Networking dilemma
I have an Actiontec GT-701-WG Wireless router for my DSL connection. My main PC is running XP-Pro, and I have 2-laptops running Vista (Premium Home & Office). I went to my local Best Buy and purchased a Dynex DX-E402 Router (their recommendation) to try and setup a home network where I could share files and see my Lexmark C543dn Network Printer from the laptops.
The Vista Laptops can see each other, but no such luck on the XP-PC. I also can't see the printer from the Vista laptops. File and Print sharing is enabled, I even downloaded the XP patch that MS recommended with no success.
Is it a router problem? Help please!
Turns out the wireless router we were using was on its way out- in addition to our local cable company telling us that our modem needed a hard reset. Problem solved.
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Later I bought a Mac mini to use as a media centre in my lounge. It hooks into my HD TV through the mini-DVI port and I have a Elgato Eye hooked up via a USB port that links up to my Sky HD+ satellite box via a S-Video cable and AV component leads. I'm using a Mighty Mouse and an Apple Bluetooth keyboard via bluetooth. It has no external back-up hard disk and Time Machine is not set-up.
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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
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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 0THE 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
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No network on reboot - Connection Details for Adapter Blank/Empty
I've been dealing with this issue for over a week now, and while extensive Internet searches have found similar situations, none exactly matched my situation, and none of the suggested fixes had any positive effects. Here's my exact situation:
1.) System Specs:
OS: Windows 8 Pro
CPU: 3.60 gigahertz Intel Core i7-3820
RAM: 64GB DDR3 -1333
Disk Space: 2.6TB on 4 SSD and 2 HDD
Network Adapters: (2x) Broadcom NetLink Gigabit Ethernet
2.) On computer startup (whether cold start, warm start or "forced" reset), when I get to the lock screen, the network icon has the
dreaded "yellow triangle" overlay displayed. I can log in using my Windows Live credentials with no problems, but that same warning overlay is on the network icon in the taskbar, as well, and I have absolutely no WAN
or LAN access. Both network adapters show up in Network Connections as enabled (as opposed to disabled or "network"), and when I double-click either one (or if I right-click and select Status), I get the status popup, but it's completely empty. And
by that I mean nothing at all is displayed in the main section. In order to get my network connection up and running, I have to disable at least one of the adapters and then enable it. Once that's completed, I have both Internet and LAN connectivity, but if
I reboot for whatever reason, it all goes away, and I have to do the same dance once more.
3.) Things I've tried (not necessarily in order):
a.) uninstall/reinstall NIC drivers, using not only current, but also "next-gen" and "last-gen" versions - no help
b.) Disable or uninstall one or the other of the NIC's - also no help
c.) Disable IPv6 on one/both adapters - foolish, I know, but it was suggested, so I tried it - no help
d.) install the "original" Windows 8 native drivers - no help
e.) Created a logoff script to disable the adapters, and a startup script to enable them - no help (though manually running the same instructions from
an elevated command prompt does work, but it's faster to disable/enable them from the Network Connections window - and yes, I made sure that the shutdown/startup scripts had admin access - I
just think they were being executed at the wrong stage of the boot process)
f.) Ran SFC /scannow from an elevated command prompt - no errors found
g.) Checked the event viewer for information regarding this issue, and nothing shows up - not even "information" entries.
h.) Ran System Restore to a date/point before this first occurred - no help
Now this isn't my first rodeo with networking errors, and while I'm certainly no "IT Guru", I like to think I know my way around the tech well enough to be able to suss out the vast majority of networking issues, but
this one has me stumped. This is a reasonably new system for me, having purchased/built it back in March, but it's also a "2 generation" upgrade over the old box, so there are no "known good" replacements available to try. Also, one NIC
is built into the MoBo, while the other is in the PCIe sound card. Both came as a "package deal", and are supposedly cross-compatible with each other (ASRock assures me this is true). I also didn't bother testing the cables, routers or modem, since
this appears to be a software or driver problem, and I'm leaning heavily toward it being with the driver, somehow.
