How to solve Hotspot Shield connection problem?

You may know what Hotspot Shield is. It is probably the most popular, free VPN service that secures and encrypts your online activities regardless of where you’re living. You can check your mail, update Twitter, check up on your friends at Facebook, or you can do anything online without being noticed by others and without letting know your exact location.

However, on some machines, you can’t connect Hotspot Shield because of some unknown reasons. Here is a simple solution by Patrick Soon which may solve the problem.

Update: If you can’t connect to the internet via Hotspot Shield VPN, or getting the message you may be connected to a network that requires authorization, first, signed in your computer as an administrator, and then check these settings on your device.

1. First, ensure that you are not using any other VPN service on your system, for example, the Opera VPN browser.

2. Make sure that your Firewall configuration does not prevent Hotspot Shield connection to the network.

3. Check that Tap-Windows Adapter V9 is installed on your computer and re-enable the adapter (Settings app > Network & Internet > Status > Change Adapter options > and right click Tap-Windows Adapter V9 to enable/disable the adapter)

4. If your device is connecting to a public Wi-Fi network, then use Google DNS or Cloudflare 1.1.1.1 DNS on your system.

5. On Windows 10 system, turn on the VPN for metered networks and VPN while roaming, and then check Hotspot Shield connection (Settings > Network & Internet > VPN).

6. If you are still facing the problem, then try by resetting your network setting. For Windows 10, follow the below steps.

• Open Settings app > click on Network & Internet >Status
• Under Change your network settings, click on Network reset.
• Click Reset Now button to reset your network settings.

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1. Install HotSpot Shield. After finishing the installation it will open the HotSpot Shield website in your browser. Copy this address from the Address bar of your browser and save it.
2. If you get an error message stating that there is no connectivity, then follow as described below (for Windows XP).
3. Go to: Control Panel – Network Connection – Local Area Connection – Properties
4. In the General Tab un-check the box against Hotspot Shield Helper Driver and click Ok to save it.
5. Close and reopen your web browser and copy and paste the address you previously saved in the address bar of your browser. Then press the refresh icon.
6. The Hotspot Shield Website will now open and assign you an I.P address i.e. it will connect you. It should now work normally as before (via).

Hope that the above steps will fix your Hotspot Shield VPN connection issue on your system. If you have come across any other solution for the issue, then let me know it.