Cisco VPN client error: ‘Reason 442: Failed to enable virtual adapter’ on Windows 8

SYMPTOMS

You successfully install Cisco VPN Client – Version 5.0.07.0440 on Microsoft Windows 8 but when you run the client, you received the following error:

Reason 442: Failed to enable virtual adapter

CAUSE

Wrong Display Name register for Cisco System VPN Adapter.

RESLOUTION

Follow the below steps:

1. Open Device Manager and make sure the Cisco System VPN Adapter is Enabled

   

2. Open Windows Registry and navigate to the following path:

   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\CvirtA

   

3. Double click on DisplayName key and change the Value Data by removing:

   @oem 13.ingf, %CvitA_Desc%
   

   

4. After changing, the value should look like:

   

5. Restart Windows 8 machine.
6. Cisco client will be connected

   

Abduljalil Abolzahab