How can I use my mac to covert old vhs tapes to electronic files

I want to convert old home movies on VHS to electronic files I can store on my I mac??

You need some kind of analog to digital converter. This typically has a video-in connector, and a Firewire or USB out. You could look into the Canopus ADVCmini.
Matt

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How can I use my Mac OS X for the next time

Dear sir,
Please, I need your help about Mac OS X and how can I use the OS for the next time I mean when I'm going to format my computer or to use for the another computer.
By the way... I already installed the Mac OS X to my MacBook Pro so please I'm waiting for you advice.
Mohammed Hussein

Hi,
He bought the iMac two years after mine.
Would his Mac still be under warranty? It sounds like it is about only a year old and so may be still eligible for phone support, though that may depend on having nearby access to an Apple Tech support.
He could get a replacement disk sent to him as well. The cost, I don't know.
Your disk would probably work, but you don't need to burn one; just use yours. If you are in two locations, then it would be better for Apple to mail him a replacement disk for his particular Mac.

How can I use the speakers from my old iMac (with miniRCA? plug) on a new iMac

How can I use the speakers (M-Audio) from my old 24" iMac on a new 27" iMac? There is no jack on the new iMac - is there an adapter that will use the mini-RCA (?) plug from my old speakers to connect them to a new iMac? Thanks ...

Thanks again!
Hmmm ... I wonder. The input jack for external speakers quit working on my old iMac (it made lotsa static noise for a while when I moved the plug or computer, then quit working completely; I figure something inside the computer got loose or crapped out - and I'm too cheap/lazy to take it the 20 miles to the nearest shop that might fix it). When I plug the speakers into the headphone jack on the old iMac, I get very low volume or just one channel.
I don't have the new iMac yet, but I was hoping to use these old speakers instead of buying new ones. I will certainly try your solution - what do I have to lose? If they don't work, then I get new ones - or try something else.
Many thanks for your time!

How can I use my MAC OS X as syslog server ??

Hi Team,
Can you please help me in configuring my MAC machine as syslog server for my Cisco routers ?? I have the devices on same network and would like to forward all syslog messages to my MAC machine for analysing them.
Thanks,

Crocosmia wrote:
Thank you for advise, will try apple store another thing how can I increase my ramm and memory
Check your machine's actual specifications here.
It looks like you can support up to 3 MByte in a 17" iMac and up to 4 Mbyte in a 20" iMac, if your cache size coordinates with the specs on the linked page.
OWC says you should be able to put 4 Gbyte into your machine here. Wherever you get the memory, it would be a good addition. This is the Apple Store listing for your machine, as near as I can figure it.

How Can I use 2 Macs and a PC with two monitors

This is for my office at work.
I currently am using dual monitors and sharing those between a G4 and a PC. I'm using a Belkin switch box for the two computers. I'm adding a Mac Pro. I'm thinking I might use the Mac Pro by itself at another workstation but I would like to use it at my current workstation along with my other machines.
I'm getting a new 23" monitor with the Mac Pro. I want to use it as my main monitor, then use one of my other monitors as a second screen. Is it possible to use two monitors with 3 computers? I would have to use the new keyboard and mouse (both will be standard, not wireless) on both of the macs and use the PC keyboard and mouse.
Thank You
Jim

I would use the new Mac Pro as the main workstation and attach your mouse, keyboard and your new monitor to it.
Then use the Belkin Switch Box to connect 1 monitor to the G4 and PC.
Download and configure 'Synergy' (http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/) on the new Mac Pro (as the primary) and the G4 and PC (as secondary) - This will allow you to deal with only one keyboard and mouse.
I'm with Malcolm, I would download and install VMware Fusion. VM the PC w/ Converter (http://www.vmware.com/products/converter/) and only deal with the new Mac Pro and G4. With the new Mac Pro, you can fire up the PC VM with 2 cores and have it set to a secondary space. You will not notice the difference.

How can I use new apps on an old macbook?

