Secure VPN Connection terminated locally by the Client.
Reason 442: Failed to enable Virtual Adapter.
UPDATE: Works with Windows 10: A number of readers have reported this works for Windows 10.
If you receive this error on Windows 8.1 or Windows 10 while trying to connect with the Cisco VPN Client then the solution is a simple registry fix.
Check out this quick 3 minute video on how to fix. Prefer written instructions? They are right below the video.
To fix:
- Click Start and type RegEdit in the Search field and hit enter.
- Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\CVirtA
- Find the String Value called DisplayName
- Right-click and select Modify from the context menu.
- In Value data, remove @oemX.inf,%CVirtA_Desc%;. The Value data should only contain Cisco Systems VPN Adapter for 64-bit Windows.
- Click Ok.
- Close Registry Editor.
- Retry your Cisco VPN Client connection.
I hope this has helped! If you have some extra time, drop a comment in the box below.
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Lotengan says
It worked. Thanks alot
Massimo says
It works for me with Windows 11 22H2. I have to uninstall the Cisco VPN client and apply these steps every time there is a major WIndows 11 upgrade.
The regedit must be run as administrator.
m.safe says
Hi
After upgrade to win11 , it’s happened and this solution work for it too .
tnx
David says
ya no funciona bien da problemas de igual forma. win 10 05-05-2021
David says
ya no funciona bien da problemas de igual forma.
Andrew says
Great! Works now. Thank you so much!
Connie says
Worked great! Thank you!
Mário Pinto says
Obrigado / Tks
Funcionou para mim
Good Job
Bobby says
Thank you man.
The VPN is working again.
Alex says
Worked & Thanks.
peace says
i love u!!!!!!!!!!! i fixed this error !! thank u soooooooo much!
LEONARDO RIVILLINI says
Huhuullll Thanks mannn
heph0013 says
Thanks a lot!
Gonzalo says
It works!!!! thank you a lot
wkk says
Thank you sir!!!
Sukanta says
Thank you
CISCO VPN is working now
Dipak Sonar says
getting error – cannot edit display name: error writing the value’s new contents.
plz help
Azedine says
Worked like a charm on Windows 10. Ta! Gareth
sreekanth says
good it worked for me
Dariuso says
It worked for me.
Thanks!
Carlos says
Thanks! It worked for me
Giridhar says
Thanks a lot, worked for me.
Priyanka says
This was super quick and effective! Thank you so much 🙂
Lijo says
Thank You so much.. long time searching for a solution. now its end
Kris says
Working. Thanks 🙂
sajeesh says
Reason 442: Failed to Enable Virtual Adapter – Windows Server 2003 32 bit
Blaze says
Spot on! 😉
Tino says
Worked fine in Windows 10
akumaru says
thanks a lot, this is the answer that i’ve been looking for
Archibald says
You´re great!
Thx
Alfred says
Thanks !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
bunny says
great .. really helpfull
Amit says
Thanks,
It help me resolve end user issues 100%, tested and working
heads off (..)
Prajith K says
It worked.. thanks
Shane Kerr says
I tried your option and it works perfectly
Pankaj says
Thanks for Advise
Satish says
Hi,
Great work, but in my PC its not showing CVirtA under Services. Please suggest.
Shane Kerr says
Did you follow all the steps?
what OS are you using?
Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\CVirtA
Robert says
Great! Very helpfull! Thanks!
swati says
Wow…. Worked in Windows 8 in the first try itself. :-)Happy to leave a comment here. Thanks..
Raj Ch says
Thanks it worked for me
Eutychus says
I can confirm that this still works. Windows 10 Build 1709. Thank you for this fix.
Raj Ch says
Thanks it worked for me
James says
Worked for me (Windows 10 Pro 1803 ), had to install SonicWall Global VPN in order to install CISCO VPN before hand.
http://help.mysonicwall.com/Applications/vpnclient/
Sumit says
Yes Its works.
Many thanks
Jeremy says
Beautiful, worked for me. Super easy fix, thanks!
Michael Salamon says
Thank you, even for Windows 10 Pro 1809 this hint worked, although Microsoft mentioned after update to 1809 the ciscovpnclient-programm has been deleted due to incompatibility. After repair the app and correcting the registry-key, the connection succeeded!
Dominik says
Good job 🙂
TNT says
Worked for me on Windows 10 version 1803 after the update.
Naga says
Thank you so much, I tried with different options for week time but Your option worked well.:)
Sathiya Kumar V M says
Wow. Worked in Windows 10 in the first try itself. Happy to leave a comment here. Thanks for saving my time dear 🙂
ufuk selçuk says
You are the best !!!
DCS says
Worked on Windows 10! Glad to see a solution that worked exactly as prescribed and on the first try. Cheers!
Michael Fray says
Worked on W8.1
vinicius says
thank you, it works!!!
Rick says
NOPE didn’t work for me
Sachin Kamble says
Thanks a lot. It Worked for windows 10.
Brian says
It work for me on Windows 10.
Thank you!
IK says
Best fix….. nice and easy…….it worked on my windows 10 pro.
thank you.
Kingsley says
Nice! this works. Thanks
Душан says
Thank you it works on w10 pro build 1607 14393.2189
cris says
Funciona!! gracias
Mark says
Thanks a lot, It has helped
Harpreet Singh says
Thank you. It helps a lot.
Chak says
Thank you very much. It worked perfectly.
Sunil Yadav says
Thank you very much…..
Rudy Molina says
Your instructions worked perfectly! I am now able to connect.
Thank you very much.
Justin says
Confirmed this resolved in Windows 8.1 on a Surface Pro 3.
Md.Robel says
Now Cisco VPN Client working well. thanks
Mohan says
I got smae issue in win 10 pro, it got fixed by this approach ,Thanks a lot
Erice Marcelino says
Very nice .. Thanks ..
Gilberto Mendoza says
Cool, it worked for me. Thank you!
AK says
Thank you. The solution worked for me.
