CISCO VPN 442: FAILED TO ENABLE VIRTUAL ADAPTOR - SOLUTION

This problem occurs on Windows 8.1 desktop systems where you installed you VPN Client 5.0.07 and imported the right certificate for your user.

As soon as the credentials are provided, the VPN client shows the well-known “Securing communications channel” at the bottom of the windows application

SOLUTION TO FIX THIS VPN PROBLEM:

1. Open your Windows Registry Editor by typing regedit in the Run prompt.

2. Browse to the Registry Key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\CVirtA

3. From the window on the right, select and right-click on DisplayName and choose Modify from the menu. Alternatively, double-click on DisplayName

4. For Windows 8 32bit (x86) operating systems, change the value data from @oem8.inf,%CVirtA_Desc%;Cisco Systems VPN Adapter to Cisco Systems VPN Adapter.

DONE

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