Hi all.
I've been using macs since September now, and there are a number of things I've found infuriating about working on my Macbook...
My Macbook is an old, mid 2007 model, Version 10.6.8, with a 2.16Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo Processor and 4GB.
Unfortunately, this model of Macbook will not update to any later version. This means there are a lot of apps I cannot use on it.
I'm a filmmaking student, so editing is a huge part of my course. When downloading the newest version of any editing software (such as Premiere Pro or Avid Media Composer), the Macbook will simply refuse to install it, because it requires a newer version of OS X. This is just one example of the many things I cannot do due to the OS X version on here.
How can I get around using newer apps such as Premiere Pro with version 10.6.8? Baring in mind I'm a student so I cannot afford to spend money on a new hard drive or anything.
Also, if I have bought various games on Steam, but some of them are seemingly only playable on PC, can anyone tell me how I can get around playing those games on a Mac?
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thank you in advance.
Steve

The Core2Duo MacBook (13-inch mid 2007) is rather dated, and to run a certain type
of software on that model you'd have to get the version which was current when the
computer model and the OS X versions it could run were prevailing. So an old version
of something you need (used, new-old-stock, etc) may do the job for a time.
Also, the Core2Duo series of early MacBook can run Lion 10.7.5 and that is about $20.
as a download with code you buy from the Apple Store online. There are a few updates
to the Lion version 10.7 once you went that far. Some older 10.6.8 capable applications
for Intel based Macs would probably still work OK in 10.7.5, but none of the PPC coded
third party applications would run without the Rosetta feature installed in Snow Leopard.
According to MacTracker database, your old Core2Duo is one of those which can run
Lion 10.7.5 at the latest, and a slight upgrade in RAM to 3GB total, is possible. Not sure
if any advantage of using two 2-GB chips would be seen as functional in there, but that
is an easy way to round off what is written as the higher supported amount of RAM. With
two of the 2 GB chips. Otherwise: one - 1 GB + one - 2 GB = 3GB lists as total.
A good repaired MacBook or MacBook Pro of earlier vintage isn't very expensive; some
companies offer the versions older than those available at the Apple Store refurbished
page, that still may be capable, yet not run the latest applications. And several of them
probably should not run Yosemite since their hardware may be marginal. Models that
cannot have their hardware upgraded to run a later OS X, should not be chanced.
Sites such as macsales.com sometimes offer used Macs, wegenermedia.com has a
few different models, since they repair computers and offer excess on their site. The
powermax company has some. Not sure who actually repairs what they sell, with an
exception to wegenermedia who does repair on-site and will accept repair orders.
The everymac.com site is helpful in comparing various build year model specifications
as is the downloadable database of update upgrade specs from http://mactracker.ca .
So, you can upgrade past Snow Leopard 10.6.8, but that may or may not break other
applications you may still be able to use from the preceding era of Mac software. Lion
also would probably prefer more RAM than SL 10.6.8, so you're max-ed out there.
The MacBook series has been discontinued for nearly 5 years (2006 to 2010) so their
last model was among the better ones. MacBook/Pro 13-inch Late 2012 remains good
since you could add RAM and possibly upgrade the hard disk drive. It's a non-retina.
Hopefully you can find a deal on some good condition later model MacBook or Pro.
Good luck & happy computing!

How can I use one background jpeg in my ebook without a large file size

I'm guessing that by simply adding a background image or watermark by default adds a separate copy to each page. Since I am intending for them to be the same on all pages except for the title page, how do I shrink the final file size of my PDF eBooks so that the image is stored once but shown on all pages?
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Thank you, I understand, yeah, I knew that, my phone is factory unlocked and I am going home, which is obviously not in the States and I am thinking of buying a local carrier there. However, I still have 2 weeks before I leave and cannnot wait to start using my Iphone 4. I thought at least I could use the mp3 player function. So as far as I understand, I cannot activate it without a sim card. I have been using metropcs for about two years and it does not have a sim card. In this case, do I really not have another choice but wait for two weeks to listen to music? My Mp3 player just failed me and I really need to listen to music but on the other hand, while I can use my iphone as an mp3 player in two weeks, I don't want to spend more money on a new one. So, do you have another suggestion? For instance, can I use a friend's sim card to activate mine? Would this cause any trouble, when I go home and buy a local carrier? I think these questions might kinda sound weird to you, but first time with an Iphone, extremely excited to start using under my circumstances, I need help thanks,

How can i use my 3rd Generation iPod as a portable harddrive for files...

