Solved Cisco AnyConnect

Tuishimi

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I am currently running W7, downloaded W8 CP. We use Cisco AnyConnect 2.3.x, runs fine on 7, anyone tried it with 8 yet? I suppose I could always fire it off in a VM if it fails to run on 8.

If anyone has any experience with this, let me know!
 

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Urf. Tried installing in VirtualBox... all LOOKS well until you go to do stuff. I keep losing mouse input, and when I was installing AnyConnect my screen went black and could not get it back. I am hoping this is all just due to running in VirtualBox... and it would be different on real hardware.
 

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Just did an upgrade from Win7 x64 to Win8CP x64. Anyconnect 2.3.0254 loads but fails to connect after entering password. Anybody got any ideas/workarounds?
 

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No... I've looked at the log but it doesn't mean much to me. Going to go over some of the values with a networking guy at work to see what he thinks. In the meantime I've resorted to running W7 in a VM (VirtualBox) to get work done.
 

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I see the connection establish, then it tries to take it to the next level and...
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Function: IHostMgr::enableHostMgr Return code: 0xFE09000E File: .\VpnMgr.cpp Line: 1069 Description: VAMGR_ERROR_CVIRTUALADAPTER_FAILED.
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Followed by a dump of all the connection data and this...
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Termination reason code 13: Unable to start VA, setup shared queue, or VA gave up on shared queue..
 

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Still working to resolve this. I have a "network guy" who wants to help, but has been bogged down at work... so we will see next week if he is able to get some time.
 

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This page at MSDN shows a couple of solutions for the Cisco VPN that are working for some using Windows 8.

Windows 8 and (Cisco) VPN
 

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The trick us to edit the display name of the anyconnect config in the registry.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\vpnvaCheck the DisplayName data value. On my installation, it had a bit of inf information before the actual name. So deleted that info, and was left with just Cisco AnyConnect VPN Virtual Miniport Adapter for Windows x64. Fired up the VPN Client and connected without any problems
 

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The trick us to edit the display name of the anyconnect config in the registry.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\vpnvaCheck the DisplayName data value. On my installation, it had a bit of inf information before the actual name. So deleted that info, and was left with just Cisco AnyConnect VPN Virtual Miniport Adapter for Windows x64. Fired up the VPN Client and connected without any problems

Yes I believe that was the main fix for this problem which is posted at the TechNet page I posted a link too earlier.

Thanks for confirming that it works Tuishimi. I had no way of testing this out myself which is the reason I posted a link to the page with the information to fix the problem. :)


Quote from TechNet page below:
Hi Everyone,

Just to update, the legacy Cisco VPN client (5.0.07.0440 for x64, 5.0.07.0410 for x86) is working for some people. You need to apply a small workaround as explained below –

· 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.

o For x86, change the value data from something like "@oem8.inf,%CVirtA_Desc%;Cisco Systems VPN Adapter” to "Cisco Systems VPN Adapter”

o 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”

· Try connecting again
Please do revert back if this solution does not work
Regards,
Raman
 

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Yes! Thank you!
 

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That stinks, man. I am sorry. :( Since I made the decision to run 8 as my main OS I haven't done any more with it in a VM.
 

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Tuishimi,
Just wanted to say thanks, this worked perfectly.

Your welcome, as I'm the one who posted a link to the actual fix for this problem. :)
 

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