Setup VanishedVPN PPTP on Windows 10


The following instructions will guide you through the set up of the VanishedVPN PPTP VPN on Windows 10.

 

  1. Before you start, ensure that you are not connected to another VPN already, and that you do not have any other unblocking solutions (such as Hola) installed on your machine. If you have a Hola extension on your browser you need to remove it (it will still be active even if its disabled).

  2. From the lower right corner click on “Action Center” icon (1). Then press on “VPN” (2).


     
  3. This will open “Network & Internet” settings window. Click on “Add a VPN connection” .


     
  4. On the next page fill the fields with the following settings:

  5. VPN provider – Windows (built-in) .

  6. “Connection name” – Give a memorable name to this connection. For example name it USA VanishedVPN.

    1. “Server name or address” – copy and paste the  server name you want to connect to from the list below (you can setup multiple clients so that you have one for each server by repeating the steps here:



      Server name
      Use for Examples
      usa.vanishedvpn.com
      Unblocking US content (Netflix, Hulu), ESPN+
      usatv.vanishedvpn.com
      USA TV channels (NBC, CBS, Starz, Vudu, Sling TV etc)
      uk.vanishedvpn.com
      Unblocking UK content (Netflix, BBC iPlayer, ITV.com, NOW TV, Sky GO, Channel 4 etc)
      aus.vanishedvpn.com
      Secure browsing, Access to Aus channels while travelling outside Australia (Foxtel Go, Plus 7, 9 Now, Ten Play). Access to Aus to avoid throttling by your ISP
      p2p.vanishedvpn.com
      P2P & Bit Torrent - These servers are based in a location where the laws on Bit Torrent are liberal. Bit Torrent is disabled on all other servers.
      india.vanishedvpn.com
      hotstar.com, sonyliv.com , News, TV, Sports, Video Streaming
      spain.vanishedvpn.com
      News, TV, Sports, Video Streaming
      france.vanishedvpn.com
      News, TV, Sports, Video Streaming
      russia.vanishedvpn.com
      https://matchtv.ru/ , News, TV, Sports, Video Streaming
      swiss.vanishedvpn.com
      www.srf.ch/tv , News, TV, Sports, Video Streaming
      safrica.vanishedvpn.com
      SuperSport, News, TV, Video Streaming
      holland.vanishedvpn.com
      DutchTV, Sports, Video Streaming
      taiwan.vanishedvpn.com
      Taiwan News, TV, Sports, Video Streaming
      turkey.vanishedvpn.com
      Turkish News, TV, Sports, Video Streaming
      germany.vanishedvpn.com
      DAZN, https://www.zdf.de/, News, TV, Sports, Video Streaming
      italy.vanishedvpn.com
      Italian News, TV, Sports, Video Streaming





  7. “VPN type” – select Point to Point tunneling Protocol (PPTP).

  8. “Type of sign-in info” – select User name and password.

  9. In the “User name” and “Password” fields copy and paste the username and password that you were sent in the welcome email. It is important to copy and paste these as everything is case sensitive.

     
  10. Check all selected data once again and press “Save” .

  11. Now you can see your VPN connection was created.

  12. Click on the VPN, and select ‘connect’ to test the connection.

  13. When you want to connect to this VPN server go to Network button and click on the VPN connection .

  14. This will open VPN connection list. Select desired VPN server and click on “Connect” .

  15. After a few seconds a connection will be created. To disconnect just press the “Disconnect” button.


If you have successfully connected, but do not see the content you expect (ie if you're connected to the US VPN and you see the Australian Netflix catalogue instead of the US catalogue), don't worry, you may need to carry out some additional steps to stop Windows from leaking location or DNS. Follow the steps in the guides here & here.