now that i have a brand new 5th Generation 60Gig iPod, i want to use my old 3rd Generation iPod as a portable storage devise for files and whatever else. not for listening to music anymore. what do i have to do to make this so?
i can just go ahead and use the firewire cable that came with it right? and will i actually be able to upload files to it, and then download them again? like word documents and photo files or spreadsheet or whatever?
will it be cross platform then? meaning will i be able to take it to my friends pc (i use a mac) and download my resume or spreadsheet or whatever else to his machine (of course i would have to use the usb cable then).
know what i mean? i want to use this think like an external harddrive.
please advise.
iBook and Macbook Pro Mac OS X (10.3) and OSX 10.4 on the MBP

i think ipods are generally set to enable disc mode, so you can use it as a storage device, by default (if yours isnt, plug your ipod in, and go into options to select enable disc mode). just connect the ipod with whatever cord it came with to your computer, then look into the m.. is it called "my harddrive" or "harddrive"? and you should see the ipod connected there on the left side of the window with "network" and "music" etc. if you click on the ipod icon, you can drag and drop files into your ipod just as you would any other folder and use it as a harddrive.
the tricky thing is using it for both pc and mac. i think if its formatted for a pc, you can use it on both macs and pcs. but if you have it formatted for a mac, then only macs can read it.
so if you want to use it on your friends pc as well, format your ipod on a pc first so you can use it on both platforms.
chris

How can I use my iPhone from my old network on my new network

Can I use my old phone that was on contract with movie star with my orange SIM card

Contact Moviestar to see if they offer unlocking and if you qualify.
Only the wireless carrier to which the iPhone is locked can unlock it.

2 Macs, 1 blog site. How can I use 2 Macs to edit my iWeb site???

I have a Mac at home and my laptop at work. Both have iLife '06 on the and iWeb. I just designed a web site (and uploaded it) using iWeb, and I'd like to add to it from my laptop at work. I brought a pushlised copy with me, but there's no way to load it for iWeb to read it!
Is there somewhere I can copy the site files to on my laptop so when I open iWeb, it recognizes them?
Help!

You need to transfer this file to whatever machine you want to work from:
Users/username/Library/Application Support/iWeb/Domain

How can I use my Mac G3 (OS 9.2.2) to make Windows disk images and compress them into Windows stuffed archives?

I have a collection of old Windows diskettes, 800 K and 1.4 MB. I want to make disk images (or whatever is the Windows equivalent) and compress them into Windows stuffed archives. I want Windows users to be able to download them, expand the stuffed archives, extract the disk images, and use the softsare on old Windows computers. I need to do the work on a Power Macintosh beige G3 Tower using OS 9.2.2. What software can I get to do it?

To Jan, Greetings
Thank you for your message and for your suggestions.
Is WinZip a Mac application that makes compressed files that can be opened on a Windows computer? If so, then do you have any notion where I could find a version old enough to run on OS 9.2.2?
I noticed that DropStuff 6.0, which I use on my G3 Tower, has an option to make compressed files that are self-extracting on Windows. Do you know if that works? I suppose that I could make such a file and then find somebody with a Windows computer to test if for me.
Yes, I could (shudder) get an old Windows computer somewhere, learn to use it, and do the project that way. Do you know if the old versions of Windows include disk image programs and file compression programs? Or, would I need to buy some old software?
Thank you for the information about the size of the diskettes. As you've probably noticed, I don't know very much about Windows things.
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How can I use PowerShell to Remove "Ghost" (Old Hidden) VMware Network Adapters in Windows 7?

