Setting up Soft Ether ( XP)
Introduction
I recommend starting with SoftEther: It is slightly easier to install than OpenVPN, and usually requires less information from your provider.

The explanations assume that you have registered an account with hide.me.
But if you are using a different provider, only the steps related to your Username, Password and finding Host Name at your registered account will usually be different ( UsernamePasswordHostname.jpg : https://imgur.com/fXtxVWM , https://imgur.com/zMZmqit , https://imgur.com/7huFyW2 , https://imgur.com/rXWYAyz )

Some tips before starting
_1) Set up just 1 – 2 Servers initially.
After the initial instillation, some steps need to be repeated for each Server that you want to connect to in order to “hide behind” it. You finally have a list of Servers to choose from.
It is advisable to just initially try out the software with 1 – 2 Servers closest to your actual location. In the early testing and learning how to adjust various settings, you may well likely encounter problems , some of which may require a de instillation and re instillation of software. After re installation you will need to repeat those steps.
So until you have a good understanding and stable running VPN system it may be advisable not to make many connections. 1-2 are enough to test out the system, and you would otherwise possibly need to repeat work unnecessarily.
_2) Make a list of all or some of you internet providers Server internet addresses. Along with your Username and Password you will need this info at various stages.


Setting up Soft Ether
The initial step is usually to download the SoftEther .exe file and open / run it which will guide you through installing the SoftEther Client.

I have used these successfully:
softether-vpnclient-v4.30-9696-beta-2019.07.08-windows-x86_x64-intel.exe Build 4.30.9696 : https://app.box.com/s/got5jknov33p9x8ky8951d0dhxc0hac1 :
softether-vpnclient-v4.19-9605-beta-2016.03.06-windows-x86_x64-intel.exe : https://app.box.com/s/nj2rk76riakcpyg280fax35nmb7jev1q

The instillation is fairly typical and self explanatory. Any of the suggested tutorials show the steps.

_2) Network connection organisation in Windows.
_2a) Network connections.
A basic understanding of Network connections in modern computers is very useful when using and setting up VPN since many issues and problems are associated with these things.
The true inner workings of Microsoft Windows may in the meantime not be understood anymore by anyone. Physical connections and actual connector ports, whether physical connection or the arial/antenna for a connection such as WLAN, are all combined deep in the low level software.
An attempt is made in the control panel software to give some organisation of this in a User friendly interface, the Network Connections console, https://imgur.com/sKLn3eb
_2b) Make a desktop icon for quick access of the Network Connections console.
You will likely frequently want to access this when first getting VPN up and running. It is a bit hidden amongst similar consoles, so you will save yourself sometime if you make a desktop icon link so as to get quickly at it.
To do this in xp: ( The exact steps may be slightly different on different XP versions )
Either
_2b)(i)
Via Control Panel --- Control Connections navigation
Either
(left) mouse click on the Microsoft Start button bottom left, and navigate to Control panel , https://imgur.com/sOpJ6ms , https://imgur.com/udmq5Fa , https://imgur.com/laCEZuo
Or
use the command window way : To get that command window :
Hit the Microsoft Key + r, then type in cmd followed by OK https://imgur.com/sMOSbte
Then type in control , followed by Enter

Once you are in the Control Panel and have the list of available consoles, https://imgur.com/laCEZuo , then first left mouse click on Network Connections, then right mouse click on the Network Connections and select the option to make a quick access link https://imgur.com/BwktnNi
After this, a desktop icon should appear: https://imgur.com/4uDNTdr
Or
_2b(ii) Using Desktop --- New – Link . To do this:
Right mouse click anywhere on a spare space on the desktop, and select from the options in the pop up, new --- link : https://imgur.com/S4zTU6g
Another pop up should come up. First type in ncpa.cpl , https://imgur.com/khfMD4P , then in the next window you can give it any name you like, such as Network Connections, https://imgur.com/n2Z1toj .
After this, a desktop icon should appear: https://imgur.com/xXTOJkL

