Any Private Internet Access (PIA) user here?

I am at my wit's end in trying to figure out how to make it work on my
Win 8.1 system. I've been googling for solution but I could not find
anything that worked for me. The vendor's web site isn't much help,
either. Maybe one of you figured it all out and could help.
Thanks.

On Mon, 15 Sep 2014 20:10:05 -0700, cameo
wrote:

I am at my wit's end in trying to figure out how to make it work on my
Win 8.1 system. I've been googling for solution but I could not find
anything that worked for me. The vendor's web site isn't much help,
either. Maybe one of you figured it all out and could help.

Thanks.


I tried it and couldn't get it to work right either. It would say that
it was connected but my IP would stay the same..since I had only
invested something like $6.95 I decided to use private tunnel through
open vpn..it works well but You pay for the amount of data You use not
a monthly fee

"cameo" wrote in message
...
I am at my wit's end in trying to figure out how to make it work on my Win
8.1 system. I've been googling for solution but I could not find anything
that worked for me. The vendor's web site isn't much help, either. Maybe
one of you figured it all out and could help.
Thanks.

It works fine for me on 8.1. Just download and install. I had one issue
where I had to disconnect the VPN to let outgoing e-mail leave but that was
corrected by one contact to their tech support who gave me one of their
server IP addresses for the SMTP server. Now e-mail works fine with or
without the VPN enabled. Great service to avoid ISP throttling of Netflix,
etc. if that is occurring.

cameo cameo unreal.invalid wrote:

I am at my wit's end in trying to figure out how to make it work
on my Win 8.1 system. I've been googling for solution but I
could not find anything that worked for me. The vendor's web
site isn't much help, either. Maybe one of you figured it all
out and could help.

I can imagine it being one of those things you don't want to have
a problem with. It has worked fine here on my Windows 8.1. I
temporarily canceled it, but the icon is still in the system tray.
I agree with the advice about the installer.

On 9/16/2014 1:27 AM, John wrote:
On Mon, 15 Sep 2014 21:29:49 -0700, Justin Tyme
wrote:

On Mon, 15 Sep 2014 21:03:43 -0700, Justin Tyme
wrote:

On Mon, 15 Sep 2014 20:10:05 -0700, cameo
wrote:

I am at my wit's end in trying to figure out how to make it work on my
Win 8.1 system. I've been googling for solution but I could not find
anything that worked for me. The vendor's web site isn't much help,
either. Maybe one of you figured it all out and could help.
Thanks.

Did you download the PIA installer_win.exe? Pretty simple to set up,
just need to enter the password and username, select a server from the
green PIA icon in your tray. The server list pops up when you right
click the icon.

Here is a link to the PIA installer exe:
https://www.privateinternetaccess.co..._installer_win

I like that you can pay with a gift card. You can buy those with
fairly anonymous cash so adding extra face-in-the-crowd to the mix.
That's a good touch.
I just wish there was a way to physically deposit cash straight into
their bank account, linking it to your VPN account with a passcode.
That would also be cool, I think.
J.

I just installed their program on a Windows 8.1-64bit system as a test.

Past usage had been on a W7 machine with no problems of any kind.

Presently I am running Windows 8.1-64 on a VMWare Player Virtual Machine
and the VPN tunnel I specify comes up just fine.

Freaked me out a bit when using a Hong Kong tunnel and the Google search
screens started returning everything in Chinese. A few changes in the
Google configuration and I was back to English responses.

I did find that I needed to run CCleaner to flush the caches and
cookies as many sites were using the old data to identify where I was
located at. Yes you can flush them in other ways but I use CCleaner for
it's simplicity. Once I finished pulling the handle on the flushing the
DNS cache and cookies the rest of the web sites once were reporting they
thought I was located at the end of the active tunnel.

Even Microsoft updates decided I could use the Euro update giving me
what looks like the option to remove Internet Explorer while visiting a
UK tunnel. Not sure if I am ready to try that on this machine but it
looked interesting.

