Windows 10 VPN client is not working

Question

In Windows 10 (an upgrade from Windows 8.1), old VPN PPTP connections were not correctly migrated.

Created new VPN PPTP connection which was not working. Error message:

A Connection to the remote computer could not be established.

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Kinnectus · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 09:34:42Z

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Right click and Uninstall the following WAN Miniport devices
- WAN Miniport (IP)
- WAN Miniport (IPv6)
- WAN Miniport (PPTP)
Click the root computer element at the very top of Device Manager
Click Scan for hardware changes button
The WAN Miniport devices will be re-installed
Attempt to create or connect to your VPN connection

Kinnectus

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answered Aug 1, 2015 at 14:38

Valentin

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if its not showing : view->show hidden devices
– Jeffrey Nicholson Carré
Aug 2, 2015 at 15:41
I didn't know what "Refresh" meant in this context, but clicking "Scan for changes" worked for me
– Matt
Feb 22, 2017 at 21:06
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This solution is not working :(
– Alexander.Iljushkin
Apr 8, 2017 at 14:27
This worked for me. Thank!
– Gravitate
Nov 11, 2019 at 11:27
Thank you, it works! You should also uninstall WAN Miniport (L2TP) if your VPN is L2TP/IPSec (my case).
– pakman
Feb 19, 2021 at 15:35

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