Tuesday, June 11, 2013

How to Watch Netflix in Greece

Netflix service:

Netflix is a live streamed video containing website that let users checking out their desired through using Internet. Here, users do get some special features that are not available most of the available services in the market. Easier accessibility is one the most significant features of Netflix service. However, compatibility is another significant feature of Netflix service. This unique service is capable of supporting almost all the available types of electronic devices. Even though, you will need to make sure, the particular device can support Netflix or similar types of video streamed services.

Presence of Netflix in different countries:

Netflix is not available in all over the world. Some of the specific countries are getting the opportunity of experiencing this service. Though, it is really unfortunate that, users from those countries are not being able to watch these videos. Therefore, users will need to wait a bit to watch the unlimited number videos through this unique service.

What type of service is being offered by Netflix for users in Greece?

In Greece, users are being offered with limited edition. Therefore, millions of Internet users in Greece are not eligible to watch out their favorite contents while using the service of Netflix. To turn on the full version of Netflix content, users in Greece will need to achieve the US based internet protocol service. This will make permission for accessing in that respective website.

What Greek users can look for?

There will be numbers of websites offering amazing services in case of creating the gate of entry. But most of them are totally fake, and ineffective. Hence, people still seeks for those popular choices of VPN companies. Many users still believe that, Netflix VPN will the hero who can solve all of their security problems. Although it is true that, not all of the VPN companies can do such wonders as all of them do not have the power or function to make the dream comes true. This also can be a solution of choice for people whose have been looking for a perfect service in case of security and data protective capability. There are some special features present that basically make the VPN so special than any other service. As most of us do prefer for one who will act like a protector as well path detector while staying in field of cyber space.

Top quality VPN services in Greece:

There are a variety of VPN services available in Greece. It is important making a proper selection of a VPN service to activate the top notch service in the zone of accessibility and proper security. Here, users can choose from the list of emerging 5 VPN service providers in order to sort out their issues related to the Internet service.

Name of the Provider	Website Address
Hide My Ass	Visit Provider
Strong VPN	Visit Provider
Switch VPN	Visit Provider
Pure VPN	Visit Provider
IPVanish VPN	Visit Provider
Hotspot Shield Elite	Visit Provider

Windows 8 RT L2TP VPN Setup Instructions for HMA! Pro VPN

How to Configure 1. Access the "Settings search" by pressing the Windows Key (the second key to the left of the spacebar) and the W key at the same time.	2. Type "VPN" into the Settings search field.
3. Click or Tap the option "Set up a virtual private network (VPN) connection".	4. Enter the IP address of our VPN server in the "Internet address" field. You can find the IPs of the L2TP servers at http://hidemyass.com/vpn-config/l2tp/
5. When correctly enterd server IP and chosen a destination name (e.g. HMA L2TP), check "Remember my credentials" and click on "Create".	6. From the Desktop, Swipe to the left on far left side of the desktop (or point your mouse to the top-right corner) to access the Charms menu. Click or tap the Settings option. Click or tap Control Panel. Click or tap Network and Internet. Click or tap Network and Sharing Center.
7. Right-click (or long tap) the new HMA L2TP connection and click or tap Properties.	8. Enter your Windows RT Credentials if necessary for Admin privileges. Click or tap the Security tab in the HMA L2TP Properties pop-up window.
9. In the Type of VPN menu, select Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol with IPsec (L2TP/IPsec).	10. Click or tap Advanced settings.
11. Choose the “Use the preshared key for authentication” and type HideMyAss (please note that it is case sensitive)	How to Connect 1. Access the Settings Menu by pressing the Windows Key (the second key to the left of the Space Bar) and the "i" key at the same time.
2. Click or Tap the Network Connections icon (signal bars).	3. Click or tap "HMA L2TP" under Connections.
4. Tap "Connect".	5. Enter your HMA! Username and PPTP Password (it is not the same as your account password! Get your PPTP password from the "PPTP servers" tab in the VPN control panel at https://vpn.hidemyass.com)
6. Click "OK".	7. You will now connect. Once it shows "Connected", you can verify your IP and location at e.g. http://geoip.hidemyass.com