Well, that's my dilemma. I tried to be as complete as possible with the information, but as I'm only Human, I may have missed something. I'm more than happy to provide any other information that may be necessary. If anyone has any ideas about something that
I may have missed (short of a full wipe/reinstall, of course - that's just below initiating Global Meltdown on my priority list), or knows what may be causing this, I would greatly appreciate the sharing of knowledge. :)
Safe, Reliable Insanity, Since 1961!Ok, as an update, I've tried a couple of different things, none with any permanent success, but with some interesting consequences:
1.) Using Task manager's Startup tab, I've disabled all entries listed and rebooted - no help (cards still fail to initialize)
2.) Through msconfig, I disabled all non-Microsoft services and rebooted - no help
3.) I tried both items 1 and 2 combined - also no help
4.) Rather than altering the Speed/Duplex settings on one of the network cards, I attempted to change some of the other settings (one at a time, of course) to a non-default value, and each time I met with the same result. The affected card initialized, and
connected to the internet, but a reboot again saw that card in a state of failed initialization. And it doesn't matter which network card I alter, as both individually behave in this manner.
My (tentative) conclusion at this point, given all that I've seen so far is that something "out of the ordinary" is causing this issue, and that it's entirely possible, if not likely that it's a Microsoft service or startup file that's causing this behavior.
At this point, I'm tempted to refresh my computer, but the list of installed applications on this box is huge, and it will take me several days to nearly a week to get everything reinstalled, so I'm trying to keep that back as a last resort, if at all possible.
So before I break down and do that, is there anything else that I might have missed?
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Here's what I have:
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2 HD TiVo's connected via Cat 5
Windows laptop, connected via 5 GHZ network: Acer Aspire 6930 running Windows Vista Home Edition. Intel Core Duo CPU, 2.00 GHz, 4 Gig Ram, 32 Bit operating system. 144 Gig C drive, 140 Gig D drive, 698 External hard drive connected via USB.
MacBook Pro 13”, 2.7 GHz Intel Core i7, 8 GB Ram, Intel HD Graphics 3000 512 MB, running Mac OS X Lion 10.7.2 (11C74)
iBook G4 13”, 1.2 GHz processor, Power PC G4, 1.25 GB memory
iPad 1, 64 gig w/ cellular
iPad 1, 16 gig w/out cellular
iPhone 4
iPhone 3GS
Apple TV
The Windows laptop was recently wiped out by a virus, so I lost all my programs. The MacBook I use for work (but I own it) and I travel with it, and the Windows laptop stays at home. The iBook is an old Mac I don’t use anymore.
I just got an Apple TV, and here’s my dilemma:
I’m ripping my DVD’s with Handbrake, and putting them in iTunes, but the only drive I have big enough for all of them is the 2 TB Seagate. I would like to leave the Seagate at home, so my wife can watch videos and listen to music when I’m not at home. However, I’d also like access to my music and videos when I’m on the road. Ideally, I’d like the Seagate to be connected to my router as a networked drive, with the iTunes folder housed on it, and be able to sync music and video playlists to my MacBook Pro. My iPad and iPhone 4 syncs to my Powerbook, and I want to be able to transfer videos to the iPad from the MacBook Pro.
So, how can Apple TV see all my media, all the time, yet be able to put media on my MacBook Pro and then to my iPad? I can use the Windows laptop or the iBook as a home media server if need be, but all my ripping and video converting will be done on the MacBook Pro because its the only one that is fast enough.
Thanks Guys!The best way by far is to run ethernet as a kind of backbone between the two stories.. on one storey setup the AE and the other you setup the TC.
I have no idea if one is the main router or not.. or both are bridged.. that doesn't really matter.. the principle is.. one router per network. So whichever is not the main router change to bridge mode.
Both should create a wireless network. You can use roaming setup, where both use identical names and identical security. See http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4260 -
Is it possible to connect an iMac to the internet but not to the network?
Hello,
I volunteered to purchase an iMac for our company. This huge company maintains a huge windows-only network environment and IT does not support any macs (nor do they want to have them on the network).
Hence, since we really need this machine to be a mac and not a PC I had to promise to set it up as a stand-alone machine and to get anti-virus protection (as users will be coming in with their jump drives etc). At least for the latter reason (regular updates of virus definitions must be possible) we'd like to have it connected to the internet.
How would I escape the dilemma that as soon as I'd hook it up via ethernet, it would of course get internet but at the same time would see all other machines on the network? (it will sure do so as I had tried it out with some other machine running on the same OS)
Is there a way to configure Snow Leopard to allow for internet but not network access?
Does it make sense at all (for security reasons that is)?
thank you very much,
HDIs there a way to configure Snow Leopard to allow for internet but not network access?
Well, 'internet' is 'network access' so at one level your question makes no sense.