On 09/16/2014 08:15 AM, GlowingBlueMist wrote:
On 9/16/2014 1:27 AM, John wrote:
On Mon, 15 Sep 2014 21:29:49 -0700, Justin Tyme
wrote:

On Mon, 15 Sep 2014 21:03:43 -0700, Justin Tyme
wrote:

On Mon, 15 Sep 2014 20:10:05 -0700, cameo
wrote:

I am at my wit's end in trying to figure out how to make it work on my
Win 8.1 system. I've been googling for solution but I could not find
anything that worked for me. The vendor's web site isn't much help,
either. Maybe one of you figured it all out and could help.
Thanks.

Did you download the PIA installer_win.exe? Pretty simple to set up,
just need to enter the password and username, select a server from the
green PIA icon in your tray. The server list pops up when you right
click the icon.

Here is a link to the PIA installer exe:
https://www.privateinternetaccess.co..._installer_win

I like that you can pay with a gift card. You can buy those with
fairly anonymous cash so adding extra face-in-the-crowd to the mix.
That's a good touch.
I just wish there was a way to physically deposit cash straight into
their bank account, linking it to your VPN account with a passcode.
That would also be cool, I think.
J.

I just installed their program on a Windows 8.1-64bit system as a test.

Past usage had been on a W7 machine with no problems of any kind.

Presently I am running Windows 8.1-64 on a VMWare Player Virtual Machine
and the VPN tunnel I specify comes up just fine.

Freaked me out a bit when using a Hong Kong tunnel and the Google search
screens started returning everything in Chinese. A few changes in the
Google configuration and I was back to English responses.

I did find that I needed to run CCleaner to flush the caches and
cookies as many sites were using the old data to identify where I was
located at. Yes you can flush them in other ways but I use CCleaner for
it's simplicity. Once I finished pulling the handle on the flushing the
DNS cache and cookies the rest of the web sites once were reporting they
thought I was located at the end of the active tunnel.

Even Microsoft updates decided I could use the Euro update giving me
what looks like the option to remove Internet Explorer while visiting a
UK tunnel. Not sure if I am ready to try that on this machine but it
looked interesting.


You can supposedly disable IE without an European version.
Programs and FeaturesTurn Windows features on or off.
According to MS if you turn IE off then IE can't be accessed. I found
that IE will still open under certain situations even though MS says it
wont be.

--
Caver1

Caver1 wrote:

On 09/16/2014 08:15 AM, GlowingBlueMist wrote:
On 9/16/2014 1:27 AM, John wrote:
On Mon, 15 Sep 2014 21:29:49 -0700, Justin Tyme
wrote:

On Mon, 15 Sep 2014 21:03:43 -0700, Justin Tyme
wrote:

On Mon, 15 Sep 2014 20:10:05 -0700, cameo
wrote:

I am at my wit's end in trying to figure out how to make it
work on my Win 8.1 system. I've been googling for solution
but I could not find anything that worked for me. The
vendor's web site isn't much help, either. Maybe one of you
figured it all out and could help. Thanks.

Did you download the PIA installer_win.exe? Pretty simple to
set up, just need to enter the password and username, select
a server from the green PIA icon in your tray. The server
list pops up when you right click the icon.

Here is a link to the PIA installer exe:
https://www.privateinternetaccess.co...download_insta
ller_win

I like that you can pay with a gift card. You can buy those
with
fairly anonymous cash so adding extra face-in-the-crowd to the
mix. That's a good touch.
I just wish there was a way to physically deposit cash
straight into
their bank account, linking it to your VPN account with a
passcode. That would also be cool, I think.
J.

I just installed their program on a Windows 8.1-64bit system as
a test.

Past usage had been on a W7 machine with no problems of any
kind.

Presently I am running Windows 8.1-64 on a VMWare Player
Virtual Machine and the VPN tunnel I specify comes up just
fine.

Freaked me out a bit when using a Hong Kong tunnel and the
Google search screens started returning everything in Chinese.
A few changes in the Google configuration and I was back to
English responses.

