# OpenVPN Manual for Windows

To use this service you need a @isr.uc.pt account

### Installation To download OpenVPN just go [here](https://openvpn.net/community-downloads/ "https://openvpn.net/community-downloads/"), and below you will find the respective download. [![image-1691400526657.png](https://kb.deec.uc.pt/uploads/images/gallery/2023-08/scaled-1680-/image-1691400526657.png)](https://kb.deec.uc.pt/uploads/images/gallery/2023-08/image-1691400526657.png) Then, perform the respective installation. [![image-1691400561021.png](https://kb.deec.uc.pt/uploads/images/gallery/2023-08/scaled-1680-/image-1691400561021.png)](https://kb.deec.uc.pt/uploads/images/gallery/2023-08/image-1691400561021.png) [![image-1691400569370.png](https://kb.deec.uc.pt/uploads/images/gallery/2023-08/scaled-1680-/image-1691400569370.png)](https://kb.deec.uc.pt/uploads/images/gallery/2023-08/image-1691400569370.png) [![image-1691400576715.png](https://kb.deec.uc.pt/uploads/images/gallery/2023-08/scaled-1680-/image-1691400576715.png)](https://kb.deec.uc.pt/uploads/images/gallery/2023-08/image-1691400576715.png) [![image-1691400585213.png](https://kb.deec.uc.pt/uploads/images/gallery/2023-08/scaled-1680-/image-1691400585213.png)](https://kb.deec.uc.pt/uploads/images/gallery/2023-08/image-1691400585213.png)
### Configuration Download configuration file [ISR.opvn](https://kb.deec.uc.pt/attachments/6) and move it to “**C:\\Program Files\\OpenVPN\\config**”. ![](https://helpdesk.deec.uc.pt/api/v1/attachments/1701) ### Connection
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.
[![image-1691400700922.png](https://kb.deec.uc.pt/uploads/images/gallery/2023-08/scaled-1680-/image-1691400700922.png)](https://kb.deec.uc.pt/uploads/images/gallery/2023-08/image-1691400700922.png)
With the right side of the mouse over the icon, click on Connect and enter the credentials.
[![image-1691400739580.png](https://kb.deec.uc.pt/uploads/images/gallery/2023-08/scaled-1680-/image-1691400739580.png)](https://kb.deec.uc.pt/uploads/images/gallery/2023-08/image-1691400739580.png)