If, on the other hand, what you want to do is segregate your Mac from the other machines then that's a different issue. There are numerous ways of doing that, but most would involve some level of interaction with the network administrators. Given their ana^H^H^H attitude towards Macs that may be an issue.
The best way would be to setup a separate VLAN for the Mac. This will create a separate logical network within the company network with only this Mac and the network router in it. No PC would see the Mac, and the Mac wouldn't be scarred by seeing all those PCs. This cannot be done without buy-in from the network admins, though.
A step down from that would be to use one PC in the network as a gateway to the rest of the network. The Mac would talk to this PC, and the PC would pass the data out to the rest of the network. This would require admin rights on the PC, though, which you may or may not have (I've seen a lot of corporate networks… :: shudder ::)
The last option would be to setup an entirely separate internet connection for the Mac but there are logistical issues there, too.
My advice: Buy a dozen Krispy Kremes for the network guys and sweet talk them into building you a VLAN. -
P1006 - networked with XP and VIsta-64 not printing more than 2 pages
Hello - I have a dilemma with my HP P1006. I have the printer directly plugged in (USB) with my XP (32bit) PC. I have a Vista-64 PC networked with it. Both (XP-32 and Vista-64) are plugged in directly to the router (not wireless). My question is why can I not print more than two pages at a time with items opened on the Vista-64 PC? I CAN print more than two pages with items opened in the XP-32.
Things I've done:
1 - uninstalled everything & reinstalled the latest drivers for the XP-32.
2 - marked the printer as "sharing" on the XP-32.
3 - confirmed the printer is marked "enable bidirectional sharing" under the printer properties on the XP-32 PC.
Things I perplexed about:
1 - why won't items (docs, webpages, etc.) print more than two pages at a time from the Vista-64 PC?
2 - is there any reason that I should download a driver for the Vista-64 OS? If so, which PC do I download it to?
3 - I have another printer (Lexmark inkjet) connected in the same way (except it is a serial port not USB) and it can print more than two pages of a document at one time with no problem from either the XP-32 or Vista-64 PC? Why?
Any thoughts on this situation? Any suggestions are greatly appreciate.
Thank you - Jane.Hi!
I just get a system message at teh bottom of teh screen saying "output cannot be issued " and it remains on teh same screen . I goto t-code va23 and enter my quotation number and on the top I select sales document ...issue output and select my output type and print preview or prnit , it comes out of that screen into the first screen and at the bottom gives msg "Output cannot be issued". I beleiev its not allowing the smartform to display when there are more than 2 pages , because I tried it with a contact which has 2 pages and it shows output but when I try with the one having more items i.e more than 2 pages it comes out of it . Its a smartform issue and something in the smartform is causing problem I beleive.
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Need advice on setting up an ideal network
Hello everybody! I have run into a small dilemma regarding general networking, and thought this forum to be the most fitting for such questions.
In a couple of months, I shall be moving into a new apartment. Inside this apartment, there will be four wireless-capable units; two Macbooks with 802.11n, an iPod Touch with 802.11g, and a Nintendo Wii with 802.11g. As for the router, I have one Airport Extreme and one Airport Express, both with 802.11n. Now, for the dilemma;
Putting wireless freedom to it's greatest use, I thought it to be nice not having to directly connect my external hard-disks (a 1TB drive and a 320GB drive, respectively) to my Macbook in order to access the files put on these hard-disks. I would, in other words, connect those to my AEBS. However, having experience with the slightly...sluggish experience of 802.11g, I would very much like to make it a 802.11n-exclusive network, since you can't have some things with N speeds and others with G speeds in the same network. Tragically, doing so would make both my Touch and Wii without any wireless capabilities at all, which is not very desireable either.
So, am I forced to choose between the limitations of 802.11n and the sluggishness of 802.11g? Or is there any way that I can somehow have 2 networks in my home? Advise is very much apreciated, and I am prepared to buy new gear as needed.If the range of all your wireless devices will not be an issue, I suggest that you configure your base station as a "Dual Band" network even though both are 802.11n devices. To do so, you would need to connect the 802.11n AirPort Express Base Station (AXn) to the 802.11n AirPort Extreme Base Station (AEBSn) via Ethernet, and then, reconfigure the AXn as a bridge and in either the 802.11n (b/g compatible) or 802.11g only radio mode. Have your non-"n" clients connecting to the AXn and the others to the AEBSn without loss of bandwidth performance.
