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How to fix Cisco VPN Client error 442 on Windows Vista

Everyone has dealed with Cisco VPN Client on Vista probably knows the notorious Error 442 - Failed to enable virtual adapter. AFAIK this is a bug from Cisco that stays unfixed for at least 5 months (from the version 5.0.00.0340 released on May 2007 uptill now). Whether it is Cisco or Microsoft to point the [...]

Run Cygwin on Vista as Administrator

Errm … as we already know, our admistrator account (the one that we use to log onto Vista) doesn’t really have access permission to all over the system. So when you do make install in cygwin you have permission error. The workaround is to activate the real Administrator account:
Right click on Computer and choose Manage. [...]