CISCO VPN Client Error: Secure VPN Connection Terminated Locally by the Client. Reason 442: Failed to Enable Virtual Adapter.

After installing Cisco VPN client on a machine running Windows 8, you may encounter an error when attempting to connect:

"Secure VPN Connection Terminated Locally by the Client. Reason 442: Failed to Enable Virtual Adapter."



For Windows 8 32-bit machines:

1. From a Run prompt, type regedit

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

3. Double click DisplayName

4. Change the value data from "@oem8.inf,%CVirtA_Desc%;Cisco Systems VPN Adapter" to "Cisco Systems VPN Adapter".

5. Click OK

6. Close Regedit

For Windows 8 64-bit machines:

1. From a Run prompt, type regedit

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

3. Double click DisplayName

4. Change the value data from "@oem8.inf,%CVirtA_Desc%;Cisco Systems VPN Adapter for 64-bit Windows" to "Cisco Systems VPN Adapter for 64-bit Windows".

 5. Click OK

6. Close Regedit

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solution credit: http://www.firewall.cx/cisco-technical-knowledgebase/cisco-services-tech/942-cisco-vpn-client-windows8-fix.html
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