Setting up a "dual band" network is described in the Designing AirPort Networks Using the AirPort Utility document, starting on page 48. -
How can I transfer files between a PC and a Mac NOT on the same network?
I have an iCloud account, a Time Capsule and a Seagate Free Agent portable hard drive. Which ways can I transfer files (any or all three?) and how? Here's my dilemma: I'm a graphic designer and I work on a PC at my office. At home I use my MacBook Pro...same programs, save files. However, I had trouble earlier saving my new documents onto the Free Agent from my MacBook Pro as the Free Agent was Read Only and original files on it were from the PC. The PC is not on my Time Capsule network and not accessible or even close to my MacBook. I simply want to be able to save the files I updated/changed on my Mac to somewhere that I can access them later from that PC...right now they are saved to my Documents folder. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Format the external drive as FAT32 or ExFAT. Both computers will then be able to read and write to it.
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Printing to network HP PSC 1210 All-in-one
Hello. I would greatly appreciate any help I could get with my dilemma.
I'm trying to print from my macbook to a network PC. I've set up the printer on my MacBook successfully and configured the printer on the PC so that it will allow sharing for the printer. When I print a document from my macbook, it is sent to the PC, but gets stopped there.
A box on the PC "Printers Folder" reports an error. It says "There was an error found when printing the document "Remote Downlevel Document" to USB001. Do you want to retry or cancel the job?
When I click "Retry" it just flashes the same box again. When I click "Cancel", the print job is removed from the PC's print job queue.
Does anyone have any ideas how to fix this? Thanks in advance.
-KevinHP's printer drivers for non-postscript printers are written to use USB only - you'll need to use a third-party driver like Gimp-Print - now called Gutenprint. Get the latest Gutenprint version here:
http://www.linux-foundation.org/en/OpenPrinting/macosx
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I have got a 12 imacs which have been 'eye1' calibrated. As admin login, I have set these calibrations as the imac default.... I get another user to login (not as admin) and their account discards the calibrated settings and resets back to OS default Imac calibration.
Have tried on several networked macs- works perfectly well on leopard OS but it not work on Snow Leopard.
many thanks in advance for your responses.TILLYFRAN wrote:
Hello R Kelly,
Thank you for your interest in my dilemma.
Apparently “soft proofing” is an option, I simply want to edit-convert profile. I have been advised by my Photo printers that Elements does not support this facility and have suggested I try edit- export, but this is not highlighted under the edit column and hence is not supported either. I,m beginning to think that Elements 10 is the worst piece of software I,v ever purchased!. Again thank you for your interest, any help would be most welcome.
Let's be clear : you have been miguided.
CMYK is used in commercial offset printing. In my professional life, I have dealt with photographers, publishing agencies and printers (not only offset). The point is that to get good offset prints in CMYK, you have to know in detail the profiles needed for the process (paper...) We considered the conversion was the responsability (and the art) of the printer. (Anyway, the conversion to CMYK from pictures made in RGB is often a lossy one). I don't know of serious commercial printers who does not have the full Photoshop or similar.
For amateurs today, even for printing, RGB is becoming the required color space. Advanced home or professional printing process (photo books) is often made on hardware with 6 or more inks. If you provide CMYK, the pictures will be first converted back to RGB ! -
Oracle 11g - Network Configuration check
Hi All,
This is my first time here and I am a newbie to Linux and Oracle installation.
I just finished installing Linux Enterprise version 5 ( provided by Oracle corp).
At the time of installation I did not do any type of network configuration and let the default network connection take effect.
After installing all the pre requirements for the Oracle 11g installation on my laptop I was stopped with a warning on the Oracle univesal Installer - product specific Prerequisite check.
This is what it gave me---
Checking Network Configuration requirements..
Check complete. The overall results of this check is : Not executed <<<
Recomendation : Oracle supports installation on systems with DHCP-assigned public IP addresses. However the primary network interface on the system should be configured with a Static IP Address in order for the oracle to function properly.See the installation guide for more details on installing the software on systems configured with DHCP.
I checked with the manuals and do not find any information about how to fix it.
The info given in the manual is
Installing on DHCP Computers
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) assigns dynamic IP addresses on a network. Dynamic addressing enables a computer to have a different IP address each time it connects to the network. In some cases, the IP address can change while the computer is still connected. You can have a mixture of static and dynamic IP addressing in a DHCP system.
In a DHCP setup, the software tracks IP addresses, which simplifies network administration. This lets you add a new computer to the network without having to manually assign that computer a unique IP address.