I did find that I needed to run CCleaner to flush the caches
and
cookies as many sites were using the old data to identify where
I was located at. Yes you can flush them in other ways but I
use CCleaner for it's simplicity. Once I finished pulling the
handle on the flushing the DNS cache and cookies the rest of
the web sites once were reporting they thought I was located at
the end of the active tunnel.

Even Microsoft updates decided I could use the Euro update
giving me what looks like the option to remove Internet
Explorer while visiting a UK tunnel. Not sure if I am ready to
try that on this machine but it looked interesting.


You can supposedly disable IE without an European version.
Programs and FeaturesTurn Windows features on or off. According
to MS if you turn IE off then IE can't be accessed. I found that
IE will still open under certain situations even though MS says
it wont be.

You have problems with Internet Explorer? I use Firefox. The only
time I notice Internet Explorer is when I need it to check
Firefox/Internet behavior.

On 09/16/2014 10:27 AM, John Doe wrote:
Caver1 wrote:

On 09/16/2014 08:15 AM, GlowingBlueMist wrote:
On 9/16/2014 1:27 AM, John wrote:
On Mon, 15 Sep 2014 21:29:49 -0700, Justin Tyme
wrote:

On Mon, 15 Sep 2014 21:03:43 -0700, Justin Tyme
wrote:

On Mon, 15 Sep 2014 20:10:05 -0700, cameo
wrote:

I am at my wit's end in trying to figure out how to make it
work on my Win 8.1 system. I've been googling for solution
but I could not find anything that worked for me. The
vendor's web site isn't much help, either. Maybe one of you
figured it all out and could help. Thanks.

Did you download the PIA installer_win.exe? Pretty simple to
set up, just need to enter the password and username, select
a server from the green PIA icon in your tray. The server
list pops up when you right click the icon.

Here is a link to the PIA installer exe:
https://www.privateinternetaccess.co...download_insta
ller_win

I like that you can pay with a gift card. You can buy those
with
fairly anonymous cash so adding extra face-in-the-crowd to the
mix. That's a good touch.
I just wish there was a way to physically deposit cash
straight into
their bank account, linking it to your VPN account with a
passcode. That would also be cool, I think.
J.

I just installed their program on a Windows 8.1-64bit system as
a test.

Past usage had been on a W7 machine with no problems of any
kind.

Presently I am running Windows 8.1-64 on a VMWare Player
Virtual Machine and the VPN tunnel I specify comes up just
fine.

Freaked me out a bit when using a Hong Kong tunnel and the
Google search screens started returning everything in Chinese.
A few changes in the Google configuration and I was back to
English responses.

I did find that I needed to run CCleaner to flush the caches
and
cookies as many sites were using the old data to identify where
I was located at. Yes you can flush them in other ways but I
use CCleaner for it's simplicity. Once I finished pulling the
handle on the flushing the DNS cache and cookies the rest of
the web sites once were reporting they thought I was located at
the end of the active tunnel.

Even Microsoft updates decided I could use the Euro update
giving me what looks like the option to remove Internet
Explorer while visiting a UK tunnel. Not sure if I am ready to
try that on this machine but it looked interesting.


You can supposedly disable IE without an European version.
Programs and FeaturesTurn Windows features on or off. According
to MS if you turn IE off then IE can't be accessed. I found that
IE will still open under certain situations even though MS says
it wont be.

You have problems with Internet Explorer? I use Firefox. The only
time I notice Internet Explorer is when I need it to check
Firefox/Internet behavior.






Yes I do. I try not to use it but some links that I click on in Firefox
always opens in IE even though IE is disabled and Firefox is set as
default.