2c) Network Adaptors.
2c)(i) What are they
Typically, each way you have to connect with the internet or other networks, will be represented by a separate thing in the Network Control Console. (You can select typically from 5 different ways to view these by selecting from a drop down list in the top toolbar of the Network Control Console window, https://imgur.com/sHRZuA2 )
The name given for these things are like Tap / and or adaptor or Network adaptor or Virtual Network Adaptor. These names are approximately consistent with an attempt to represent these virtual things with what might be there real life equivalent in the absence of computers.
Often when you install a VPN Client on your computer, it will install its own adaptor: It is the thing which allows you to connect some thing to your computer. It will somehow contain various settings, adjustments, encoding, transitions etc…

As example of typical adaptor views on one of my XP computers, here are two views of the Network Control Console showing 5 things, 4 of which are similar
https://imgur.com/5BcWHDi , https://imgur.com/sfu8wzx
At this stage the computer has no VPN client software installed
These adaptor things basically allow access to all the settings and information required to make work the particular connection that is representing/referring to.
These adaptors can be set up from scratch , but that would require a lot of low level Computer Network knowledge. Usually they are created automatically when either software is installed, or by physically connecting things to a computer.
In the example from the last screenshots, the last 2 of the 4 similar things were already on the computer as I purchased it second hand. I am not sure what actual thing and/ or process is that they represent. The first two represent my house “Router”, which is the “box” which is connected to my telephone line and somehow along with those 2 adaptors provides me with internet. I never had anything to do with making them appear: I expect somehow they were automatically made the first time I tried to use internet on my computer. The first , which was in use as I made those screenshots allows use via WLAN. The second would allow connection via a LAN RJ45 type cable, and would typically start working if I physically connected such a LAN RJ45 type cable between the router and my computer.
If now I connect a USB Internet “Dongle” stick to my computer, then I notice that another adaptor appears: https://imgur.com/bKC2Jgi

C2c)(ii) States of Network adaptors.
As with some computer things, the “On” and “Off” states are not always clear, and a source of confusion.
_ You could consider “On running” or “On in use” as when the adaptor is actually in use. This will usually be indicated by
the absence of a red cross on the device in some of the picture type views,
or
in some of the list views as “connected”.
Note that this will usually , but not always , mean that it is doing what you would regard as “working” and giving you, for example, a working internet.
Occasionally this “On” state might be referred to as active and enabled, but that is a bit confusing considering the next state:
_ Another state is usually referred to as Enabled or Activated. This could be regarded as ready for use and likely to start running easily.
_ A final state is known as something like Disabled or Deactivated. An adaptor may be disabled/deactivated by right-clicking on it in the Network Control Console window and selecting Disable/Deactivate. Disabling the device will automatically disconnect any connection to that device.

Deactivating and reactivating an adaptor may loose some information held by it, or loose and then replace information. The latter can be a form of resetting which occasionally solves strange problems with a connection, and note that this might not always be the same adaptor which caused the problem. More on that later when discussing typical problems.

C2c)(iii) Adaptor Properties.
Right-clicking on an adapter in the Network Control Console window and choosing Properties will bring up the more advanced properties of network connections and adapters.
You will likely need to access that occasionally when getting familiar with VPN things: Instillation of the SoftEther Client software will typically create an adaptor. That Adaptor will “take over” control and be the “On running” connection when you choose to use the SoftEther VPN. It may also effect other adaptor settings. Checking properties of adaptors can often help in solving problems with VPN stuff. Once again, you may need to check an adaptor other than the VPN adaptor to solve strange unexpected problems in either VPN stuff, or problems in your normal non VPN internet, which occur after you have been doing VPN stuff.














Ref
https://tweaks.com/windows/39156/cre...k-connections/
Config files : http://www.frostvpn.com/clients/know...and-usage.html
https://oit.ncsu.edu/my-it/resnet/ip...in-windows-xp/
https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics...ork-connection