Windows 8 RT PPTP VPN Setup Instructions for HMA! Pro VPN

How to Configure 1. Access the "Settings search" by pressing the Windows Key (the second key to the left of the spacebar) and the W key at the same time.	2. Type "VPN" into the Settings search field.
3. Click or Tap the option "Set up a virtual private network (VPN) connection".	4. Enter the IP address of our VPN server in the "Internet address" field. To locate the IP address of the servers please login to https://vpn.hidemyass.com and then navigate to the "PPTP servers" tab (located on the left):
5. When correctly enterd server IP and chosen a destination name (e.g. HMA PPTP), check "Remember my credentials" and click on "Create".	How to Connect 1. Access the Settings Menu by pressing the Windows Key (the second key to the left of the Space Bar) and the "i" key at the same time.
2. Click or Tap the Network Connections icon (signal bars).	3. Click or tap "HMA PPTP" under Connections.
4. Tap "Connect".	5. Enter your HMA! Username and PPTP Password (it is not the same as your account password! Get your PPTP password from the "PPTP servers" tab in the VPN control panel at https://vpn.hidemyass.com)
6. Click "OK".	7. You will now connect. Once it shows "Connected", you can verify your IP and location at e.g. http://geoip.hidemyass.com

How to setup Windows L2TP connection

This article explains how to setup a manual L2TP connection on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8

Note that you can also use our Dialer for this, which has the advantage that you can easily switch between all L2TP servers.
See our article PPTP and L2TP Dialer for Windows for the downloads.
Attention for Windows XP users: Since the L2TP connection setup on WinXP is a little different than on Vista or 7, we made an extra tutorial for XP: Windows XP L2TP connection setup

Short instructions:

Start > Control Panel > Network and Internet > Network And Sharing Center > Set up a new connection or network > Connect to a workplace > Next > Use my Internet Connection (VPN)
Internet Address: The L2TP server IPs can be found @ http://hidemyass.com/vpn-config/l2tp/
Destination Name: Name it as you like. Eg: HMA! L2TP.
Next
Username: Your VPN username
Password: Your PPTP Password. Can be found at http://vpn.hidemyass.com > PPTP Servers > Login Details
Domain: Leave it blank
Go back to Network and Sharing Center > Change Adapter Settings > Select HMA! L2TP (the one you just created) > right click and Properties > Security tab > Type of VPN: L2TP/IPSec > Advanced Settings > Use Preshared Key for authentication > Key: HideMyAss > OK
Connect!

This tutorial will explain how to create a manual L2TP connection on Windows, in case you don't want to use our client. It has been made on Windows 7, so excuse me if it should be a little different on your machine.
First, go into the Windows control panel.Navigate to the "Network and Sharing center"
Click on "Set up a new connection or network"
Select "Connect to a workplace", then"No, create a new connection", then "Use my Internet connection (VPN)", then "I'll set up an Internet connection later"
In this window, enter one of the L2TP server IPs (which can be found @ http://hidemyass.com/vpn-config/l2tp/ ) in the "Internet Address" field. "Destination Name": Enter anything you want here, it's just the name for the connection. I'll take "HMA L2TP VPN"
In the next window, you need to enter your VPN account username in the field "User name", and your PPTP password (get it in the VPN control panel under "PPTP settings") in the field "Password"
The connection is created. But we still need to change some settings. Go back to the Network and Sharing center and click on "Change Adapter settings"
Select your newly created network adapter, rightclick it and go to "Properties"
In the "Options" register, change everything so it looks like this: Uncheck "Prompt for name and password, certificate, etc." Uncheck "Include Windows logon domain" Check "Redial if line is dropped" Open "PPP Settings..." and make sure software compression and Neogiate multi-link is unchecked.
In the "Security" register, change everything so it looks like this: Type of VPN: Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol with IPsec (L2TP/IPsec) Data encryption: "Require Encryption (disconnect if server declines)" Allow these protocols: CHAP + MS-CHAP v2
Click on "Advanced settings". Select "Use preshared key for authentication" Enter "HideMyAss" (case sensitive!)
Click on "OK", then again on "OK". You're finished. Now doubleclick the newly made connection "HMA L2TP VPN". The connection window will appear, connect, authenticate, TADA! :)
Visit this website: http://ipaddress.com (or any other IP verifying website, like http://www.ip-score.com) You should now see that your IP, location and internet provider is different than usual. That means you're succesfully connected. Well done!