--
Caver1

On 16/09/2014 11:05 AM, Caver1 wrote:
On 09/16/2014 10:27 AM, John Doe wrote:
Caver1 wrote:

On 09/16/2014 08:15 AM, GlowingBlueMist wrote:
On 9/16/2014 1:27 AM, John wrote:
On Mon, 15 Sep 2014 21:29:49 -0700, Justin Tyme
wrote:

On Mon, 15 Sep 2014 21:03:43 -0700, Justin Tyme
wrote:

On Mon, 15 Sep 2014 20:10:05 -0700, cameo
wrote:

I am at my wit's end in trying to figure out how to make it
work on my Win 8.1 system. I've been googling for solution
but I could not find anything that worked for me. The
vendor's web site isn't much help, either. Maybe one of you
figured it all out and could help. Thanks.

Did you download the PIA installer_win.exe? Pretty simple to
set up, just need to enter the password and username, select
a server from the green PIA icon in your tray. The server
list pops up when you right click the icon.

Here is a link to the PIA installer exe:
https://www.privateinternetaccess.co...download_insta
ller_win

I like that you can pay with a gift card. You can buy those
with
fairly anonymous cash so adding extra face-in-the-crowd to the
mix. That's a good touch.
I just wish there was a way to physically deposit cash
straight into
their bank account, linking it to your VPN account with a
passcode. That would also be cool, I think.
J.

I just installed their program on a Windows 8.1-64bit system as
a test.

Past usage had been on a W7 machine with no problems of any
kind.

Presently I am running Windows 8.1-64 on a VMWare Player
Virtual Machine and the VPN tunnel I specify comes up just
fine.

Freaked me out a bit when using a Hong Kong tunnel and the
Google search screens started returning everything in Chinese.
A few changes in the Google configuration and I was back to
English responses.

I did find that I needed to run CCleaner to flush the caches
and
cookies as many sites were using the old data to identify where
I was located at. Yes you can flush them in other ways but I
use CCleaner for it's simplicity. Once I finished pulling the
handle on the flushing the DNS cache and cookies the rest of
the web sites once were reporting they thought I was located at
the end of the active tunnel.

Even Microsoft updates decided I could use the Euro update
giving me what looks like the option to remove Internet
Explorer while visiting a UK tunnel. Not sure if I am ready to
try that on this machine but it looked interesting.


You can supposedly disable IE without an European version.
Programs and FeaturesTurn Windows features on or off. According
to MS if you turn IE off then IE can't be accessed. I found that
IE will still open under certain situations even though MS says
it wont be.

You have problems with Internet Explorer? I use Firefox. The only
time I notice Internet Explorer is when I need it to check
Firefox/Internet behavior.






Yes I do. I try not to use it but some links that I click on in Firefox
always opens in IE even though IE is disabled and Firefox is set as
default.

You have to set up Firefox to use ALL of the defaults by going to the
Start Menu, choose Default Programs, choose Set Your Default Programs,
select Firefox and then Choose default for this program. You essentially
have to make sure that Firefox loads every imaginable thing that it can.

If Firefox is incapable of loading certain file types which can only be
opened by IE (do those exist?), THEN IE would be used.

--
Silver Slimer
OpenMedia Supporter
Proud member of chrisv's imaginary killfile

On 09/16/2014 11:12 AM, Silver Slimer wrote:
On 16/09/2014 11:05 AM, Caver1 wrote:
On 09/16/2014 10:27 AM, John Doe wrote:
Caver1 wrote:

On 09/16/2014 08:15 AM, GlowingBlueMist wrote:
On 9/16/2014 1:27 AM, John wrote:
On Mon, 15 Sep 2014 21:29:49 -0700, Justin Tyme
wrote:

On Mon, 15 Sep 2014 21:03:43 -0700, Justin Tyme
wrote:

On Mon, 15 Sep 2014 20:10:05 -0700, cameo
wrote:

I am at my wit's end in trying to figure out how to make it
work on my Win 8.1 system. I've been googling for solution
but I could not find anything that worked for me. The
vendor's web site isn't much help, either. Maybe one of you
figured it all out and could help. Thanks.

Did you download the PIA installer_win.exe? Pretty simple to
set up, just need to enter the password and username, select
a server from the green PIA icon in your tray. The server
list pops up when you right click the icon.

