Cisco VPN Client Reason 442: "Failed to enable Virtual Adapter"

If you are Windows user and you often face an error message when you try to connect your Cisco VPN Client and it stats as;

“Secure VPN Connection terminated locally by the Client.

Reason 442: Failed to enable Virtual Adapter.

Connection terminated on: Feb 6, 2013 19:56:04 Duration: 0 day(s), 00:00.00”

In Windows XP, sometimes 'remove and reinstall' was a great solution but in Windows 7 there is a technique that works because this problem is not associated with Cisco VPN client Software. If you face exactly same below message then below solution will surely work;

Solution:

1. Hit the start button and type "services.msc' as shown:
2. Locate and stop Cisco Systems, Inc. VPN Service;
3. Stop and disable Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) Service;
4. Restart Cisco System, Inc. VPN Service.
5. Launch the Cisco VPN Client again, and the problem is now gone!

Solution 2 :

Open regedit, and navigate to
 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\CVirtA key.
Change DisplayName data property, cut it off before the semicolon value (the value may vary in some cases oem6.inf):

• For x86, change the value data from “@oem6.inf,%CVirtA_Desc%;Cisco Systems VPN Adapter” to “Cisco Systems VPN Adapter”

• For x64, change the value data from “@oem6.inf,%CVirtA_Desc%;Cisco Systems VPN Adapter for 64-bit Windows” to “Cisco Systems VPN Adapter for 64-bit Windows”

Solution 3:

Update : If you are still experience this issue please update your client as this is fixed in later release.