Symptom: You receive the following error when trying to establish a connection with the Cisco AnyConnect client on Windows 8 x64.

Solution:

Option 1: PowerShell Method

1. Go to the Windows 8 Start screen, search for PowerShell, Run as an Administrator
   
2. Execute the following powershell command
   1. Set-ItemProperty -Path HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\vpnva -Name DisplayName -Value ‘Cisco AnyConnect VPN Virtual Miniport Adapter for Windows x64‘
      
3. Exit and reopen the Cisco AnyConnect Program

Option 2: Registry Editor GUI Method

1. Go to the Windows 8 Start screen, search for regedit, right click Run as administrator
   
   
2. Navigate to the following registry key
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\vpnva
   
   
3. Double cick on the DisplayName value and replace the value with Cisco AnyConnect VPN Virtual Miniport Adapter for Windows x64
   
   
4. Exit and reopen the Cisco AnyConnect VPN client