| 1 | = Why can't I run OpenVPN on Windows from a non-admin user account? = |
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| 5 | <p>There are two reasons:</p> |
| 6 | <ul> |
| 7 | <li>Windows does not provide a WHQL-approved method to allow the TAP-Win32 driver to make its virtual device node accessible from a non-admin account.</li> |
| 8 | <li>OpenVPN needs the ability to add routes to the system routing table. This requires admin privileges.</li> |
| 9 | </ul> |
| 10 | <p>For more information, see the article <a href="http://openvpn.se/files/howto/openvpn-howto_run_openvpn_as_nonadmin.html">How To Run OpenVPN as a non-admin user in Windows</a> by Mathias Sundman.</p> |
| 11 | }}} |
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