We recently upgrade the virtual hardware of some of our VMware VM's running Windows 7. One side-effect is that in Windows on these machines, an instance of the NIC from the previous version of virtual hardware remains, as a hidden
device. This can be easily found manually on a machine by enabling Device manager to show hidden devices (registry and a menu option - View...Show Hidden Devices). You can then just right-click on the device in question and uninstall.
The problem here, like in so many other tasks, is that you may have multiple instances, on multiple machines. We had just that, and in scouring the internet for a PowerShell only script to resolve the issue, I could not find one. Therefore, I've written
my own.
This exact script is only seeking out VMware "VMXNET3" nic cards, but could be easily adapted to find Ghost NIC's for a different vendor using my example. There are also some commented lines left in to aid you as an example of how you can
test the various queries in your own environment, on a test machine, before a full-blown deployment.
NOTE: Please try this out (at your own risk - I am not responsible for how this works out for you), and please vote for my answer to this dilemma if this helped you. I'd appreciate it after all of the sweat the script took to crank out.
Thanks!
P.S. This script, of course, requires that Powershell is installed and enabled on the target computer. It then must be run as System - In our environment it is being remotely pushed through a software delivery systems, which runs this scrpt
as system.
THE SCRIPT:
CLS
#Querying WMI for Ghost NICs and Returning Criteria...
Write-Host "VMware Ghost NIC Remover" -Foreground GREEN
Write-Host "Author: Octavio Serpa AKA Octavio-Admin"
Write-Host "Copyright Octavio Serpa - Octavio-Admin - 2014"
Write-Host ""
Write-Host "Checking Powershell Version" -Foreground Yellow
$host.version
Write-Host ""
Write-Host "Searching for Ghost NIC's" -Foreground Yellow
$Ghosts = gwmi win32_NetworkAdapter | ?{$_.Description -like "vm*" -and $_.Installed -like "True" -and $_.MACAddress -eq $null}
$Ghosts | Select-Object Name,DeviceID
If ($Ghosts -NE $NULL)
  Write-Host "One or more ghost NIC'S do exist on this machine. Script will continue..." -foreground RED
  Write-Host ""
  else
  Write-Host "No ghost NIC's Found :) - Exiting..." -Foreground Green
  Write-Host ""
  EXIT 0
#Using Criteria to Obtain the GUID of each Ghost NIC
Write-Host "Getting NIC Variables" -Foreground Yellow
foreach ($_ in $Ghosts) {
  $DID = $_.DeviceID
  If ($DID -NE $NULL)
  Write-Host "The NIC DID: $DID"
  else
  Write-Host "$DID is NULL - Exiting..."
  EXIT 666
  if($DID -NOTLIKE "1*")
   Write-Host "Adding additional 0 to registry lookup since the DID is just one character..." - foreground yellow
   Write-Host ""
   $NICREG = Get-ItemProperty "hklm:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\000$DID"
  ELSE
   $NICREG = Get-ItemProperty "hklm:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\00$DID"
  $GUID = $NICREG.NetCfgInstanceId
  Write-Host "The NIC GUID: $GUID"
                $PNPDID = $NICREG.DeviceInstanceID
  $PNPDID = $PNPDID.Trimstart("PCI\VEN_15AD&DEV_07B0&SUBSYS_07B015AD&REV_01\")
  Write-Host "The truncated PNPDevice ID is $PNPDID"
  Write-Host ""
  Write-Host "Searching for Registry Keys that match NIC GUID: $GUID" -Foreground Yellow
  $NICREGPATH = @(1..50)
  foreach ($_ in $NICREGPATH)
   $TESTREG = Test-Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\NetworkCards\$_" -Verbose
   if($TESTREG -EQ $FALSE)
    #Write-Host ""
    #Write-Host "FALSE: HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\NetworkCards\$_ DOES NOT EXIST" -Foreground RED
    ELSE
    #Write-Host "True - NIC $_ Exists" -Foreground Green
    $NICID = $_
    $SubPath1 = 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\NetworkCards\'+$NICID
    #Write-Host "The Sub-Key Path To Query = $SubPath1"
    $SubPath2 = 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\NetworkCards\'+$NICID
    #Write-Host "The Sub-Key Path To Query = $SubPath2"
    $NICProperties = Get-ItemProperty $SubPath1
    #$NICProperties
    $Match = $NICProperties.ServiceName
    #$Match
    foreach ($_ in $Match) {
    #Write-Host "The NIC GUID found in this registry key is: $_" -Foreground Yellow
    #Write-Host ""
    if($_ -NE $GUID)
    #Write-Host "NO MATCH - THIS NIC HAS NOT BEEN TOUCHED" -Foreground GREEN
