IMPORTANT NOTE FOR WINDOWS VISTA/7 USERS Note that on Windows Vista, you will need to run the OpenVPN GUI with administrator privileges, so that it can add routes to the routing table that are pulled from the OpenVPN server. You can do this by right-clicking on the OpenVPN GUI desktop icon, and selecting "Run as administrator". GENERAL QUICKSTART FOR WINDOWS The OpenVPN Client requires a configuration file and key/certificate files. You should obtain these and save them to OpenVPN's configuration directory, usually C:\Program Files\OpenVPN\config. You can run OpenVPN as a Windows system service or by using the client GUI. To use the OpenVPN GUI, double click on the desktop icon or start menu icon. The OpenVPN GUI is a system-tray applet, so an icon for the GUI will appear in the lower-right corner of the screen. Right click on the system tray icon, and a menu should appear showing the names of your OpenVPN configuration files, and giving you the option to connect.