks to make free VPN connections streamlined?   
   >   
   > The way I do my free VPN is simple & direct on Windows 10 with a few tricks   
   > added to get past the UAC prompt and to eliminate typing the login/password   
   > and to eliminate the GUI (as all I need to do is doubleclick on the file);   
   > but I'm hoping to make it less manual and more automatic on Windows 11 if   
   > there's anything new in Windows 11 for streamlining VPN connections.   
      
   For the UAC prompt problem, you can use Task Scheduler to run the program   
   with highest privileges. Make sure the "Run with highest privileges" setting   
   of the scheduled task is enabled. The user account used to run the the task   
   doesn't have to be the built-in Administrator account, and instead, should   
   be your own user account.   
      
   However, the problem is that, the VPN client program requires a different   
   user credential. Windows doesn't have any feature to securely automate   
   inputting it. So the credential must already been stored in a file -   
   preferrably under the user's profile folder and with the NTFS encryption   
   file attribute enabled, so that it won't be readable in plain text by other   
   than your Windows user account. That being said, any application which is   
   run using your user account, will be able to read the file.   
      
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