Shaddu says
It worked for me on windows 10 64 bit. Thank you very much
Fernando says
Works !!!! Thanks !!!
jose luis says
it works for me
i have a windows 10 home
thank you!
jm1234 says
worked!
Fabio says
It worked! Thanks!!!
Sam says
It worked
Kevin D says
Sometimes you get that error because it didn’t turn off properly the last time. If this fix doesn’t work, try manually enabling the adapter and reconnect.
Thanks for the fix you posted, I’m adding it to my mental wiki and will script a version for my coworkers.
fabio says
Muito obrigado pela ajuda, funcionou perfeitamente.
Ali Hamadeh says
Works as explained. Many thanks.
Ali
dinesh gavali says
great solution, its really work
Perry says
Excellent, spent hours googling and trying a million options but yours is the only thing that works! Windows 10 , Cisco Systems VPN Client 64-bit
Thanks!
Asif says
Thanks a lots
Arpad C. says
Thanks man! It worked! 😀
afiq says
Thanks Friend. It work!
Yolanda says
Thanks a lot, it works 🙂
Martin Hook says
Bingo! Works like a dream 🙂
Mike Anderson says
Awesome – thanks
Dave says
Amazing and worked for me !!!
Mario VAZQUEZ says
Thanks!! Works Perfect!!! Windows 10 Pro 64-Bits
eduardo says
Worked for me!…..Windows 8.1 pro , Thanks
Nikolai says
You are the man!!
Jen says
It worked. Thank you. Best help I’ve had all day!
Valter says
It worked for me!
Joems says
Thanks Man
Vlad says
Works perfect for Cisco VPN..also when using a VM.
Thanks a lot.
Vlad
pccanales says
It Works! Thanks!
Kenneth says
Thanks very much.
It actually works
Sam says
Thanks, it works for me in Window 10.
Junaid says
Thanks….worked for me on windows 10
Alfredo says
Thanks! I had to start regedit with Run as Administrator in order for the edit to take, but it worked.
wil says
I’ve done this but I still get the 442 error
nick says
it works for my windows 10
Abdyel says
AWSOME!!!!!!!!! Works great for me!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Xheni says
Thank you!!!
Ehab says
Thanks, it’s working like a charm .
Sireesh says
I had the same issue on win10 and raised several tickets with no luck. However, with the above steps, the issue is fixed. Thank you so much……its very clear …
Fernando says
Thanks! A Lot! Very simple.
Guillermo says
Four years later and still works! Thanks a lot for this tip and for writing it as simple as it is.
Theo says
It works on my Win 10 installation. Thanks for a good and simple article
data2700 says
Windows 10 and following these steps did work for me. Thank you very much, you solved a big problem for me!
ajhdaksdj says
me encanto funciono de maravillas muchísimas gracias
RAM CHIGURE says
thank you yar it works
Salman says
Worked Like a Charm!!! Without this solution, another week would have been wasted!!! This has been my few lucky moments where I found a solution that JUST WORKS from the START! Perfect and thank you again!!!
Marvin Hatfiekd says
Thanks this information was on the point and it was a very easy fix thanks for the help
Bari Dominguez says
Worked perfect. Great!
Amar says
WoW it worked very well. This really made my day. Thank you so much
Sumit says
Thanks… its really helpful.
Chandra says
Thanks a lot buddy, really appreciate your effort on this
Bhawna Bajaj says
It works for me too. Thank you..
Zulfikhar Naiyar says
Works perfectly!! Thanks a lot 🙂
Mohammed Muttardi says
Worked PERFECTLY!! Thanks alot
Sudhakar says
Works Perfect!!!
Thank you, Gareth.
juan pablo ciceri says
Amazing! thank you so much 🙂
you are the boss
Zargron says
Worked for me.
As an aside, before knowing of this fix…
– had it running on Windows 8 for a couple of weeks
– stopped working, tried remove/reinstall Cisco VPN Client
– it failed to reinstall with unhelpful message
– eventually decided to upgrade to Windows 8.1 (64bit)
– did usual backup, clean and tidy and so forth
– after upgrade VPN Client installed (yay!)
– got the 442 error, applied above fix, all working! (yay^2!!)
KD says
Worked for me too!! THANKS!!!
Alain says
Thanks, It worked
Muhammad K.omer says
Great, solved and works
Thanks
Assis says
Awesome it worked !
Thanks,
Assis
Admin77 says
Thanks, seems to have worked on some machines. Which is better than none. =)
Bev says
Thanks Garth. Instructions were clear, easy to follow and spot on!!!!
jagadeesh says
Thanks… It works
Jay says
Great find thank you so much ……keep continuing your good work 🙂
sumitharjunan says
great, that solved my issue
Efrain says
It did worth!! Thanks
Dharma says
Awesome.. I was scratching my head and my local helpdesk team also couldnt fix. But this worked so easily. Thanks a lot
Alberto says
it worked great – thanks!
Ernest says
At first it didn’t work, but I realized that it was an extra space after the text in th DisplayName register. I removed the extra space and it worked.
Murali says
Thank a lot it helped me
Elias says
Thanks, worked fine (Win10)!
Eang Ney says
Hello All, I am having same problem but as checked in regedit, i’ve seen nothing to remove, its already “Cisco Systems VPN Adapter” in Display Name. Mine is Windows 10. Any comment on this, please?
Murad Tatay says
It worked with win10, thanks a lot.
Muhd Nur Iman says
Thanks! it worked.. thank you very much
Angie says
it worked…thanks for your assistance and knowledge…
Leo says
Thanks! it worked
Kite says
Thanks! It worked!
Trung Ma says
Thanks. work like a charm
Debojit Bose says
great!!!! It worked
Sherif says
Thanks, its work well great article …:)
Vince says
Quite correct with this solution – Thanks heaps
Khalid says
Hi I had the same issue but when i tried the above solution it says (Cannot edit DisplayName:Error writing the value’s new contents. any help pleas
Gareth Gudger says
Hmm. Almost sounds like you don’t have permissions to make registry changes. Do you have local admin rights to your PC?
