What's the output of "certutil.exe -store My"? There are few possibilities: 1) the certificate is missing from the computer store; 2) it doesn't have private key in the store (need to generate PKCS #12/PFX package and import it into the store); 3) the certificate is missing necessary attributes, such as Enhanced Key Usage of "IP security IKE Intermediate" (ref. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd941612(v=WS.10).aspx and http://carbonwind.net/blog/post/VPN-Reconnect-in-Windows-7-RC-redux.aspx ) HTH Slav cakey.pem warrior1-key.pem L2TP also into the "automatically" "This e-mail and any attachments to it (the "Communication") is, unless otherwise stated, confidential, may contain copyright material and is for the use only of the intended recipient. If you receive the Communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, delete the Communication and the return e-mail, and do not read, copy, retransmit or otherwise deal with it. Any views expressed in the Communication are those of the individual sender only, unless expressly stated to be those of Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited ABN 11 005 357 522, or any of its related entities including ANZ Bank New Zealand Limited (together "ANZ"). ANZ does not accept liability in connection with the integrity of or errors in the Communication, computer virus, data corruption, interference or delay arising from or in respect of the Communication."