Windows – Getting a ‘Error 720 – A connection to the remote computer could not be established.’ windows 8

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I have a user who gets 'Error 720 – A connection to the remote computer could not be established.' when trying to connect to any VPN using windows VPN on Windows 8.

I do not think this is an issue with the set up of the VPN as it works for all other users.

I have tried disabling windows firewall and disabling Zone Alarm anti Virus.

The laptop is a 64-bit running windows 8.

Any suggestions or help would be greatly appreciated as I cannot see why this will not work.

Best Answer

I've had loads of issues recently creating VPN's in Windows 8 (or at least my users creating VPN's) due Windows 8 not propagating the security settings whatsoever.

Click the network (monitor or wireless signal) icon in the bottom-right of the screen Right-click your new VPN connection and select View connection properties In the dialogue box, click the security tab, under Type of VPN select Point to Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) Select the radio button Allow these protocols, then tick Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP) and Microsoft CHAP version 2 (MSCHAP v2) and click OK Try again and see if this has fixed the issue.

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