Gaurang Vyas says
Great. It works.
RUGGERO says
GREAT!!!!
jose says
Thanks a lot man, it works =)
Ekal D. Luffy says
Thanks you very much, It’s worked, you are genius
Imran Shafqat says
Perfect Solution …….Thanks. Cisco should release newer client versions to support new OS
Ryan says
Holy crap!!! It worked.
eric says
It worked! Thanks so much
Lenkoe says
Thank you Very much. It works.
Robert D says
Amazing so easy, now why in the world does windows make it so difficult!, Download winfix, download dne reset, then this, all to install something that always worked perfectly well in win 7!! Thanks a million!
Matt says
Worked – thanks!
Ayo says
Thanks
It worked
Anusha says
It works…Thanks
tsitsomakhakhe says
thanx man, work just great.
James says
That worked! Thanks for the help!
Deb says
Highly Appreciated!!
Joe says
The registry edit fixed the VPN connection initially for my Windows 8.1 laptop. However a few days later the same issue came back (Error 442).
The registry still shows the Modified value: “Cisco Systems VPN Adapter for 64-bit Windows”. However it is not working any more.
Your feedback would be greatly appreciated!
hakan says
Me too, pls help 🙂
hakan says
services.msc -> ICS -> stop working then use VPN it works.
Umar Muqthar says
Perfect ! Thanks for your help !
Ney says
Thanks Haksan. it worked for services.msc -> ICS -> stop working then use VPN it works.
Mawer says
Perfect Hakan, one year later and works fine.
Shankar says
Thank You…It is working for me
sudhakar says
Thank you!!! Worked like a charm
Alvaro says
It worked for me on Windows 10. Thanks.
Sean Hunter says
Well done. Thank you. This solved my issue so easily.
Preeti says
Thanks for sharing it. It resolved the problem perfectly.
Karthik.sasa says
Thanq vry much..
Nat says
It actually worked! Bravo!!! and THANK YOU VERY VERY VERY MUCH!
Subhash Singh says
Services.msc – Disable and stop ICS service. restart the VPN connection then try to connect. Now VPN is connected sucessfully.
Leonardo Costa says
Best Answer!! Thanks Subhash Singh!!
What I did:
> Stop CISCO service
> Stop ICS service
> Start Cisco service
> Connect to your VPN and have a Nice work!
Lajol1 says
Mind you, this is about Windows 10 issue
Omair Anwer says
Thanks man solved my issue 🙂
hndbrk says
Windows 10 – that worked, unbelievable…
valentin says
Thank you, it is working fine!
Chris Marvin says
I just started using windows 10 and ran into this issue. This fix worked perfectly – thanks so much for posting!
venkat reddy says
thanks yr you guys great helped me out
mrinal says
great .. solved my issue. i wasted somuch time on this.
Arbyn says
Thank you
You solved my 2 years problem
Anthony says
Work a charm!!! Thanks for the help… don’t know what we would do without guys like you out there!
Michael O'Neill says
Fantastic, worked first time!
gassin says
Sir you are the best!!!!! I had tried several solutions but nothing worked until I tried yours. Thanks!!!!!!
Karthik says
Thanks – This worked perfectly well and it was so well explained that within 5 mins i got this issue resolved. Appreciate it!!
Aswin says
Great, It works for windows 10..I appreciate your help.. Keep going
Joanna says
Thank you it worked!!!
Sam says
Brilliant! This works!
Thank uuuu
Marcel says
This worked at last! It took me quite a while to even get the client working and after that it still didnt connect to the VPN concentrator with the 442 message.. After the REGEDIT change it works like a charm! Win 10 – 1511 is the OS running here.
Thx for the info! Thumbs up!!!!
Javier says
thanks a lot .. help me to do a vpn connection
Tom says
I did this and it still did not connect. Any thoughts? I connected via LAN instead of wifi as well, no use. Thanks!
Adam says
Worked for me, thanks!
Guru says
Worked like a champ for Windows 10 Enterprise edition
Marco_DoC says
thanks, it solved my problem
Irv Weinstein says
Gareth, this is a great tip! Thanks. I upgraded to Windows 10 last night and the Cisco VPN client would not even start. So I uninstalled it, rebooted, downloaded and reinstalled it. My registry did NOT contain the value name of DisplayName, so I simply created a String Value key called DisplayName, and then out in the value data of Cisco Systems VPN Adapter for 64-bit Windows. Closed out of the VPN client and opened it back up, and it worked! Thank you very much sir!
Chuck says
Awesome. I am not very tech savvy, I usually have to get help for this sort of stuff. This was my last obstacle in reconnecting to my VPN since my ill-advised update to Windows 10 and subsequent loss of my trusty VPN Client. (Those bastards!) Your instructions were spot-on. I feel like Robin Hood. THANK YOU!
Gareth Gudger says
Glad to be of service Chuck! Although I think Windows 10 will grow on you. 🙂
Alberto says
It works like a charm, thanks
Soames says
Thank you…works really well.
Mohamed Abu Abdo says
Great It works 🙂
Amit says
It worked at one go. amazing. Thanks so much.
ismael says
Worked for me on windows 10. Thanks so much!
Slish says
It worked fine. Windows 10. Thank you!
Asad Usman says
Worked on Windows 10, Thanks.
Kamal says
Thanks for your help
Kamal says
Thank you
Conrad says
Thanks for the tip! Keep up the good work…
Ste says
woa…. thanks you so…………much…….
Andy says
Great job, thanks!
James says
Ace! That worked perfectly. Running Windows 10.
Gopal says
It worked perfectly for Me in windows 10 Latest Update 32 bit.
Shadow says
Works with Windows 10… after those boneheads forced an update.. 12-6-2015.. Microsoft SUX
Jim L says
Still works great, thanks
luno says
Me too, Thanks a lot!
Nors Liv says
It is working with me thanks
Jhonny López says
Worked for in Windows 10!
