Installing the Cisco VPN Client Through Install Shield
To install the Cisco VPN Client on your system using InstallShield, follow these steps. It is suggested that you accept the defaults unless your system administrator has instructed you otherwise.
Step 1 Exit all Microsoft Windows programs, and disable any antivirus software. Step 2 Insert the Cisco Systems CD-ROM in the CD-ROM drive of your system. Step 3 Choose Start > Run. The Run dialog box appears.
Step 4 Enter E:\VPN Client\CD-ROM\InstallShield\setup.exe, where E: is the CD-ROM
drive of your system.
Step 5 Click OK.
Note Cisco does not allow you to install the Cisco VPN Client software from a network drive. If you attempt to do so, you will receive an error message.
Step 6 If the InstallShield Wizard identifies an existing version of either the Cisco VPN 3000 Client or the Cisco VPN 5000 Client, it displays a dialog box that asks if you want to uninstall the existing client program. To continue, click Yes.
The Cisco VPN Client launches the appropriate uninstall wizard: the Cisco VPN Client uninstall wizard to uninstall a previous version of the Cisco VPN 3000 Client or the Cisco VPN
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5000 Client. Follow the instructions on the uninstall wizard dialog boxes to automatically uninstall the program and reboot.
After your system reboots, the Cisco VPN Client Setup wizard resumes.
Step 7 Follow the instructions on the screens and enter a destination folder for the Cisco
VPN Client files (or click Next to enter the default location C:\Program Files\Cisco Systems\VPN Client).
Step 8 You must restart your computer before you can configure and use the Cisco VPN Client.
Continue reading here: Installing the Cisco VPN Client through Microsoft Windows Installer
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