If you are using a VPN on your Windows 10 device, once in a life time you will receive the “A connection to the remote computer could not be established. You might need to change the network settings for this connection” error.
The error message is very common and doesn’t give any direct to look after. Since, you are here I am going to show you, how you can fix A connection to the remote computer could not be established. You might need to change the network settings for this connection” error in very simple ways.
Follow this article for the details information:
How to Fix A Connection To The Remote Computer Could Not Be Established Error
You can fix A Connection To The Remote Computer Could Not Be Established Error with 2 recommended solution in just 1 minutes on Windows 10.
Solution 01: Uninstall Network Adapters
This solutions has fix the A Connection To The Remote Computer Could Not Be Established Error in Windows 10 for most of the users.
1. Press Windows Key + R on your Keyboard
2. Type Control Panel and click OK
3. Select and Right click Device Manager on the Control Panel
4. Select Network Adapters
5. Select and Right click on WAN Miniport (IKEv2)
6. Click on Uninstall device to uninstall the IKEv2 WAN Miniport
7. Uninstall all the Miniport device as followings
- WAN Miniport(IKEv2)
- WAN Miniport (IP)
- WAN Miniport (IPv6)
- WAN Miniport (L2TP)
- WAN Miniport (Network Monitor)
- WAN Miniport (PPPOE)
- WAN Miniport (PPTP)
- WAN Miniport (SSTP)
8. Click on the Scan for hardware changes button at the top
After clicking on Scan for hardware changes button all the device will be installed again immediately.
That’s it, Now try to connect the VPN again I am 100% sure you will not face the A Connection To The Remote Computer Could Not Be Established Error again in your Windows 10 device.
Solution 02: Disable Proxy
For 90% of the user the above solution will resolve the error but if you have mistakenly or using Proxy setting on your browser then you may face A Connection To The Remote Computer Could Not Be Established Error on Windows 10 device.
To disable the proxy setting on your computer follow the below instructions:
1. Press Windows Key + R on your keyboard
2. Type inetcpl.cpl and click OK
3. Click on Connections tab
4. Click LAN Settings at the bottom
Make Sure Use a proxy server for your LAN is uncheck as marked on the above image
5. Click OK to close
This solution will only be helpful if you are using Proxy setting or if someone has mistakenly on your device.
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