                               #Write-Host ""
    ELSE
    Write-Host "MATCH - Registry Entries for this NIC will be DELETED" -Foreground RED
    Remove-Item $SubPath1 -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
    Remove-Item $SubPath2 -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
    $CCS = @("ControlSet001", "ControlSet002")
    foreach ($_ in $CCS) {
     $CCS = $_
     $reg1 = 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\' + $CCS + '\Services\'+$GUID
     Remove-Item $reg1 -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -verbose
     $reg1 = 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\' + $CCS + '\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Adapters\'+$GUID
     Remove-Item $reg1 -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -verbose
     $reg1 = 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\' + $CCS + '\Control\DeviceClasses\{ad498944-762f-11d0-8dcb-00c04fc3358c}\##?#PCI#VEN_15AD&DEV_07B0&SUBSYS_07B015AD&REV_01#$PNPDID#{ad498944-762f-11d0-8dcb-00c04fc3358c}\#'+$GUID
     Remove-Item $reg1 -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -verbose
     $reg1 = 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\' + $CCS + '\Control\Network\{4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\'+$GUID
     Remove-Item $reg1 -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -verbose
     $reg1 = 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\' + $CCS + '\services\JNPRNA\Parameters\Adapters\' + $GUID
     Remove-Item $reg1 -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -verbose
     $reg1 = 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\' + $CCS + '\services\NetBT\Parameters\Interfaces\Tcpip_' + $GUID
     Remove-Item $reg1 -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -verbose
     $reg1 = 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\' + $CCS + '\services\Psched\Parameters\NdisAdapters\' + $GUID
     Remove-Item $reg1 -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -verbose
     $reg1 = 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\' + $CCS + '\services\Tcpip\Parameters\Adapters\' + $GUID
     Remove-Item $reg1 -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -verbose
     $reg1 = 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\' + $CCS + '\services\Tcpip\Parameters\DNSRegisteredAdapters\' + $GUID
     Remove-Item $reg1 -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -verbose
     $reg1 = 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\' + $CCS + '\services\Tcpip\Parameters\Interfaces\' + $GUID
     Remove-Item $reg1 -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -verbose
     $reg1 = 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\' + $CCS + '\services\WfpLwf\Parameters\NdisAdapters\' + $GUID
     Remove-Item $reg1 -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -verbose
                                         if($DID -NOTLIKE
"1*")
              $reg1 = 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\' + $CCS + '\Control\Class\{4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\000' + $DID
                         Remove-Item $reg1 -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -verbose
       ELSE
       $reg1 = 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\' + $CCS + '\Control\Class\{4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\00' + $DID
       Remove-Item $reg1 -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -verbose
     $reg1 = 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\' + $CCS + '\Enum\PCI\VEN_15AD&DEV_07B0&SUBSYS_07B015AD&REV_01\' + $PNPDID
     Remove-Item $reg1 -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -verbose
#This is our Success check at the end
Write-Host ""
Write-Host "Searching for any remaining Ghost NICs:" -Foreground Yellow
          $Ghosts = gwmi win32_NetworkAdapter | ?{$_.Description -like "vm*" -and $_.Installed -like "True" -and $_.MACAddress -eq $null}
$Ghosts | Select-Object Name,DeviceID
  If ($Ghosts -NE $NULL)
  Write-Host "There is still at least one ghost NIC present. The remover script may not be functioning correctly. Please contact Octavio-Admin on Microsoft Technet Forums with any questions" -foreground RED
  Write-Host ""
  EXIT 666
  else
  Write-Host "No ghost NIC's Found :) - Exiting..." -Foreground Green
  Write-Host ""
  EXIT 0

