Cisco VPN on Windows 8.1/10 – Reason 442: Failed to enable Virtual Adapter
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.
Comments (4)
Worked like magic
Problem not solved & pls fix this problem any other way.
OMG tried so many things to fix this , and after trying this step it actually worked. This actually happened to me just yesterday after I updated to the Windows 11 (yes, this fix also works for Win11) .. Thanks !
Gave me an error when trying to change the name