Here is a link to the PIA installer exe:
https://www.privateinternetaccess.co...download_insta
ller_win

I like that you can pay with a gift card. You can buy those
with
fairly anonymous cash so adding extra face-in-the-crowd to the
mix. That's a good touch.
I just wish there was a way to physically deposit cash
straight into
their bank account, linking it to your VPN account with a
passcode. That would also be cool, I think.
J.

I just installed their program on a Windows 8.1-64bit system as
a test.

Past usage had been on a W7 machine with no problems of any
kind.

Presently I am running Windows 8.1-64 on a VMWare Player
Virtual Machine and the VPN tunnel I specify comes up just
fine.

Freaked me out a bit when using a Hong Kong tunnel and the
Google search screens started returning everything in Chinese.
A few changes in the Google configuration and I was back to
English responses.

I did find that I needed to run CCleaner to flush the caches
and
cookies as many sites were using the old data to identify where
I was located at. Yes you can flush them in other ways but I
use CCleaner for it's simplicity. Once I finished pulling the
handle on the flushing the DNS cache and cookies the rest of
the web sites once were reporting they thought I was located at
the end of the active tunnel.

Even Microsoft updates decided I could use the Euro update
giving me what looks like the option to remove Internet
Explorer while visiting a UK tunnel. Not sure if I am ready to
try that on this machine but it looked interesting.


You can supposedly disable IE without an European version.
Programs and FeaturesTurn Windows features on or off. According
to MS if you turn IE off then IE can't be accessed. I found that
IE will still open under certain situations even though MS says
it wont be.

You have problems with Internet Explorer? I use Firefox. The only
time I notice Internet Explorer is when I need it to check
Firefox/Internet behavior.






Yes I do. I try not to use it but some links that I click on in Firefox
always opens in IE even though IE is disabled and Firefox is set as
default.

You have to set up Firefox to use ALL of the defaults by going to the
Start Menu, choose Default Programs, choose Set Your Default Programs,
select Firefox and then Choose default for this program. You essentially
have to make sure that Firefox loads every imaginable thing that it can.

If Firefox is incapable of loading certain file types which can only be
opened by IE (do those exist?), THEN IE would be used.


I did that before I tried disabling IE. According to MS if you disable
IE it isn't suppose to open for anything. Anyways a link is not a file type.

--
Caver1

Caver1 wrote:

On 09/16/2014 11:12 AM, Silver Slimer wrote:
On 16/09/2014 11:05 AM, Caver1 wrote:
On 09/16/2014 10:27 AM, John Doe wrote:
Caver1 wrote:

On 09/16/2014 08:15 AM, GlowingBlueMist wrote:
On 9/16/2014 1:27 AM, John wrote:
On Mon, 15 Sep 2014 21:29:49 -0700, Justin Tyme
wrote:

On Mon, 15 Sep 2014 21:03:43 -0700, Justin Tyme
wrote:

On Mon, 15 Sep 2014 20:10:05 -0700, cameo
wrote:

I am at my wit's end in trying to figure out how to
make it work on my Win 8.1 system. I've been googling
for solution but I could not find anything that worked
for me. The vendor's web site isn't much help, either.
Maybe one of you figured it all out and could help.
Thanks.

Did you download the PIA installer_win.exe? Pretty
simple to set up, just need to enter the password and
username, select a server from the green PIA icon in
your tray. The server list pops up when you right click
the icon.

Here is a link to the PIA installer exe:
https://www.privateinternetaccess.co...ler/download_i
nsta ller_win

I like that you can pay with a gift card. You can buy
those with
fairly anonymous cash so adding extra face-in-the-crowd to
the mix. That's a good touch.
I just wish there was a way to physically deposit
cash straight into
their bank account, linking it to your VPN account with a
passcode. That would also be cool, I think.
J.

I just installed their program on a Windows 8.1-64bit
system as a test.

Past usage had been on a W7 machine with no problems of any
kind.

Presently I am running Windows 8.1-64 on a VMWare Player
Virtual Machine and the VPN tunnel I specify comes up just
fine.