THE SCRIPT:
CLS
#Querying WMI for Ghost NICs and Returning Criteria...
Write-Host "VMware Ghost NIC Remover" -Foreground GREEN
Write-Host "Author: Octavio Serpa AKA Octavio-Admin"
Write-Host "Copyright Octavio Serpa - Octavio-Admin - 2014"
Write-Host ""
Write-Host "Checking Powershell Version" -Foreground Yellow
$host.version
Write-Host ""
Write-Host "Searching for Ghost NIC's" -Foreground Yellow
$Ghosts = gwmi win32_NetworkAdapter | ?{$_.Description -like "vm*" -and $_.Installed -like "True" -and $_.MACAddress -eq $null}
$Ghosts | Select-Object Name,DeviceID
If ($Ghosts -NE $NULL)
Write-Host "One or more ghost NIC'S do exist on this machine. Script will continue..." -foreground RED
Write-Host ""
else
Write-Host "No ghost NIC's Found :) - Exiting..." -Foreground Green
Write-Host ""
EXIT 0
#Using Criteria to Obtain the GUID of each Ghost NIC
Write-Host "Getting NIC Variables" -Foreground Yellow
foreach ($_ in $Ghosts) {
$DID = $_.DeviceID
If ($DID -NE $NULL)
Write-Host "The NIC DID: $DID"
else
Write-Host "$DID is NULL - Exiting..."
EXIT 666
if($DID -NOTLIKE "1*")
   Write-Host "Adding additional 0 to registry lookup since the DID is just one character..." - foreground yellow
   Write-Host ""
   $NICREG = Get-ItemProperty "hklm:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\000$DID"
ELSE
   $NICREG = Get-ItemProperty "hklm:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\00$DID"
$GUID = $NICREG.NetCfgInstanceId
Write-Host "The NIC GUID: $GUID"
                $PNPDID = $NICREG.DeviceInstanceID
$PNPDID = $PNPDID.Trimstart("PCI\VEN_15AD&DEV_07B0&SUBSYS_07B015AD&REV_01\")
Write-Host "The truncated PNPDevice ID is $PNPDID"
Write-Host ""
Write-Host "Searching for Registry Keys that match NIC GUID: $GUID" -Foreground Yellow
$NICREGPATH = @(1..50)
foreach ($_ in $NICREGPATH)
   $TESTREG = Test-Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\NetworkCards\$_" -Verbose
   if($TESTREG -EQ $FALSE)
    #Write-Host ""
    #Write-Host "FALSE: HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\NetworkCards\$_ DOES NOT EXIST" -Foreground RED
    ELSE
    #Write-Host "True - NIC $_ Exists" -Foreground Green
    $NICID = $_
    $SubPath1 = 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\NetworkCards\'+$NICID
    #Write-Host "The Sub-Key Path To Query = $SubPath1"
    $SubPath2 = 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\NetworkCards\'+$NICID
    #Write-Host "The Sub-Key Path To Query = $SubPath2"
    $NICProperties = Get-ItemProperty $SubPath1
    #$NICProperties
    $Match = $NICProperties.ServiceName
    #$Match
    foreach ($_ in $Match) {
    #Write-Host "The NIC GUID found in this registry key is: $_" -Foreground Yellow
    #Write-Host ""
    if($_ -NE $GUID)
    #Write-Host "NO MATCH - THIS NIC HAS NOT BEEN TOUCHED" -Foreground GREEN
                                #Write-Host ""
    ELSE
    Write-Host "MATCH - Registry Entries for this NIC will be DELETED" -Foreground RED
    Remove-Item $SubPath1 -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
    Remove-Item $SubPath2 -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
    $CCS = @("ControlSet001", "ControlSet002")
    foreach ($_ in $CCS) {
     $CCS = $_
     $reg1 = 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\' + $CCS + '\Services\'+$GUID
     Remove-Item $reg1 -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -verbose
     $reg1 = 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\' + $CCS + '\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Adapters\'+$GUID
     Remove-Item $reg1 -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -verbose
     $reg1 = 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\' + $CCS + '\Control\DeviceClasses\{ad498944-762f-11d0-8dcb-00c04fc3358c}\##?#PCI#VEN_15AD&DEV_07B0&SUBSYS_07B015AD&REV_01#$PNPDID#{ad498944-762f-11d0-8dcb-00c04fc3358c}\#'+$GUID
     Remove-Item $reg1 -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -verbose
     $reg1 = 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\' + $CCS + '\Control\Network\{4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\'+$GUID
     Remove-Item $reg1 -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -verbose
     $reg1 = 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\' + $CCS + '\services\JNPRNA\Parameters\Adapters\' + $GUID
     Remove-Item $reg1 -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -verbose
     $reg1 = 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\' + $CCS + '\services\NetBT\Parameters\Interfaces\Tcpip_' + $GUID
     Remove-Item $reg1 -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -verbose
     $reg1 = 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\' + $CCS + '\services\Psched\Parameters\NdisAdapters\' + $GUID
     Remove-Item $reg1 -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -verbose
     $reg1 = 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\' + $CCS + '\services\Tcpip\Parameters\Adapters\' + $GUID
     Remove-Item $reg1 -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -verbose
