Error 56: The Cisco Systems, Inc. VPN Service has not been started. Please start this service and try again.
I installed Cisco VPN Client version 5 on a Windows Vista Business notebook several months ago. Its been working fine until recently. When I try to run the software, the following error message is displayed:
Error 56: The Cisco Systems, Inc. VPN Service has not been started. Please start this service and try again.
Upon checking the Services, the Cisco VPN service has stopped. I have tried starting it again and running the software - the same problem occurs, again I've check the service and its stopped.
Error 56: The Cisco Systems, Inc. VPN Service has not been started. Please start this service and try again.
Upon checking the Services, the Cisco VPN service has stopped. I have tried starting it again and running the software - the same problem occurs, again I've check the service and its stopped.
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Allowing Cisco VPN Client on McAfee Total Protection has resolved the problem.
Update: We now only need to disable the Internet Connection Sharing service (also in services.msc), turn it from Automatically starting to Manual,
and start the Cisco service. It will not be killed again.
The registry method becomes obsolete and is only recommended as a last resort as its dangerous and may cause you problems.
I can post the Registry Key if necissary, but this seems to fully resolve this issue.
Running Windows Vista SP1..
and start the Cisco service. It will not be killed again.
The registry method becomes obsolete and is only recommended as a last resort as its dangerous and may cause you problems.
I can post the Registry Key if necissary, but this seems to fully resolve this issue.
Running Windows Vista SP1..
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