VPN automatic startup

bonzo
bonzo
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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

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  • stinger22
    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
    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
    dondeelee ✭

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

  • texgirl
    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.
    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
    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.

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