For all my flamingo people who have recently been informed that the morons over at “Flamingo” will be requiring you to install their garbage predatory piece of spyware called “GlobalProtect”, please read the information posted on this guide.
Although I have no problem using a VPN while working, I do have a problem with using a VPN that monitors all traffic, blocks pages, and CANNOT BE TURNED OFF.
It runs in the background on Windows startup (which cannot be disabled in the application), attempts to connect every time, and is a disgusting breach of privacy that I do not want on while I am not working.
So, here is a way to turn if off/on at will.
Step 1:
-Go to Windows seach, and type “services”.
-Open the system services program.
-Scroll and locate a service called “PanGPS”. This is from PaloAlto Networks, the company behind GlobalProtect.
-Right click on “PanGPS” and click “properties”.
-Change “startup type” to Manual. (Do NOT change it to “disabled”, as this will not allow it to launch at all).
[EDIT]
To prevent the application running on startup, you must also go to “Startup Apps” in your windows settings and disable “GlobalProtect client”.
Step 2:
Open up a new windows notepad file, and type:
net start “PanGPS”
Make sure PanGPS is in quotation marks.
Save this file to your desktop with a name that makes it clear launching this application will start the VPN.
MAKE SURE TO CHANGE “.txt” TO “.bat”
this will make the file a. batch file that will run the application when the file is opened.
Step 3:
create another batch file, this time with the text:
net stop “PanGPS”
Save it to your desktop with a name and make sure it is saved as a “.bat” file.
Launching this file will stop the VPN.
Now, you can launch the start or stop files to start and stop the VPN’s application whenever you are working.
Sorry about the formatting, typing this on mobile as my internet is currently down. Hopefully this guide helps.