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Cisco VPN on Windows 8: Failed to Enable Virtual Adapter
Ozzie
After migrating my laptop to Windows 8 RTM, I installed Cisco VPN client software. All went well but when trying to connect to my workplace VPN, I got the error “Failed to enable virtual adapter”.
The problem is that, for some unknown reason, the adapter’s name get’s garbled on your windows registry.
The solution lies on the following steps:
- Open Registry editor by typingregedit in Run prompt
- Browse to the Registry Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Services\\CVirtA
- Select the DisplayName to modify, and remove the leading characters from the value data up to "%;" i.e. for x64, change the value data from something like " @oem8 .inf,%CVirtA_Desc%;Cisco Systems VPN Adapter for 64-bit Windows” to "Cisco Systems VPN Adapter for 64-bit Windows”
- Try connecting again
Good luck!
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