How can I use PowerShell to Remove "Ghost" (Old Hidden) VMware Network Adapters in Windows 7?

Question

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

Answer 1

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
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 $reg1 -Recurse  -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -verbose
                                         if($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 "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