Windows built-in L2TP/IPSEC VPN Client fails to connect when either side is behind a NAT firewall

In particular this can occur when connecting from Windows client to a Windows Server L2TP/IPSEC VPN (lol...)

To allow the client to connect in such situations, create a fixvpn.reg file containing:...

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Run the following in a command prompt or add to a .bat file and execute it. You might need to execute this for each user on the PC.

winget uninstall Microsoft.OneDrive --accept-source-agreements

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OpenVPN Troubleshooting

Peer certificate verification failure

OpenVPN Connect v3 client using a openvpn configuration for a Synology NAS running OpenVPN VPN Server cannot connect.

Errors: “Connection Failed. There was an error attempting to connect to the selected server"

"Error message: Pe...

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Process Monitor is an advanced monitoring tool for Windows that shows real-time file system, Registry and process/thread activity.
  • https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/procmon

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