     $reg1 = 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\' + $CCS + '\services\Tcpip\Parameters\DNSRegisteredAdapters\' + $GUID
     Remove-Item $reg1 -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -verbose
     $reg1 = 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\' + $CCS + '\services\Tcpip\Parameters\Interfaces\' + $GUID
     Remove-Item $reg1 -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -verbose
     $reg1 = 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\' + $CCS + '\services\WfpLwf\Parameters\NdisAdapters\' + $GUID
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                                         if($DID -NOTLIKE
"1*")
              $reg1 = 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\' + $CCS + '\Control\Class\{4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\000' + $DID
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       ELSE
       $reg1 = 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\' + $CCS + '\Control\Class\{4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\00' + $DID
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Write-Host ""
Write-Host "Searching for any remaining Ghost NICs:" -Foreground Yellow
          $Ghosts = gwmi win32_NetworkAdapter | ?{$_.Description -like "vm*" -and $_.Installed -like "True" -and $_.MACAddress -eq $null}
$Ghosts | Select-Object Name,DeviceID
If ($Ghosts -NE $NULL)
Write-Host "There is still at least one ghost NIC present. The remover script may not be functioning correctly. Please contact Octavio-Admin on Microsoft Technet Forums with any questions" -foreground RED
Write-Host ""
EXIT 666
else
Write-Host "No ghost NIC's Found :) - Exiting..." -Foreground Green
Write-Host ""
EXIT 0
Hello Octavio,
I'm having similar issues with azure VMs (windows server 2008 and 2012). I noticed that the name of the network adapter changes every time the servers are turned off and then on.
For example every time I perform that action on each VM, the network adapter became to "Microsoft Hyper-V Network Adapter #3" (and then #4, #5, etc).
I found in to many forums that to resolve that is needed to remove Hidden (Ghost) Network Adapters and most of the people is doing that manually from the device manager (right click on the hidden network adapter and select uninstall).
Then I found this script created by you and made some changes to find Description -like "Microsoft Hyper-V Network*".
It seems to find the adapters and also remove them (based on the script results). But if I go to the device manager after restarting the server, all hidden (ghost) adapters are still there (for example Microsoft Hyper-V Network Adapter
#2, Microsoft Hyper-V Network Adapter #3, Microsoft Hyper-V Network Adapter #4, Microsoft Hyper-V Network Adapter #n).
The only thing I noticed after running the script is that, in the Control Panel -> Network and Sharing Center, the name of the adapter has no # (Now is shown as “Ethernet” and before as “Ethernet #”)
This is my script, could you please take a look and tell me if there is something wrong o missing?
CLS
#Querying WMI for Ghost NICs and Returning Criteria...
Write-Host "VMware Ghost NIC Remover" -Foreground GREEN
Write-Host "Author: Octavio Serpa AKA Octavio-Admin"
Write-Host "Copyright Octavio Serpa - Octavio-Admin - 2014"
Write-Host ""
Write-Host "Checking Powershell Version" -Foreground Yellow
$host.version
Write-Host ""
Write-Host "Searching for Ghost NIC's" -Foreground Yellow
$Ghosts = gwmi win32_NetworkAdapter | ?{$_.Description -like "Microsoft Hyper-V Network*" -and $_.Installed -like "True" -and $_.MACAddress -eq $null}
$Ghosts | Select-Object Name,DeviceID
If ($Ghosts -NE $NULL)
Write-Host "One or more ghost NIC'S do exist on this machine. Script will continue..." -foreground RED
Write-Host ""
else
Write-Host "No ghost NIC's Found :) - Exiting..." -Foreground Green
Write-Host ""
EXIT 0
#Using Criteria to Obtain the GUID of each Ghost NIC
Write-Host "Getting NIC Variables" -Foreground Yellow
foreach ($_ in $Ghosts) {
$DID = $_.DeviceID
If ($DID -NE $NULL)
Write-Host "The NIC DID: $DID"
else
Write-Host "$DID is NULL - Exiting..."
EXIT 666
if($DID -NOTLIKE "1*")
Write-Host "Adding additional 0 to registry lookup since the DID is just one character..." - foreground yellow
Write-Host ""
$NICREG = Get-ItemProperty "hklm:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4d36e972-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}\000$DID"
ELSE
$NICREG = Get-ItemProperty "hklm:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4d36e972-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}\00$DID"
$GUID = $NICREG.NetCfgInstanceId
Write-Host "The NIC GUID: $GUID"
$PNPDID = $NICREG.DeviceInstanceID
$PNPDID = $PNPDID.Trimstart("PCI\VEN_15AD&DEV_07B0&SUBSYS_07B015AD&REV_01\")
Write-Host "The truncated PNPDevice ID is $PNPDID"
Write-Host ""
Write-Host "Searching for Registry Keys that match NIC GUID: $GUID" -Foreground Yellow
$NICREGPATH = @(1..50)
foreach ($_ in $NICREGPATH)
