VPN automatic startup

bonzo

Hi,

I've upgraded to Premium VPN but cannot get the VPN to connect automatically on startup despite this being configured in the settings. I have to manually connect every time. How can I configure the VPN to start with Windows?

I'm also not seeing a VPN icon in the system tray. Is this correct?

Many thanks,

Sean

stinger22

I'll bump this.  I'd like to do the same, have the VPN auto-connect at start up is there anyway to do this?  I have the run at startup and Task Manager shows a BD vpn is loaded and taking some memory but it is not connected to a server I have to do manually.

Roxana G

Hello,

The Startup/Automatically Launch option only configures the VPN application to run at startup. It does not set it up so that it automatically connects to a VPN server. 

The VPN will only reconnect automatically if you put the device in a Sleep or Hibernate state while the VPN is connected, or when connecting to an insecure network.

dondeelee

My network on startup is insecure, so why is the VPN not connecting automatically?

texgirl

Purchased VPN for Mac in January 2024 and it does not automatically connect on startup but automatically connects on mobile devices. It is important that my Mac has the VPN always on.

VPN Acct.

I have about 12 second boot time. Once I log in to Windows 11 VPN never starts and never automatically connects. I start the VPN manually and mostly it takes several times to connect. I am usually waiting about 1 minute for VPN to connect.

I felt the setting called "automatically connect" means that it should connect when the system starts. In the boot list of programs to start on windows start, I have the VPN in the list in 2nd place.

Regardless, the system sees an active internet connection and VPN doesn't start unless I go find it and then tell it to connect. Waiting for an automatic start that consistently fails is a problem. The other issue I have at the point of Windows 11 start up is that I have no internet until the VPN is operating and I want the VPN running before venturing out to the internet.

Fix the issue of the VPN not starting up right away on Windows start up. Please.

Thank you.

AlaskaFish

I have come to loath this damn startup. Each time I go to look at my laptop, I have to spend 4 minutes to connect to the internet. It's NOT my service provider which always used to be instantaneous and automatic. I suspect that in one of you upgrades, you have screwed me. Yes, I am angry, but your "Automatic" button always requires me to manually connect to my VPN. I feel certain that another company has a better startup, and I will not renew this subscription unless this gets fixed.

markminnc

Several users have the same issue I do. I have been using bitfinder for about a year. I just started using their VPN.

The VPN does not auto start. As such it is useless to me. There were no answers in this list just other complaining

of no auto start. I will have to write off the amount I paid and find a better VPN solution.

Alexandru_BD

Hello @markminnc,

So, there are actually 2 different settings here:

1. Open on startup - this is located in the General VPN settings:

2. Connect VPN on Windows startup - Autoconnect Settings, and this is the one you are looking for and it should connect as described:

Do you have both options enabled?

Regards,

Alex