Thursday, June 6, 2013

Cisco VPN issues in Windows 8_Registry Tweak

This has been seen that Windows 8 won't allow you to connect to your VPN connections, I my self have faced it many times.
Here is the solution which worked for me.

*** For CISCO VPN CLIENT(NOT ANYCONNECT)


Please take a backup/export parent folder before making changes to Registry Entries.



  • 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 upto "%;" i.e.
  • ==For x86, change the value data from something like "@oem8.inf,%CVirtA_Desc%;Cisco Systems VPN Adapter” to "Cisco Systems VPN Adapter”
  • ==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”
*** For CISCO ANYCONNECT





  • Open Registry editor by typingregedit in Run prompt




  • Browse to the Registry Key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Services\\vpnva




  • Select the DisplayName to modify, and remove the leading characters from the value data upto "%;" i.e.