Wednesday, December 05, 2012

Cisco VPN on Windows 8

Got new personal Windows 8 laptop. Looks like we need to learn a lot to get familiar using Windows o/s.  

Googling helped a lot - Credit goes to the following link

I have Cisco VPN 5.0.07.0440 for x64 running without any issues on Windows 7 

I used the Followed steps to install and use it on Windows 8.

1) During Installation -> Right Click and check Compatibility to Windows 7
2) After installation imported the PCF file
3) Backup registry
4) 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.
     "@oem8.inf,%CVirtA_Desc%;Cisco Systems VPN Adapter for 64-bit Windows” to "Cisco Systems VPN Adapter for 64-bit Windows
5) Test Connectivity
  

If you have 32 bit use the following
o    For x86, change the value data from something like "@oem8.inf,%CVirtA_Desc%;Cisco Systems VPN Adapter” to "Cisco Systems VPN Adapter


One more Note - to get start menu on Windows 8  then use Power 8