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"installation of virtual network adapter device driver failed"

Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2021 8:39 am
by georgeMoody
hello, i'm trying to use the vpn client on my surface pro x but every time that i want to add a virtual network adapter, it goes up to about 25% but then it gives me this error:" installation of virtual adapter device driver failed" so i can't use the client at all. I'm guessing this happens because of my laptops hardware but I'm not sure. can anyone help me, please?

Re: "installation of virtual network adapter device driver failed"

Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2021 10:46 am
by solo
Surface Pro X is ARM based and Win x86 apps are emulated. You can not install a native x86 VPN driver on it.

Install Hyper-V first, then in it either x86 Windows or Linux. But in my opinion Linux SE client is rather painful to use. Linux SE server is actually fantastic.

Re: "installation of virtual network adapter device driver failed"

Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2021 7:33 pm
by hans danger
georgeMoody wrote:
Sun Feb 28, 2021 8:39 am
hello, i'm trying to use the vpn client on my surface pro x but every time that i want to add a virtual network adapter, it goes up to about 25% but then it gives me this error:" installation of virtual adapter device driver failed" so i can't use the client at all. I'm guessing this happens because of my laptops hardware but I'm not sure. can anyone help me, please?