Jhonny López says
I mean, worked for me in Windows 10!
Vaughan says
Legend! thanks, you have saved me a lot of time trying to troubleshoot this issue.
Gursimrat says
Thanks was very helpfull
Umar Mian says
Thank You very much. Its resolved my issue.
Aykut T. says
thanks for help 🙂
Josh says
worked like a charm, awesome job. MS has no clue
sandeep Chopade says
I get the below error before entering user id and password . I am using windows 8.1
Secure VPN connection terminated locally by the client
Reason 412 : The remote peer is no longer responding .
When I use shrewsoft client , it works fine. Can you please help me why CISCO client is not working for me.
Thanks
Sandeep
Gareth Gudger says
Hey Sandeep,
Could be a couple of causes for error 412.
Here is the cause and solution I ran into in my case.
http://supertekboy.com/2014/01/15/cisco-vpn-reason-412-the-remote-peer-is-no-longer-responding/
Sujith says
Thanks a lot!
Aravamuthan says
Worked Great, Thanks a lot..!!!!!!!!!!!
Razvan says
Hello,
I have Win10Pro X64 after I removed “@oemX.inf,%CVirtA_Desc%;” i have error 56 the cisco vpn service has not been started. Please help i need vpn client .
Thanks!
Anuj says
Worked like a charm,
Cheers for that
cdcd says
Спасибо. Помогло. OS WINDOWS 10 Pro
itaki says
This worked like a charm. Thanks a bunch.
Mohd Irshad says
Thanks Gareth Gudger, It worked for me
holytest says
It works for my Win 8.1
Mauricio says
Awsome… many thanks for this post!!!
Venkat says
Thank you very mush for help!
dragon2611 says
Works on windows 10 other than DNS which although it configures the DNS servers on the client the client and they can be pinged the client seems unable to resolve any dns entries using them.
Dns resolution works fine on a win7 32bit client so i know the dns servers themselves are working
nut285 says
It works..Thank you
Anji says
Good solutions. Its working for me.
Thanks a lot.
Pruthvi Reddy Lokasani says
Hi, i have tried on windows 10 pro, i am not able to solve the issue
Diego says
I have windows 10 pro and this worked for me: http://www.nextofwindows.com/how-to-get-cisco-vpn-to-work-on-windows-8-developer-preview -> option 2
ohymanHyaman says
Very good solution , worked for me at once.
Ady says
Great article. My issue was with Any connect VPN client on windows 8.1. Client would throw an error after i have supplied username and password and on checking the windows event viewer log i see warning with a message saying Cisco AnyConnect VPN Client must be reinstalled after you upgrade windows. I found that for AnyConnect client registry is located at \HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\vpnva. at said location i removed extra characters from the DisplayName key as mentioned above in the article and worked like a charm!! Just FYI client exe was for windows7/vista.
Ady says
Client Version is AnyConnect VPN Client 2.5.3051
Gareth Gudger says
Awesome. Thanks for the info Ady!
Ray Diaz says
It Works, thank you very much !
putrivium says
thx alot it worked and help me so much
zahid says
Thanks
It helped
manuel pernia says
exelente me ayudo y resolvio el problema gracioas!!!!!
Alexander says
Thank you for this post. I have modified registry as write on this post and vpn connection is working. Cisco client 5.0.07.0440, Windows 10 x64 build 10130.
Irfan says
After this changes also if it’s not worked then…?
Ganesh Pal says
Thanks good article
Randolph Carnegie says
It worked – Thanks for taking the time to post
Andri says
works works….many thanks…
Emmanuel Alvarado Mandujano says
Excellent, thanks a lot
dlacaba says
Simple and it works, Awesome!
Venkat says
Great Job..Buddy
Arin says
Awesome…broo…great job.
Rafael Barreto says
Excellent!!! This workaround works!
Thanks a lot for the information.
Cheers.
Wim de Jong says
Thanks a lot, 1 search and immediatelly the right solution “clapping hands”
Sabrina Carvalho says
Hello
Do you know any other thing that can cause this error message?
I already try to change the value data on regedit but when I get there the data already was “Cisco Systems VPN Adapter for 64-bit Windows”
I’m sorry if anyone already ask this question but I don’t find it here.
Thank you very much
Sabrina
Gareth Gudger says
Often uninstalling the VPN client, rebooting and reinstalling can help. It may also occur if you have multiple VPN clients loaded on the same PC.
ricky says
this works, many thanks
Russ says
What about
Secure VPN Connection terminated locally by the Client.
Reason 440: Driver Failure.
I can’t find a fix for this anywhere. Starts the same, using Cisco VPN Client, upgrade to Windows 8.1 and then get that message. Anyone have a fix?
Thanks,
Russ
Gareth Gudger says
Hey Russ, that sounds like the Cisco Virtual Adapter is completely missing.
Click Start >> type NCPA.CPL and hit enter. You should see a list of Local Area and Wireless connections. See if any one of these reads Cisco VPN adapter in its description.
You may also want to try doing a full uninstall of the Cisco VPN Client software, reboot, and then a reinstall.
Let me know if this works.
Mummidi says
This did not help me, please help – I tired all above steps, struggling from last 1 month
thexwarrior says
Thanks Dude! It works! 🙂
Paul Sita says
This didn’t work for me. What else can I try? The description already reads as it is supposed to read in the registry.
Gareth Gudger says
Hey Paul, can you confirm which build of the Cisco VPN client you have? Go to Help menu. Will show there.
Yenson Velasquez Laos says
Muchas gracias me funciono. Es un gran aporte
Venkat says
Thanks a lot, it fixed the issue.
RN says
Great Help. Thank You -:)
Slazenger says
this is fucking awesome….thanks a bunch!
Iris Hopp says
Thanks, it fixed my issue!
Edwin says
Muchas Gracias…funcionó muy bien!!!!
