**Good-day all,**

I'm having trouble getting the OpenVPN GUI application to add routes to a Windows 7 client. I'm using the same config file I've used on a Windows XP client except that I added the following two lines:

```
route-method exe
route-delay 2

```

I can make a connection, and I am assigned an IP address from the 10.8.0.0 pool - which makes it seem to me that the tunnel is up. But looking at the log below, it appears the routes aren't being added on the Windows 7 machine.

```
Fri Sep 13 16:02:44 2013 OpenVPN 2.3.2 x86_64-w64-mingw32 [SSL (OpenSSL)] [LZO] [PKCS11] [eurephia] [IPv6] built on Aug 22 2013
Fri Sep 13 16:02:44 2013 MANAGEMENT: TCP Socket listening on [AF_INET]127.0.0.1:25340
Fri Sep 13 16:02:44 2013 Need hold release from management interface, waiting...
Fri Sep 13 16:02:45 2013 MANAGEMENT: Client connected from [AF_INET]127.0.0.1:25340
Fri Sep 13 16:02:45 2013 MANAGEMENT: CMD 'state on'
Fri Sep 13 16:02:45 2013 MANAGEMENT: CMD 'log all on'
Fri Sep 13 16:02:45 2013 MANAGEMENT: CMD 'hold off'
Fri Sep 13 16:02:45 2013 MANAGEMENT: CMD 'hold release'
Fri Sep 13 16:02:48 2013 MANAGEMENT: CMD 'username "Auth" "username"'
Fri Sep 13 16:02:48 2013 MANAGEMENT: CMD 'password [...]'
Fri Sep 13 16:02:49 2013 Control Channel Authentication: using 'ta.key' as a OpenVPN static key file
Fri Sep 13 16:02:49 2013 Outgoing Control Channel Authentication: Using 160 bit message hash 'SHA1' for HMAC authentication
Fri Sep 13 16:02:49 2013 Incoming Control Channel Authentication: Using 160 bit message hash 'SHA1' for HMAC authentication
Fri Sep 13 16:02:49 2013 Socket Buffers: R=[8192->8192] S=[261360->261360]
Fri Sep 13 16:02:49 2013 UDPv4 link local: [undef]
Fri Sep 13 16:02:49 2013 UDPv4 link remote: [AF_INET]501.2.984.233:1194
Fri Sep 13 16:02:49 2013 MANAGEMENT: >STATE:1379102569,WAIT,,,
Fri Sep 13 16:02:49 2013 MANAGEMENT: >STATE:1379102569,AUTH,,,
Fri Sep 13 16:02:49 2013 TLS: Initial packet from [AF_INET]501.2.984.233:1194, sid=82453eea 30481972
Fri Sep 13 16:02:49 2013 WARNING: this configuration may cache passwords in memory -- use the auth-nocache option to prevent this
Fri Sep 13 16:02:49 2013 VERIFY OK: depth=1, O=Central Truck Center, Inc., OU=IT/Systems Department, emailAddress=security@centraltruck.net, L=Landover, ST=MD, C=US, CN=ca.centraltruck.net
Fri Sep 13 16:02:49 2013 VERIFY OK: nsCertType=SERVER
Fri Sep 13 16:02:49 2013 VERIFY OK: depth=0, C=US, ST=MD, O=Central Truck Center, Inc., OU=IT/Systems Department, L=Landover, CN=centraltruck.net, emailAddress=techsupport@centraltruck.net
Fri Sep 13 16:02:49 2013 Data Channel Encrypt: Cipher 'BF-CBC' initialized with 128 bit key
Fri Sep 13 16:02:49 2013 Data Channel Encrypt: Using 160 bit message hash 'SHA1' for HMAC authentication
Fri Sep 13 16:02:49 2013 Data Channel Decrypt: Cipher 'BF-CBC' initialized with 128 bit key
Fri Sep 13 16:02:49 2013 Data Channel Decrypt: Using 160 bit message hash 'SHA1' for HMAC authentication