How to setup PPTP and L2TP Dialer for Windows

HideMyAss Pro VPN Connection Maker

PPTP Dialer v0.9 (387 VPN server included):

Windows 32 bit (x86): HMAPPTP_x86_v0.9.exe
Windows 64 bit (x64): HMAPPTP_x64_v0.9.exe

L2TP Dialer v0.9 (384 VPN server included):

Windows 32 bit (x86): HMAL2TP_x86_v0.9.exe
Windows 64 bit (x64): HMAL2TP_x64_v0.9.exe

Attention:

Make sure to use your PPTP password, not your account password!
When upgrading from older versions, to prevent issues you should first delete the old connection in your network adapter list.

This tool also acts as a client and has all server IPs included,

so you don't need to manually change the connection options when you want to switch servers.

Please let me know of any bugs, via email or through the thread in the HMA forums.

Instructions for creating a L2TP/PPTP connection manually on Windows, Mac, DD-WRT, iPhone/IPad, Android can be found @

Scheduled IP changes

With an external tool called "HMA DialerTool" it is now possible to have
scheduled IP changes every X minutes/seconds with the PPTP and L2TP dialer.
You can also connect/disconnect/reconnect with 1 click,
and the tool supports getting ran with parameters "connect", "disconnect" or "reconnect".
This allows calling the tool from external scripts or applications.

Download:

HMA-DialerTool.exe (1.7 MB)

Friday, May 31, 2013

How to connect VPN in Windows 8

Windows 8

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In case you're experiencing any issues regarding the installation and start of the HMA! Pro VPN client
on Windows 8, please make sure that you're using the latest version (currently v2.7.1.7): HMA-Pro-VPN-2.7.1.7-install.exe
Any compatibility warnings you can just ignore and proceed with installation/start.

Should you - for some reason - want or have to use older versions and experience issues, please try the below things:

Create a manual PPTP connection as explained here -> Tutorial: Create manual PPTP connection on Windows
Name this connection "HMAVPN"
Now, go to the properties of the TAP adapter in your network control panel. Rightclick it, select "Properties".
Click "Configure". Go to the "Advanced" tab, select "Media Status". Set it to "Always Connected".

Now please try to start the HMA client again.
In case the HMA client was unable to install the TAP adapter at all, try installing the OpenVPN client,
which should install the TAP adapter, so the HMA client can use it as well.

On some systems it can occur that the VPN connects but is not being used by the system.
The status of the TAP adapter shows unusual high amount of transferred data.
This is caused be the fact that the TAP adapter was not installed with the local admin account (which is disabled by default)
The fix for this is to enable the local administrator account, login to it, then reinstall the HMA client or the OpenVPN GUI.
Login to your usual account again and disable the local admin account. Restart the computer. Problem should now be fixed :)

If PPTP does not work, this can be caused by the fact that the "Telephony" service is disabled.
Start "services.msc", then start the "Telephony" service and set it to automatic start. Now reinstall the HMA client.

Of course you can also use our alternative connection methods and clients, listed in the article Ways to connect
E.g. the PPTP/L2TP dialer or the OpenVPN client. They work fine with Windows 8.

How to connect VPN in Maemo OS

Maemo OS