Roberto says
Thks a lot…GBY!!!!
ladyunemployed says
Okay I think my comment got deleted But THANK YOUUUUUU YOU SAVED MY DAY!!!!! Soooooo awesome. Now if you could only help me with that bizarre windows powershell problem I’ve been having.
ladyunemployed says
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH YOU SAVED THE DAY!!!! I’m supposed to work from home tomorrow and PANICKED because I just updated to Windows 8.1 and it didn’t work. THANK YOUUUUU. Now, if you could only help me solve that darn “Powershell is stopped working” problem.
Lynwood Hines says
You just made my day a lot less stressful — THANK YOU!
adekdik says
It’s work like a boss!!!
Thanks..
Diego says
Hi,
Just to say thank you and also to confirm that this solution works for Windows 10 (Technical Preview). After trying all things (reinstall VPN client, enabling/disabling virtual adapter, repairing virtual adapter) this was the only thing that solved the issue.
Cheers!
Gareth Gudger says
Awesome! Thanks for sharing Diego. I will amend the article with that new information and give credit to you for that find.
Nick says
Thanks for this info! Worked perfectly and I’m sure saved me hours of troubleshooting!
guru says
Great it fixed my issue !!
Chamika Sandamal says
Grate !!! it fixed my issue.
Pedro says
This worked perfectly! A million thanks!
gabriel says
Thank you !!!! You are a Teacher !!! Best regards . Gabriel
Pelle says
Thanx very much. How the ++ll did u find that?
Jenny says
Excellent! My laptop just forced the Window 8.1 upgrade, and my VPN was not working anymore. I followed the simple instruction here, it worked! Saved my day. I don’t remember the last time I ever made any change in the registry. Thank you so much.
ibrahim says
happy fr you jevnny, please till me can you connect t your servers using remote desktop RDP?
Arun says
Thanks, it worked for me.
Tan Nguyen says
Thanks, it works to me
Tolong Meja personnel says
Horray! finally it works. Thanks a lot
ibrahim says
when i install Cisco client on windows XP the connection done an remote desktop working 100%. but here on my windows 8.1 Ent. the problem occur.
note: our Cisco ASA configured before 4 years and working 100%.
is there any similar software to use with windows 8.1
thanks.
Gareth Gudger says
Very strange. Perhaps a local firewall on the Windows machine is causing the problem. Try disabling any local firewalls on the 8.1 box and see if that makes any difference.
Cisco is trying to lead everyone to use the AnyConnect VPN client. It works fine with Windows 8.1 and is still actively developed. It requires separate configuration on your ASA firewall if you haven’t used it previously.
Another alternative is to use Shrew Soft VPN client. A lot of people have had success with it as an alternative.
ibrahim says
thanks for your support, i will try then get back to you.
Fadlan says
i made everything like u said but still the same 🙁 !!
Error 442 is still there.
The weird thing is that when i go Device Manager i try to activate Cisco Adapter its stays for 1 min at most and thann it deactivate alone Code(22) !!
Thanks for listening !
Gareth Gudger says
The Cisco Adapter device will be listed as disabled until the VPN software tries to establish a VPN connection. When you disconnect from a VPN it will revert back to a disabled state. That is normal behavior.
Fadlan says
Okay but i still can’t connect i did go in regedit and Cvirta64…the Name is fine but still doesn’t connect.still error 442..
i have Disabled Firewall but nothing still the same 🙁 !!
Thanks btw for listening 🙂 !!
Gareth Gudger says
Can you try reinstalling your Cisco client? Do a complete uninstall and reinstall. Also, can you confirm what build you are on?
Michael says
I am running the Tech Preview for windows 10 and with build 9841 I had it working and now with 9860 it is not. After checking the registry it is correct “Cisco Systems VPN Adapter for 64-bit Windows” any ideas, still getting the error…
Gareth Gudger says
Keep meaning to load up Windows 10 Preview, but haven’t yet. Probably can’t get to it until next week. Will let you know.
ibrahim says
thank you, my Cisco VPN client connected, but i still can’t connect to my servers via remote desktop? any help please
Gareth Gudger says
Perhaps a DNS issue. Can you RDP using an IP address? If not, could be a configuration issue on the firewall itself. Check this article. http://supertekboy.com/2014/01/28/cisco-vpn-connects-but-cannot-access-inside-resources/
youe says
Very nice, thank you.
Sashi says
Worked for me. Thanks for the solution !
CC says
Hi there, I can’t seem to find CVirtA; under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services there is nothing that is remotely similar to it 🙁
What am I doing wrong?
Thanks for your help!
Gareth Gudger says
Almost sounds like the software isn’t installed correctly. Can you try reinstalling the Cisco IPSEC VPN software?
CC says
Hmm… I was actually trying to install this Cisco ‘VPN client’ from my school (University of Ottawa in Canada) and that was what error showed up. I’m guessing this client is not in any way related to the one everyone here is using?
(…Because I have no clue what you mean by Cisco IPSEC VPN software! haha)
***Thanks for your prompt response though !***
PS: for what it’s worth, this is the client I was trying to use http://www.uottawa.ca/support/en/software/vpn-client (under “VPN Client for Windows 8 Ent./Windows 7/Vista/XP”)
Gareth Gudger says
It looks like it is the same client. IPSEC is just a way to distinguish between this client and the AnyConnect client. Cisco has a couple different VPN clients.
Did you reboot after you installed the Cisco VPN client?
If so, try this.
Click Start >> type ncpa.cpl and hit enter. You should get a window with all your network connections. You will likely have two or more Local Area Connections. One of the Local Area Connections should have a description that has Cisco in it.
Right click on that and go to Properties. Then click on the Configure button. Go to the Details tab. In the “Property” drop down select “Service”. What is in the “Value” box when you select service?
CC says
Unfortunately due to that first error message, it never actually installed at all. I would click on the vpnclient64_5007.exe file and it would show me that message after a couple seconds, then said it will ‘exit’ the install.
Though just in case, I did what you described and I have only 4 listed: bluetooth, ethernet, wi-fi, and local area connection (which says “Network cable unplugged, TAP-windows Adapter V9”)
I never had a problem getting the VPN client to work with my old laptop on Windows Vista and 7… funky that for 8 there is some whackiness.