Freaked me out a bit when using a Hong Kong tunnel and the
Google search screens started returning everything in
Chinese. A few changes in the Google configuration and I
was back to English responses.

I did find that I needed to run CCleaner to flush the
caches and
cookies as many sites were using the old data to identify
where I was located at. Yes you can flush them in other
ways but I use CCleaner for it's simplicity. Once I
finished pulling the handle on the flushing the DNS cache
and cookies the rest of the web sites once were reporting
they thought I was located at the end of the active tunnel.

Even Microsoft updates decided I could use the Euro update
giving me what looks like the option to remove Internet
Explorer while visiting a UK tunnel. Not sure if I am
ready to try that on this machine but it looked
interesting.


You can supposedly disable IE without an European version.
Programs and FeaturesTurn Windows features on or off.
According to MS if you turn IE off then IE can't be
accessed. I found that IE will still open under certain
situations even though MS says it wont be.

You have problems with Internet Explorer? I use Firefox. The
only time I notice Internet Explorer is when I need it to
check Firefox/Internet behavior.






Yes I do. I try not to use it but some links that I click on
in Firefox always opens in IE even though IE is disabled and
Firefox is set as default.

You have to set up Firefox to use ALL of the defaults by going
to the Start Menu, choose Default Programs, choose Set Your
Default Programs, select Firefox and then Choose default for
this program. You essentially have to make sure that Firefox
loads every imaginable thing that it can.

If Firefox is incapable of loading certain file types which can
only be opened by IE (do those exist?), THEN IE would be used.


I did that before I tried disabling IE. According to MS if you
disable IE it isn't suppose to open for anything. Anyways a link
is not a file type.

A link points to a file type.

On 16/09/2014 11:22 AM, Caver1 wrote:
On 09/16/2014 11:12 AM, Silver Slimer wrote:
On 16/09/2014 11:05 AM, Caver1 wrote:
On 09/16/2014 10:27 AM, John Doe wrote:
Caver1 wrote:

On 09/16/2014 08:15 AM, GlowingBlueMist wrote:
On 9/16/2014 1:27 AM, John wrote:
On Mon, 15 Sep 2014 21:29:49 -0700, Justin Tyme
wrote:

On Mon, 15 Sep 2014 21:03:43 -0700, Justin Tyme
wrote:

On Mon, 15 Sep 2014 20:10:05 -0700, cameo
wrote:

I am at my wit's end in trying to figure out how to make it
work on my Win 8.1 system. I've been googling for solution
but I could not find anything that worked for me. The
vendor's web site isn't much help, either. Maybe one of you
figured it all out and could help. Thanks.

Did you download the PIA installer_win.exe? Pretty simple to
set up, just need to enter the password and username, select
a server from the green PIA icon in your tray. The server
list pops up when you right click the icon.

Here is a link to the PIA installer exe:
https://www.privateinternetaccess.co...download_insta
ller_win

I like that you can pay with a gift card. You can buy those
with
fairly anonymous cash so adding extra face-in-the-crowd to the
mix. That's a good touch.
I just wish there was a way to physically deposit cash
straight into
their bank account, linking it to your VPN account with a
passcode. That would also be cool, I think.
J.

I just installed their program on a Windows 8.1-64bit system as
a test.

Past usage had been on a W7 machine with no problems of any
kind.

Presently I am running Windows 8.1-64 on a VMWare Player
Virtual Machine and the VPN tunnel I specify comes up just
fine.

Freaked me out a bit when using a Hong Kong tunnel and the
Google search screens started returning everything in Chinese.
A few changes in the Google configuration and I was back to
English responses.

I did find that I needed to run CCleaner to flush the caches
and
cookies as many sites were using the old data to identify where
I was located at. Yes you can flush them in other ways but I
use CCleaner for it's simplicity. Once I finished pulling the
handle on the flushing the DNS cache and cookies the rest of
the web sites once were reporting they thought I was located at
the end of the active tunnel.

