# DEEC VPN Client - Windows

<p class="callout warning">To use this service you need a @deec.uc.pt or @student.uc.pt account</p>

### OpenVPN Profiles

- [DEEC Teachers and Researchers](https://kb.deec.uc.pt/attachments/56)
- [DEEC Students](https://kb.deec.uc.pt/attachments/57)

<div id="bkmrk-installation"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 2.333em;">Installation</span>  
</div>To download OpenVPN just go [here](https://openvpn.net/community-downloads/ "https://openvpn.net/community-downloads/"), and below you will find the respective download.

![](https://helpdesk.deec.uc.pt/api/v1/attachments/1545)

<div id="bkmrk-then%2C-perform-the-re">Then, perform the respective installation.</div><div id="bkmrk--2">![](https://helpdesk.deec.uc.pt/api/v1/attachments/1647)  
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</div><div id="bkmrk--4">![](https://helpdesk.deec.uc.pt/api/v1/attachments/1648)  
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</div><div id="bkmrk--6">![](https://helpdesk.deec.uc.pt/api/v1/attachments/1649)  
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</div><div id="bkmrk--8">![](https://helpdesk.deec.uc.pt/api/v1/attachments/1650)  
</div>### Configuration  


Move the OpenVPN profile to “**C:\\Program Files\\OpenVPN\\config**”.

![](https://helpdesk.deec.uc.pt/api/v1/attachments/1546)

### Connection

<div id="bkmrk-to-finish%2C-you-will-">To finish, you will have to start the program “OpenVPN GUI” which, with its execution, will show an icon of a monitor with a lock on your task bar.</div>![](https://helpdesk.deec.uc.pt/api/v1/attachments/1547)

<div id="bkmrk-to-finish%2C-you-will--0">To finish, you will have to start the program “OpenVPN GUI” which, with its execution, will show an icon of a monitor with a lock on your task bar.</div>![](https://helpdesk.deec.uc.pt/api/v1/attachments/1548)