CC says
Also, just in case this was what you were looking for, when I go to Properties etc. for the Local Area Connection that is listed, I get Value: tap0901
Gareth Gudger says
It sounds like the Cisco installer can’t create the Virtual Adapter at all.
Based on the properties of your Local Area Connection, that sounds like you may have another VPN software on your computer already.
Do you know if you have another VPN software already loaded on your system?
And if so, can it be uninstalled? Maybe at that point your Cisco VPN client will install correctly.
CC says
Oh. I never thought about that possibility. I shall have to check all of this tomorrow, but thanks so much for your help and patience!
I’ll let you know if there’s any progress 🙂
CC says
Hi Gareth,
Just realised I didn’t actually post the error message I was referring to in my previous replies. Every time I try to install the VPN client, I get “Operating system found: Not a WINNT class OS” and it exits the install (ie. never finishes).
[Back to what you were saying yesterday] I did end up finding something called “open-VPN” (this is a relative’s laptop) — I uninstalled it to see if it would change anything, but sadly I got the same error message as above.
I am starting to think this is a lost cause.. Windows 8/8.1 has been really finicky for me and I hope it’s not just me.
Thanks for your thoughts!
Gareth Gudger says
That error makes no sense. Windows 8.1 is a WINNT class OS. Does your University have another version of the Cisco VPN installer you could try?
Also, you mentioned you are using the 64bit Cisco VPN installer. Can you confirm your Windows is the 64bit version and not 32bit version?
I can’t find anything on Google regarding your error. I think something is messed up in the registry on your PC. It might come down to reinstalling Windows.
CC says
Hmm.. Yes seems it must be something corrupted or missing. Definitely 64-bit and Windows 8.1 when we first got it (we didn’t have to upgrade from 8 ourselves).
I will have to see what the campus computer services folks can tell me, and investigate re-installing OS, but for now I’ll just have to make do without 😛
Thanks Gareth for taking the time to help me out 🙂 If I find a fix I’ll post it here (who knows, someone else might have this problem one day–though I hope not because it is poopy).
CC says
*UPDATE*
I hope this doesn’t digress too far from your original post, but I managed to get a different VPN to work (a friend’s suggestion). Just in case anyone comes here for the same problem, this is what I did:
1) Download and install Shrew Soft VPN client from https://www.shrew.net/download/vpn
2) Extract the university’s VPN client files from the compressed .exe provided (should contain a folder with .pcf files in it)
3) Open up Shrew VPN and import the .pcf file(s) for whichever connection you need (there may/may not be more than one but these were well-labelled so I found the one I wanted)
4) Input the username/password like normal and you’re good to go!
Thanks again for all your help – keep up the great website 🙂
Gareth Gudger says
Glad you got a solution! Shrew Soft VPN is a good alternative to the Cisco client.
gevagorou@msn.com says
Thanks! Simple and clean instructions. It worked on a Windows 8.1 machine
Royce says
Perfect! Worked for me!
Bunyamin Simsek says
worked!
Excellent tip.
sturgeonninja says
Applied reg fix and still not functioning. Then I noticed there was 2 local adapters I disabled the duplicate and enabled the primary and we are back in business. I then went into Device Manage and deleted the 2nd entry. Rebooted and tested. Boom Chicky…
Gareth Gudger says
Thanks for the update SturgeonNinja. Just to clarify, were both of those adapters, Cisco VPN Adapters?
sturgeonninja says
Gudger,
Yes both network adapters display as “Cisco System VPN Adapter for Windows 64 bit” but 1 of them had a “2” after the title. I suspect I had corruption from the uninstall/reinstalls of multiple versions of the Cisco VPN installations during troubleshooting. I ended up using version 5.0.07.0440. I completed uninstalls and manually deleted the VPN folder left behind in the programs folder as well as registry keys each time. Not sure why I had the 2 copies. I have 2 other Windows Surface Pro 3 with Windows 8.1 Pro to configure. I’m going to start with the successful version and apply the reg fix if needed. I Suspect I will not have the duplicate adapter issue again.
Gareth Gudger says
Awesome! Thanks for the clarification!
Bara' Jml says
Dear, already i have no problem on the register but still get the error 442
need a break says
I had the same issues with it not working after applying the reg fix and trying multiple versions. I found that I had 2 local area adapters. I Disabled the duplicate and enabled the primary and boom chicky were are in business.
Anton says
Didn’t help cause when I opened modify windows in regedit there were already “Cisco Systems VPN Adapter for 64-bit Windows”, so the problem probably somewhere else.
Gareth Gudger says
Hey Anton. Were you ever able to figure out what the issue was? 412 normally means some form of issue enabling the VPN adapter. Might be a conflict with another VPN client on your system if you have multiple VPNs.
John K says
Top tip. Thanks.
Shibin says
Worked! Thanks so much.
mor says
Thank you very much!!
Iam Razir says
Thanks for this…worked perfectly on Windows 8.1 Pro (Surface Pro 3), using Cisco VPN 5.0.0.7.0440. However, this only gave me the ability to connect to the VPN. I still cannot get to any network resources. So, I suspect I only crossed one hurdle at this point and there are more in front of me….
Gareth Gudger says
Hey Iam Razlr. Sounds like it may be a configuration error on the VPN appliance itself. Can other users get in okay? If others can get in, could be a local firewall on your own system blocking traffic.
praveen says
Thanks so much, This fixed my issue.
Dennis says
Work, thanks.
Nira says
Thanks a lot. Finally I am in.
Jonas says
Worked perfectly. Thanks a lot! /Jonas
Ralph says
After installing the Cisco VPN client version 5 on windows I had to apply the Registry Fix listed above and also disabling FIPS on windows 8.1 did the trick
Gareth Gudger says
Thanks for the tip Ralph!
Brian says
This fix worked perfectly. Thank you so much.
