The Shrew Soft VPN Client for Windows is available in two different editions, Standard and Professional. The Standard version provides a robust feature set that allows the user to connect to a wide range of open source and commercial gateways. It contains no trial period limits, nag screens or unrelated software bundles. The program is sometimes distributed under different names, such as 'VPN Client', 'Cisco Systems VPN Client', 'T-Mobile VPN Client'. The latest version of the program can be installed on PCs running Windows XP/Vista/7/8/10, both 32 and 64-bit. Our antivirus scan shows that this download is safe. Cisco's popular VPN Client for 64Bit Windows operating systems. VPN Client version: 5.0.07.0.440-k9 Useful Cisco VPN related articles W.
If you have upgraded from Windows 7/8 and need to install the Cisco VPN client then you can use the following instructions on how to cleanly install it or fix a bad install of it after upgrading to Windows 10.
7 Steps total
A simple utility that aims to help you fix the connection problems when you want to use the Cisco VPN client on Windows 8 and 10 computers Cisco VPN Client Fix for Windows 8 and 10 is designed to bypass the connection failures while attempting to use the VPN client on your computer. If you have just upgraded your Windows 10 from Windows 7 or Windows 8, then you must have to uninstall SonicWALL Global VPN Client and Cisco VPN Client from your PC if you have installed them before. If you do a clean install of Windows 10, then everything is okay and follow next step.
Step 1: Uninstall Cisco VPN Client if it was already installed
Uninstall Cisco VPN client from the PC. (If you get and error trying to uninstall, you may need to install DNE updater ftp://files.citrix.com/dneupdate64.msi first)
Step 2: Uninstall DNE updater software
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Uninstall any DNE updater software that may be installed. After uninstalling run a registry clean (you can use CCleaner if you like). Then reboot your PC.
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Step 3: Run Winfix.exe
After reboot run Winfix.exe from here. ftp://files.citrix.com/winfix.exe
After you run the cleanup reboot your PC again.
Step 4: Install Sonicwall VPN client
SonicWall VPN is will install the DNE service that will work with Windows 10. Install the SonicWALL VPN found here. http://www.gleescape.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/sonic64.zip and then reboot your PC.
(You do not need to launch the SonicWALL client, merely installing the client will install the proper DNE services)
Step 5: Reinstall/Install Cisco VPN client version 5.0.0.74
Download latest Cisco VPN client from Cisco or from here http://www.gleescape.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/vpn64bit.zip
Extract the zip file to a temp location (uncheck run exe after extraction).
Navigate to the temp folder and run the MSI installer (not the exe) to install the VPN client. Reboot the PC
Step 6: Apply Registry fix.
•Open regedit
•Browse to the registry key HKLMSYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesCVirtA
•Select the display name to modify:
•x64 - '@oem8.ifn,%CVirtA_Desc%;Cisco Systems VPN Adapter for 64-bit Windows' to 'Cisco Systems VPN Adapter for 64-bit Windows'
Reboot your PC.
Step 7: Launch Cisco VPN client to ensure that it lauches.
After you verify that the VPN client launches you can then uninstall the SonicWALL VPN client and you should be able to once again use the Cisco VPN client.
References
- Fix found at Gleescape
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