Fri Sep 13 16:02:49 2013 Control Channel: TLSv1, cipher TLSv1/SSLv3 DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA, 2048 bit RSA
Fri Sep 13 16:02:49 2013 [centraltruck.net] Peer Connection Initiated with [AF_INET]50.242.184.133:1194
Fri Sep 13 16:02:50 2013 MANAGEMENT: >STATE:1379102570,GET_CONFIG,,,
Fri Sep 13 16:02:51 2013 SENT CONTROL [centraltruck.net]: 'PUSH_REQUEST' (status=1)
Fri Sep 13 16:02:51 2013 PUSH: Received control message: 'PUSH_REPLY,dhcp-option DNS 172.23.6.127,dhcp-option WINS 172.23.6.127,dhcp-option DOMAIN centraltruck.net,ip-win32 dynamic,route 172.23.6.0 255.255.255.0,route 172.23.7.0 255.255.255.0,route 208.197.153.0 255.255.255.0,route 10.8.0.0 255.255.255.0,topology net30,ping 10,ping-restart 120,ifconfig 10.8.0.6 10.8.0.5'
Fri Sep 13 16:02:51 2013 OPTIONS IMPORT: timers and/or timeouts modified
Fri Sep 13 16:02:51 2013 OPTIONS IMPORT: --ifconfig/up options modified
Fri Sep 13 16:02:51 2013 OPTIONS IMPORT: route options modified
Fri Sep 13 16:02:51 2013 OPTIONS IMPORT: --ip-win32 and/or --dhcp-option options modified
Fri Sep 13 16:02:52 2013 do_ifconfig, tt->ipv6=0, tt->did_ifconfig_ipv6_setup=0
Fri Sep 13 16:02:52 2013 MANAGEMENT: >STATE:1379102572,ASSIGN_IP,,10.8.0.6,
Fri Sep 13 16:02:52 2013 open_tun, tt->ipv6=0
Fri Sep 13 16:02:52 2013 TAP-WIN32 device [Local Area Connection 3] opened: \\.\Global\{19F13E2F-B3F0-4E85-A8A2-E3C86ADD1987}.tap
Fri Sep 13 16:02:52 2013 TAP-Windows Driver Version 9.9 
Fri Sep 13 16:02:52 2013 Notified TAP-Windows driver to set a DHCP IP/netmask of 10.8.0.6/255.255.255.252 on interface {19F13E2F-B3F0-4E85-A8A2-E3C86ADD1987} [DHCP-serv: 10.8.0.5, lease-time: 31536000]
Fri Sep 13 16:02:52 2013 Successful ARP Flush on interface [41] {19F13E2F-B3F0-4E85-A8A2-E3C86ADD1987}
Fri Sep 13 16:02:54 2013 TEST ROUTES: 0/0 succeeded len=4 ret=0 a=0 u/d=down
Fri Sep 13 16:02:54 2013 Route: Waiting for TUN/TAP interface to come up...

```

The last two lines above will repeat for about 30 times then a notice will appear showing that the VPN is connected with an IP of 10.8.0.6. The last line of the log, however, shows this:

```
Fri Sep 13 16:03:24 2013 Initialization Sequence Completed With Errors ( see http://openvpn.net/faq.html#dhcpclientserv )
Fri Sep 13 16:03:24 2013 MANAGEMENT: >STATE:1379102604,CONNECTED,ERROR,10.8.0.6,50.242.184.133

```

Several Google searches reveal that I needed to run the application with Administrator priviledges. I am doing that, and I have even attempted running the application in Windows Vista compatibility mode. For some strange reason, Windows XP isn't an option I can select. Is there something I'm missing? My config - without the two lines I told you about earlier - works perfectly fine in Windows XP. Also, it works fine on the Windows 7 machine if I use the OpenVPN Client (and not the OpenVPN GUI).

I hope somebody out there has run into this problem before and can offer some assistance. Thanks.