ChrisS says
Awesome this worked perfectly
Rathna says
Upgraded to windows 8.1 from 8.0 , got the similar error asked me to re-install..however followed the steps above and it worked 🙂 Thanks a bunch…
Sajid says
I had already spent some time before your help arrived! This was simply awesome!
Kara says
This worked great! Many, many thanks!
A. Viro says
This fix is a great one, but begs the question: WHY?!? Why would a company worth more than $100 billion have a core product in circulation that is so stupidly broken?
Gareth Gudger says
Thanks! I believe they are trying to phase out the older IPSEC VPN client in favor of the AnyConnect client.
Ivalberto says
It isn’t work to me, what else can do i?
Lucas M. Ciruzzi says
Thank you very much, seriously.
Ondra says
Thank You. It is worked 🙂
Ian says
Perfect. Thanks
Alejandro says
This worked for me with vpnclient-winx64-msi-5.0.07.0440-k9.zip
Thank you!
Barry says
THANK YOU!!!! I just upgraded today from 8.0 to 8.1 and was ##### until I found this………
parobst@comcast.net says
Worked perfectly! Thank you!!
Technosherpa says
Thank-you very much: it worked for me! You saved me a lot of time. Great!
Francis says
thanks a lot.it fixed the issue
qwe.asd says
It actually works. Thank you
LK says
Thanks ! This solved my problem right away.
Estelvio says
Obrigado.Problema resolvido
Prashant Middha says
Thanks it worked perfectly
Dinesh says
Thanks it’s work…..
Horacio Perez says
Excelent!!!!!
Noah Body says
Thank you! This worked perfectly! 🙂
Ken says
Very efficient resolution
Basorun gaa says
Awsome!!!! Thanks.. Life saver 🙂
gator says
Awesome, thanks!!
Aaron Hoover says
Thank you so much for your help! This did the trick quickly and easily for me.
nnameles says
Hi! Thanks a lot! That saves me time
Idan says
Well done. Quick and easy solution. Thanks a lot!
Chandra Wijaya Setiawan says
Hi you save my day dude
anhduy nguyen says
i can connect vpn cisco client if i do it follow the instruction, but i can not connect to my network ( can not ping and can not remote desktop ), please help me ? how can i do fix it ?
Gareth Gudger says
So to clarify, your VPN client connects but then you can’t access your internal network?
Has this ever worked?
Are you getting an IP address on your Cisco VPN Adapter if you run an IPCONFIG from command line.
Xolisa Mlobothi says
Thank you very much this solution is working just fine
Eduardo says
Great ! The solution Worked !!! You’ve saved a lot of my time during a raining sunday !!!!
Gareth Gudger says
Awesome! Was raining like crazy here Saturday. Buckets of rain.
Shadab says
Hi I had made all the require changes as given by you, I checked regedit that is also correct ,Can you give any other solution. I am used windows 8 Enterprise 32 -bit version. And VPN Client version is vpnclient-win-msi-5.0.06.0160-k9
Please do needfull
Gareth Gudger says
Hi Shadab. That build is old. The last published version from Cisco was 5.0.07.0440, which was the first version they stated would work with Windows 7 64bit. No official version was ever released for Windows 8. I would recommend uninstalling the version you have and reinstalling the newer build. Then confirm the registry key is still good.
Shadab says
Dear Sir,
Now i used “vpnclient-win-msi-5.0.07.0290-k9” and I had made all the require changes as given by you, I checked regedit that is also correct but still it is not working , Plz can you give any other solution.
Gareth Gudger says
Hmm, I would uninstall that one and try getting your hands on the 5.0.7.0440 build.
Muneesh says
Worked !!! You’ve saved me time!!!!
vinay says
Hi I had made all the require change, I checked regedit that is also correct , I tried with uninstall and re install but same problem not able to connect. Can you give any other solution. I am used windows 8.1 Enterprise version. And VPN Client version is 5.0.07.0440
Please do needfull
Steve says
Hi Vlnay, I have exactly the same issue as you. Did you ever get this to work? I need mine fixed asap 🙁
Thomas Campbell says
Yep.. helped me too.. thank dude…
gregfly26 says
Perfect ! Thanks for your help !
Judel says
Thank a lot Bro!
Felizitas says
Thank you for sharing, it saved me a lot of trouble!
Michael says
Bingo! Fixed it ….thank you, saved alot of headaches…
Alessandro says
Wow! Thank you for sharing it worked like a charm. Thanks a lot! Keep up the good work!
laurenquartz says
Thanks for the easy fix!
supertekboy says
You are most welcome!
christie says
omg thank you!! yes it worked! 😀
CiscoSucks says
Excellent! Worked perfectly.
Linda says
Fabulous thank you so much!
Minh Tran says
Thanks a lot, Supertekboy!!!
Vander says
Great!
Thank you very much!
Ahniwa Ferrari says
This worked like a charm. Nice to have an easy fix and thanks for sharing this information!
amy says
I have the same problem as Vicki (Feb. 2, 2014) that I had an error message with VPN -reason 442. I am using the latest VPN (5.0.07.0440) and 64bit Window 8.1. I just checked my registry entry and it is correct. Does anyone has a solution for Vicki yet?
supertekboy says
Hey Amy,
Can you try uninstalling and reinstalling the VPN client?
Also, check the following. Click Start, type NCPA.CPL and hit enter. This will bring up the network control panel. You may have a couple of connections that read “Local Area Connection”. One of them will be disabled by default. If you check the properties it should say “Cisco Systems VPN Adapter for 64-bit Windows” in the Connect Using box. On that connection make sure that “Deterministic Network Enhancer” has a check mark next to it.
Lastly, do you have any other VPN clients installed? Sometimes I have seen that two different VPN clients on the same PC will not coexist.
Any firewalls on the PC?
Vicki says
I finally had to uninstall & reinstall the VPN and change the registry and it works perfectly now.
supertekboy says
Great news! Glad you found a resolution.
