{"id":1362,"date":"2009-02-04T20:38:01","date_gmt":"2009-02-04T20:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2009\/02\/installing-the-cisco-vpn-client-on-windows-7.htm"},"modified":"2009-02-04T22:41:05","modified_gmt":"2009-02-04T22:41:05","slug":"installing-the-cisco-vpn-client-on-windows-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2009\/02\/installing-the-cisco-vpn-client-on-windows-7.htm","title":{"rendered":"Installing the Cisco VPN client on Windows 7"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I haven&#8217;t been able to run the Cisco VPN client on the notebook PC that I use for work  (because <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2008\/03\/why-microsoft-must-kill-32-bit-windows.htm\">there is no 64-bit Cisco VPN client<\/a>) but, after a forced rebuild <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2009\/02\/did-spinrite-actually-save-my-data.htm\">when my hard disk started acting erratically<\/a>, I am no longer running my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2008\/02\/windows-server-2008-is-a-great-workstation-operating-system-too.htm\">Windows Server 2008 workstation<\/a> and I put the Windows 7 beta on it instead, choosing to go 32-bit so that I didn&#8217;t have to run a VM <em>just<\/em> to access corporate applications.<\/p>\n<p>Most applications that work on Windows Vista should work on Windows 7 but the ones that will cause trouble are the ones with hooks deep into the operating system&#8230; like VPN clients &#8211; and the Cisco VPN client is no exception.<\/p>\n<p>Even under Windows Vista, v5.0.3.0560 of the Cisco VPN Client needed <a href=\"http:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/kb\/952876\">a Windows Update<\/a> to be applied prior to installation but I took the chance that was already included in the Windows 7 code.  Installation was actually quite smooth and completed successfully but then, after the initial reboot, a glimpse of a blue screen of death before the PC restarted.  Thinking that my hard disk error had been misdiagnosed (it hadn&#8217;t) I started to Google and came across Aaron Tiensivu&#8217;s blog post on <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.tiensivu.com\/aaron\/archives\/1817-How-to-prevent-Cisco-VPN-client-version-5.0.4.0300-installation-from-bluescreening-Windows-7-x32-Build-7000.html\">preventing Cisco VPN client (v5.0.4.0300) installation from bluescreening Windows 7 (32-bit build 7000)<\/a>.  That sounded interesting&#8230; it refered to a later version of the VPN client but otherwise it was exactly what I&#8217;d just seen.<\/p>\n<p>After a System Restore had got me back to a running system, I followed the steps in the post, but they have been updated several times now, so what follows are the exact steps that worked for me:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Install the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.citrix.com\/lang\/English\/lp\/lp_1680845.asp\">Citrix Deterministic Network Enhancer (DNE) update<\/a> (<a href=\"ftp:\/\/files.citrix.com\/dneupdate.msi\">direct link to the installer file<\/a>) and restart the computer.<\/li>\n<li>Take ownership of c:\\windows\\system32\\drivers\\ndis.sys and c:\\windows\\system32\\drivers\\en-us\\ndis.sys.mui, then set permissions to grant Full Control to Administrators, before deleting the files.<\/li>\n<li>Install the Cisco VPN Client (I used v5.0.03.0560 but this is also reported to work with v5.0.04.0300 and v5.0.05.0280) and restart the system.<\/li>\n<li>Allow Windows 7 to perform Startup Repairs and then click Finish to shut down the computer.<\/li>\n<li>Start the computer, log on, and the Cisco VPN Client should now be available for use.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Following this, I was able to initiate a successful connection to my company&#8217;s network.<\/p>\n<p>Incidentally, for those who need to run 64-bit Windows, <a href=\"http:\/\/xenomorph.net\/use-cisco-vpn-under-vista-x64\">Nicholas Caito\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s workaround looks interesting &#8211; 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