For Windows Vista you can check this article here: https://hide.me/en/knowledgebase/hid...dows-xp-vista/
As mentioned in the article, if you are using free membership you can set up VPN connection using SoftEther protocol and this setup guide here: https://hide.me/en/vpnsetup/windowsxp/softether/
You just have to use one of the free VPN server address above, for example free-nl.hide.me to connect to our servers in the Netherlands.
With free plan you can connect to 5 of our VPN server locations: the Netherlands - in this case in the "Server name or address" field enter free-nl.hide.me
for Singapore enter free-sg.hide.me ; for Canada enter free-ca.hide.me and for US-East free-us-east.hide.me and US-West free-us-west.hide.me
The OpenVPN protocol is only available to our Free members through our own VPN client apps here and we no longer provide our native VPN client for Windows XP and Vista.
You can check this article here: https://hide.me/en/knowledgebase/where-can-i-download-openvpn-configuration-files/
We also recommend to upgrade to newer version of the operating system to be able to receive security patches and regular updates from Microsoft and also to use our latest VPN app.
If you would like to test OpenVPN setup I can activate a temporary paid membership on your account, free of charge, so you can download configuration files and complete OpenVPN setup. Just let me know your hide.me username you registered with and when would you like us to activate 1 day Premium trial.
You can easily connect and disconnect at your convenience with our VPN client apps or other setups. OpenVPN setup requires a little more work and since you're using old operating systems not many options are available to you. Please note that Microsoft will also end the support for Windows 7 after January 14th 2020 - https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/windows/end-of-windows-7-support
When you will have time please check these articles and with free membership you can continue using SoftEther setup on your Windows XP and Vista devices and for Windows 7 you can download our VPN client from here.
But I am afraid that I am still not completely sure how to "get started"
We have our own VPN clients on our website here: https://hide.me/en/software
However there are alternative ways of setting up a VPN connection, you can find all our setup tutorials that do not require our software on https://hide.me/en/vpnsetup/
You can establish VPN connection manually using your operating systems built-in VPN client and one of our setup guides from our tutorial section.
For example, for Windows 7 you can use this guide here: https://hide.me/en/vpnsetup/windows7/ikev2/
You can download all our latest VPN apps from this link, https://hide.me/en/software
Our own VPN client means our own VPN application that is solely our product and it was developed by us.
Please note that SoftEther standalone client/application is not our own product, OpenVPN and SoftEther standalone clients which are still viable for Windows XP/Vista are third party products - none of those are developed by us.
OpenVPN and SoftEther are open source projects and you can check https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenVPN
And more information on SoftEther project you can find here https://www.softether.org/
Both OpenVPN and SoftEther security wise are one of the best protocols available and you can check this article here: https://hide.me/en/blog/best-vpn-protocol/
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For Windows Vista we no longer provide our own VPN application and you only need to follow the steps from SoftEther setup guide here: https://hide.me/en/vpnsetup/windowsvista/softether/
As mentioned in Step 1 of the setup guide you need to download SoftEther standalone client from their website here: http://www.softether-download.com/en...duct=softether
OpenVPN
I could not make any progress on this. I hit the same problem that I did right at the start of looking at VPN stuff: The notes from hide.me do not tie up with the info at OpenVPN:
If you follow this route: …. https://hide.me/en/vpnsetup/ : https://imgur.com/la9kx1i
https://hide.me/en/vpnsetup/windowsvista/ : https://imgur.com/lTTJ6HN … then you get the Setup tutorial here: https://hide.me/en/vpnsetup/windowsvista/openvpn/
Those tutorial notes do not tie up with what you find at the openVPN site, ( https://openvpn.net/community-downloads/
At the openVPN net site you see this: https://imgur.com/0qzmHly . According to the hide me tutorial notes you should see this: https://imgur.com/IxiHHrq
In addition, in the notes, and in the tutorial video, it does not show clearly what you should actually download.
So an attempt at getting OpenVPN client fails at the first Step.
It does not appear that the hide me notes and tutorials for getting an OpenVPN client are any use… possibly they are out of date and/ or OpenVPN have made changes in the meantime since the hide me notes and tutorials were written.
Regarding the OpenVPN setup, as previously mentioned in our conversation, for this setup configuration files are needed, you can check this article here: https://hide.me/en/knowledgebase/whe...uration-files/
But since OpenVPN protocol for free users is available only within our own/native VPN applications you won't be able to find configuration files in your Members area and for this setup paid membership is needed.
For this reason, when you're ready - over the weekend or when it suits you just let me know and I will activate temporary Premium membership on your account for a few days so you can complete the OpenVPN setup as well.
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