Steve says
Hi SuperTekBoy,
I have just updated to Windows 8.1 on 64-Bit.
My Cisco VPN was working flawlessly before this. I rmember having to fix the registry key as described above previously in order to get it working.
I have to other VPN clients installed.
I’ve checked the LAN connection to make sure it connects using ‘Cisco Systems VPN Adaptor for 64-bit Windows’ as advised.
I’ve checked that the ‘Deterministic Network Enhancer’ box is also checked.
I’ve uninstalled and reinstalled the client too.
I have Windows Firewall turned on.
I’m fresh out of ideas after following seemingly all the solutions advised. Really need to get this working asap as I need it for work ;(
Can you advise please?
Thanks,
Steve.
Steve says
Sorry, typo: I have no other VPN clients installed.
Also, forgot to state that I have actually done the regedit fix too but to no avail.
Gareth Gudger says
Hey Steve. Were you on Windows 8 initially and then upgraded to 8.1?
Ronnie Abignail says
Superb!! Worked like a charm!
Smitty says
Your Kung Fu is strong. Many thanks!
Shaz Janjua says
His style is unorthodox .. but effective!
Thanks dude.. your a star!
Vicki says
I looked at the event viewer, but I have to admit I don’t really know what I’m looking for. I’m not a tech person at all. I appreciate your help.
supertekboy says
Hmm. Its odd that it used to work and suddenly stopped working. No software has been installed, uninstalled, updated around the time it stopped working right?
When you open your Cisco VPN Client, does it say Version 5.0.07.0440 in the title bar? That is the latest version.
Lastly, have you tried to uninstall the Cisco VPN Client, reboot your PC, and reinstall the Cisco VPN Client from scratch?
Collier Nevener says
worked like a charm! Thanks dude.
supertekboy says
Glad you got it working!
truongpd says
perfectly, Thanks so much
Paul says
How do I navigate to HKLMSYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesCVirtA?
I opened regedit and did a Find, but it does not find it. I’m on 8.1 and am getting the 442 error.
Thanks!
Paul says
My key was in a different location. It was here:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Services\\CVirtA
I updated the value per your recommendation and it worked great. This post explains more:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/fe19ec2e-d1f3-4ffd-b9a5-1fdf464fcd32/why-cisco-vpn-client-fails-to-enable-virtual-adapter-in-windows-8-this-doesnt-allow-me-to-connect?forum=W8ITProPreRel
Thanks for getting me pointed in the right direction!
supertekboy says
Thanks Paul. Looks like when I moved my blog to new hosting it messed up the registry key quote by removing all the backslashes. It has been fixed – Thanks!
Praveen says
Worked Like a Charm..Thanks for sharing…
JTeoh says
Excellent Solution!!! Thks!!!!
michael C says
Shrew soft VPN client worked for me. I have Win 8.1, and none of the other suggestions worked for me (disable signed drivers, changing registry display value, deterministic network fix) I just imported my cisco .pcs file
supertekboy says
Sorry to hear it didn’t work for you, but glad you have a workaround at least! Thanks for sharing!
michael C says
Mine is already set to Cisco Systems VPN Adapter for 64-bit Windows. Still does not work 🙁
zerocaptain says
Did you try the security update above?
supertekboy says
Hi Michael, make sure you are also using the latest Cisco VPN build, which is 5.0.07.0440.
Vicki says
I have the same problem. Mine was working fine until a few days ago & then I began getting the error again. I am running the most current Cisco version & I’m using Windows 8. Any ideas?
supertekboy says
Hey Vicki. Does the registry entry still look correct? Any Windows Updates that came down right around the time it broke?
Vicki says
Yes, registry is still correct. No Windows updates that I’m aware of.
supertekboy says
Just to be sure. Check your Program and Features ==> View Installed Updates and sort by the Installed On column.
Vicki says
Viewed my installed updates & there were no new updates in the last week since my problem began.
supertekboy says
Anything in Event Viewer after it fails to connect?
Bianca Barros says
Muito feliz!! Funcionando!!
zerocaptain says
Something else to try: Start > right click icon > properties > click open file location [exe should be highlighted] > right click properties > compatibility > Check Compatibility for Windows 7 AND/OR Run this program as administrator (one of the two or a combination should work). If others are using the computer, click set properties for all users.
supertekboy says
Thanks for sharing zerocaptain!
Doug M. says
Worked for me! Windows 8.1 Enterprise
Jason Galvan says
Thank you so much, this was the only way I could tunnel into my school lab!
Toby says
It fixed my issue also using 32-bit WIndows 8.1 OS on 64-bit machine, VPN Client V5.xxx. Thanks.
Alex_Menor says
Hi guys
Greetings from Colombia.
The solution worked properly.
Thank you very much for your help!
Jan says
Thank you! I am not worthy! LOL!
Anton says
Thanks a lot! Worked for me using 32-bit VPN Client V5.0.07.0290!
supertekboy says
Thanks for sharing Anton. Good to know this fixes other builds too!
Eldo says
Thank You. Saved me a lot of trouble.
Rian Mostert says
Thanks! Worked like a charm!
muchinthala says
cisco anyconnect vpn client 2.5.3055 version. I installed application and changed “displayname” registry value to “Cisco Systems VPN Adapter for 64-bit Windows”. Its working fine.
But, displayname registry got changed to previous value automatically when i changed another network.
any help.
ibrahim says
could you please provide us with download link for the latest version.
Gareth Gudger says
Latest version for the VPN client is here (had to shorten the URL) http://goo.gl/lznvQ0
Gareth Gudger says
Can’t say I have seen this issue Muchinthala. However, this article is geared towards the Cisco VPN Client, not the Cisco AnyConnect Client. These are two different VPN offerings Cisco has. The AnyConnect client has completely replaced the VPN Client referenced in this article.
Shadow says
Cisco sux when it comes to “Supporting” anyone NOT paying for services. You can’t even download unless you have an account and even that needs to have had some form of business transaction
Sam says
Thanks
The Cisco VPN is working now