Windows 10 - No Tap Adapters found
Last updated by Shayne M on February 25, 2019 06:25
Some builds of Windows 10 has broken OpenVPN TAP Adapter
No rebooting required:
- add string value/data ComponentId/tap0901 (REG_SZ) with regedit value name=ComponentIdvalue data=tap0901
to key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4d36e972-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}\[0001]
where [0001] stands for the instance on your system in which you find the REG_SZ string with
value name=ProductName
value data=TAP-Windows Adapter V9 - disable and enable TAP-Windows Adapter V9 in device manager>network adapters to reinitialize the driver with the newly added ComponentId
Users with Kaspersky Internet Security install might still have issues after following this tutorial.
In order to resolve - You will need to remove Kaspersky, reinstall the VPN / Tap drivers then install Kaspersky back.
1) completely removed the Kaspersky (2015/2016) with program http://media.kaspersky.com/utilities/ConsumerUtilities/kavremvr.exe ;
2) Install the latest version of VPN application and or OpenVPN / Tun-TAP drives NDIS (6)
3) Install Kaspersky (http://www.kaspersky.com/product-updates);
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