Could someone check these ethernet screenshots please?.

[bluesjunior 43]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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4 hours ago, bluesjunior said:

I get hangs going between that and zero when I open a new browser window.

What other "services/PID" do you run on your system?
That includes the background services that eat too much CPU etc.
Well?

4 hours ago, bluesjunior said:

I have set the permissions for all involved programs in both the firewall and AV

How did you configure them?

4 hours ago, bluesjunior said:

I tried going back to v2.17.2 but nothing changed

Try updating your TAP-version...You can find this on OpenVPN page as well.
tap-windows-9.23.3-I601-Win10.exe.zip