Even Microsoft updates decided I could use the Euro update
giving me what looks like the option to remove Internet
Explorer while visiting a UK tunnel. Not sure if I am ready to
try that on this machine but it looked interesting.


You can supposedly disable IE without an European version.
Programs and FeaturesTurn Windows features on or off. According
to MS if you turn IE off then IE can't be accessed. I found that
IE will still open under certain situations even though MS says
it wont be.

You have problems with Internet Explorer? I use Firefox. The only
time I notice Internet Explorer is when I need it to check
Firefox/Internet behavior.






Yes I do. I try not to use it but some links that I click on in Firefox
always opens in IE even though IE is disabled and Firefox is set as
default.

You have to set up Firefox to use ALL of the defaults by going to the
Start Menu, choose Default Programs, choose Set Your Default Programs,
select Firefox and then Choose default for this program. You essentially
have to make sure that Firefox loads every imaginable thing that it can.

If Firefox is incapable of loading certain file types which can only be
opened by IE (do those exist?), THEN IE would be used.


I did that before I tried disabling IE. According to MS if you disable
IE it isn't suppose to open for anything. Anyways a link is not a file
type.

I know that IE is there one way or the other as it seems to literally be
impossible to remove it from Windows but in my case, even in the
complete absence of an alternative browser, IE would refuse to open
unless I explicitly forced it to. I find it striking that it would open
so liberally for you.

--
Silver Slimer
OpenMedia Supporter
Proud member of chrisv's imaginary killfile

On 9/15/2014 9:29 PM, Justin Tyme wrote:
On Mon, 15 Sep 2014 21:03:43 -0700, Justin Tyme
wrote:

On Mon, 15 Sep 2014 20:10:05 -0700, cameo
wrote:

I am at my wit's end in trying to figure out how to make it work on my
Win 8.1 system. I've been googling for solution but I could not find
anything that worked for me. The vendor's web site isn't much help,
either. Maybe one of you figured it all out and could help.
Thanks.

Did you download the PIA installer_win.exe? Pretty simple to set up,
just need to enter the password and username, select a server from the
green PIA icon in your tray. The server list pops up when you right
click the icon.

Here is a link to the PIA installer exe:
https://www.privateinternetaccess.co..._installer_win

Thanks for that link which I did not notice before. This time I
downloaded it to my Windows 7 laptop though, to have a clean install.
The installation was indeed easier this time, especially after I set my
router to forwarding port 1723 to my Win7 laptop's IP. I connect to the
nearby Seattle PIA server and the green PIA icon indicates that I am
connected. However, I have no way to verify if that is indeed the case,
especially because the Network and Sharing Center page shows an
Unidentified network (as a Public network) with no Internet access. I
think it should show the Seattle connection there, shouldn't it? In the
meantime I can still use Internet with my Home network.

One more thing: the PIA setup allows either TCP or UDP connection. Which
one should be used?

On 9/16/2014 1:43 PM, Justin Tyme wrote:
On Tue, 16 Sep 2014 11:05:40 -0700, cameo
wrote:

On 9/15/2014 9:29 PM, Justin Tyme wrote:
On Mon, 15 Sep 2014 21:03:43 -0700, Justin Tyme
wrote:

On Mon, 15 Sep 2014 20:10:05 -0700, cameo
wrote:

I am at my wit's end in trying to figure out how to make it work on my
Win 8.1 system. I've been googling for solution but I could not find
anything that worked for me. The vendor's web site isn't much help,
either. Maybe one of you figured it all out and could help.
Thanks.

Did you download the PIA installer_win.exe? Pretty simple to set up,
just need to enter the password and username, select a server from the
green PIA icon in your tray. The server list pops up when you right
click the icon.