Now i made some changes to the Network Config as root user and my Network configuration file looks like ( ie. /etc/hosts)
127.0.0.1 localhost StaticIP
It was previously something like
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost.
As per the installation documents where ever i had references to localhost, i had left the localhost with the same name ' localhost' and have not changed it. Now it has StaticIP and I am not sure how to proceed.
What must I do?
I want to fix this error and also want oracle to work.
Thanks for your help!!Thanks a lot guys to respond to this. I am using OEL5 ( supplied by Oracle Corp) and Oracle 11g. Installation of Linux takes about 40 minutes and installation of Oracle takes about an hour to 2 hours. Not sure why some RPM's do not show up on the CD's provided by Oracle.
So I tried to reinstall Linux . But the whole problem is, the Network Screens ( during installation) do not show up at all. It just skips that portion and goes to the Screen where there is the world Map and tells you to set up the time and date. I tried installing Linux many times and those Network configuration screens do not show up at all.
Here is my dilemma. After installing Oracle 11g, and immediately accessing the site https://localhost.localdomain:1158/em takes me into the OEM.
But after I shut down my machine and boot up again, I am unable to use the OEM's site https://localhost.localdomain:1158/em. Instead I get the message
===============================
Unable to Connect
Firefox can't establish a connection to the server at localhost.localdomain:1158
1. The site could be temporaily unavailable
2. If you are unable to load any pages, check your computer's network connection
3. If your computer is protected by firewall or proxy, make sure that firefox is permitted to access the Web.
===================================
I am thinking the problem is with 2. I do not have any firewall in my machine and i have also disbaled SELINUX.
I want to configure the computer so i can use the OEM in my Linux laptop.
My $ cat /etc/hosts gives
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain.
Please help me setup the Network so i can connect to 11g OEM.
And BTW this laptop is not even used to connect to the Internet.
Thanks
Sulu -
I would like to control my MacMini (Late 2012) 2.3GHz Intel Quad Core i7 processor directly from my iOS device, either my iPhone 6 or my iPad G3. By directly I mean without having a wireless or wired network in place.
I know there are a number of iOS apps that utilize VNC technology but I believe they all require the Mac to be connected via WiFi to an Airport or similar wireless networking device. I would like to control my MacMini remotely without having it already connected to a WiFi network and wondered is it possible? The iOS device and Mac would be in close proximity to one another.
Has anyone had any experience with this? Thanks.Guys, thanks but I did not mean to control it by infrared. I know only too well that iOS devices do not have that capability. However they and the Mac both can send and receive WiFi signals so is there any reason they can't talk to each other directly.
When I am in my home I have an airport but I would like to take the Mac Mini out on music gigs with my Apollo interface which serves as my mic preamp and mixer as it does in my studio but the Apollo needs to be connected to the mac via thunderbolt to download the plugin software that provides reverb and eq, etc. I would like to do this without the need of a monitor and keyboard, hence my dilemma. The only thing I basically need to do is start the mini and the rest happens automatically but I need to also shut down (which I know can be accomplished a couple of ways) but with out having a visual interface you can't make any changes or verify what setting are being used. -
Using two computers on network
I'm purchasing a second computer (MacBook Pro) to use upstairs, in addition to my iMac (24" aluminum) downstairs. I intend to set up a network using Airport Extreme, and I wish to copy all my browser bookmarks & settings to the MacBook. To do this, I'll be using Migration Assistant.
My question is: once I have the same settings & system (Leopard) on both computers, I am faced with a dilemma -- how do I go about changing the Account settings on the second computer, so that both computers don't have the same Administrator name and password? What's the drill here? Thanks in advance!Here's the deal:
Up until a month ago, I'd have told you that it's impossible. However, iTunes 7 added a new feature which I have not used, but it seems to be what you're looking for.
First, you're going to have to make a common library file. This may require making a new library from, I don't know, because I haven't done it. You can just try moving the library file (it's iTunes Library.itl, and can be found in My Music\iTunes) to the NAS.
Now, when you start iTunes, hold shift until a dialog box appears and asks you which library to use. Point to the one on the NAS. If that library doesn't work (because it was moved) you may hve to go with the option to make a new one.
Do this from both computers, and everything should work.
A few notes:
I doubt you can run them both at the same time.
There are other things I've forgotten. I'm sure.
Back up. Always.
Ask any other questions. Even though I haven't used this feature, I'm sure some people have.
hudgie
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