$TESTREG = Test-Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\NetworkCards\$_" -Verbose
if($TESTREG -EQ $FALSE)
#Write-Host ""
#Write-Host "FALSE: HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\NetworkCards\$_ DOES NOT EXIST" -Foreground RED
ELSE
#Write-Host "True - NIC $_ Exists" -Foreground Green
$NICID = $_
$SubPath1 = 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\NetworkCards\'+$NICID
#Write-Host "The Sub-Key Path To Query = $SubPath1"
$SubPath2 = 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\NetworkCards\'+$NICID
#Write-Host "The Sub-Key Path To Query = $SubPath2"
$NICProperties = Get-ItemProperty $SubPath1
#$NICProperties
$Match = $NICProperties.ServiceName
#$Match
foreach ($_ in $Match) {
#Write-Host "The NIC GUID found in this registry key is: $_" -Foreground Yellow
#Write-Host ""
if($_ -NE $GUID)
#Write-Host "NO MATCH - THIS NIC HAS NOT BEEN TOUCHED" -Foreground GREEN
#Write-Host ""
ELSE
Write-Host "MATCH - Registry Entries for this NIC will be DELETED" -Foreground RED
Remove-Item $SubPath1 -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
Remove-Item $SubPath2 -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
$CCS = @("ControlSet001", "ControlSet002")
foreach ($_ in $CCS) {
$CCS = $_
$reg1 = 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\' + $CCS + '\Services\'+$GUID
Remove-Item $reg1 -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -verbose
$reg1 = 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\' + $CCS + '\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Adapters\'+$GUID
Remove-Item $reg1 -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -verbose
$reg1 = 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\' + $CCS + '\Control\DeviceClasses\{ad498944-762f-11d0-8dcb-00c04fc3358c}\##?#PCI#VEN_15AD&DEV_07B0&SUBSYS_07B015AD&REV_01#$PNPDID#{ad498944-762f-11d0-8dcb-00c04fc3358c}\#'+$GUID
Remove-Item $reg1 -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -verbose
$reg1 = 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\' + $CCS + '\Control\Network\{4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\'+$GUID
Remove-Item $reg1 -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -verbose
$reg1 = 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\' + $CCS + '\services\JNPRNA\Parameters\Adapters\' + $GUID
Remove-Item $reg1 -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -verbose
$reg1 = 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\' + $CCS + '\services\NetBT\Parameters\Interfaces\Tcpip_' + $GUID
Remove-Item $reg1 -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -verbose
$reg1 = 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\' + $CCS + '\services\Psched\Parameters\NdisAdapters\' + $GUID
Remove-Item $reg1 -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -verbose
$reg1 = 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\' + $CCS + '\services\Tcpip\Parameters\Adapters\' + $GUID
Remove-Item $reg1 -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -verbose
$reg1 = 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\' + $CCS + '\services\Tcpip\Parameters\DNSRegisteredAdapters\' + $GUID
Remove-Item $reg1 -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -verbose
$reg1 = 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\' + $CCS + '\services\Tcpip\Parameters\Interfaces\' + $GUID
Remove-Item $reg1 -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -verbose
$reg1 = 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\' + $CCS + '\services\WfpLwf\Parameters\NdisAdapters\' + $GUID
Remove-Item $reg1 -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -verbose
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$reg1 = 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\' + $CCS + '\Control\Class\{4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\000' + $DID
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ELSE
$reg1 = 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\' + $CCS + '\Control\Class\{4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\00' + $DID
Remove-Item $reg1 -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -verbose
$reg1 = 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\' + $CCS + '\Enum\PCI\VEN_15AD&DEV_07B0&SUBSYS_07B015AD&REV_01\' + $PNPDID
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Write-Host ""
Write-Host "Searching for any remaining Ghost NICs:" -Foreground Yellow
$Ghosts = gwmi win32_NetworkAdapter | ?{$_.Description -like "Microsoft Hyper-V Network*" -and $_.Installed -like "True" -and $_.MACAddress -eq $null}
$Ghosts | Select-Object Name,DeviceID
If ($Ghosts -NE $NULL)
Write-Host "There is still at least one ghost NIC present. The remover script may not be functioning correctly. Please contact Octavio-Admin on Microsoft Technet Forums with any questions" -foreground RED
Write-Host ""
EXIT 666
else
Write-Host "No ghost NIC's Found :) - Exiting..." -Foreground Green
Write-Host ""
EXIT 0

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