Here is a link to the PIA installer exe:
https://www.privateinternetaccess.co..._installer_win

Thanks for that link which I did not notice before. This time I
downloaded it to my Windows 7 laptop though, to have a clean install.
The installation was indeed easier this time, especially after I set my
router to forwarding port 1723 to my Win7 laptop's IP. I connect to the
nearby Seattle PIA server and the green PIA icon indicates that I am
connected. However, I have no way to verify if that is indeed the case,
especially because the Network and Sharing Center page shows an
Unidentified network (as a Public network) with no Internet access. I
think it should show the Seattle connection there, shouldn't it? In the
meantime I can still use Internet with my Home network.

One more thing: the PIA setup allows either TCP or UDP connection. Which
one should be used?




Mine is set to UDP.

To test your IP change go to http://www.whatismyip.com/. Test with PIA
off, take note of your IP, next change to one of the PIA servers and
test again, whatismyip.com should show your new IP. You may have to
reload the whatismyip.com page between tests. I also use the Seattle
server since I live in Vancouver. Be aware that your internet speeds
will be fast or slow depending on the server you are connected to and
also time of day makes a big difference. I often change to Toronto if
my Seattle server is slow. Test your speed at

http://www.speedtest.net/.

This will give you a ballpark figure only, not completely accurate,
but you can easily tell which servers are fast and which ones are
slow. You will take a speed hit using any VPN but PIA is the fastest
one IMO. My top download speeds are about 12Mbps (evening) with the
VPN. I just tested my speed and it is 9 Mbps connected to Seattle and
only 4Mbps using Toronto, so it will vary. With the VPN off I am
getting 17 Mbps. I usually just stay on Seattle unless I notice a
speed drop but at 9Mbps my internet is still fast and smooth enough
that I don't notice the difference much, if at all. Torrents download
at the same speed with the VPN on or off. Binary downloads from Usenet
are also normal speed. Web browsing is fast as usual. If I feel my
speed slowing I try different servers but Seattle is pretty good most
of the time. You will get a feel for it after a while, I rarely check
my speeds anymore unless things get slow, which is not often.
YMMV, of course.

Tip: Don't log into Gmail via a browser when connected to a VPN or you
may have to change your Gmail password. Gmail does not work well with
a VPN so I usually disconnect my VPN when I check Gmail.

HTH

Funny what you wrote in that last paragraph, as I just got an email from
Google Support with the following text:

------------------------
Someone recently used your password to try to sign in to your Google
Account . This person was using an application such as
an email client or mobile device.

We prevented the sign-in attempt in case this was a hijacker trying to
access your account. Please review the details of the sign-in attempt:

Tuesday, September 16, 2014 5:09:48 PM UTC
IP Address: 173.192.176.131 (173.192.176.131-static.reverse.softlayer.com)
Location: United States

If you do not recognize this sign-in attempt, someone else might be
trying to access your account. You should sign in to your account and
reset your password immediately.

Reset password

If this was you, and you are having trouble accessing your account,
complete the troubleshooting steps listed at
http://support.google.com/mail?p=client_login
-----------------------------

Is this what you are referring to?

Though I did not log into my Gmail account (which is NOT my primary
Gmail acct) with the web browser, just via my mail client. I have not
changed my password yet as I figured my experimenting with the VPN might
have something to do with it. Thanks for tellig me about.

I'll try that http://www.whatismyip.com/ thing as soon as I have some
more time.

OK, I uninstalled PIA from my Win7 notebook and went back to install it
again on my Win8 laptop, mainly because I don't have Gmail installed
there in my mail client.
The installation seemed to work as the www.whatismyip.com gave me
different (a fake California) IP address when PIA was connected from the
real Seattle area IP address. The tray PIA manager icon is pretty handy
for handling the connect/disconnect operation.

What I still don't understand is why the VPN connection does not show up
in the Network and Sharing Center page the way it shows up when one uses
Windows' own VPN setup, the way the following link describes it. That's
how I tried to set up PIA before I read your message here, but that did
not work for me when it prompted me for my User Id and password. It kept
refusing it, but maybe at that point I was supposed to enter my Windows
Id, not my registered PIA ID. I don't know and I don't want to try it
again. Anyway, here are the steps of the method that failed me:

https://www.privateinternetaccess.co...t-on-windows-8