I am in desparete need of help, and am experiencing a great deal of emotional stress in relation to the following ;(
In an effort to resolve...
http://www.experts-exchang
I wish to delete multiple phantom NICS that were created by Hyper-V. Hyper-V evidently has not deleted them as it should have (see screen shot highlighting the non-existing NICS). I have tried the following with no success....
- Resetting the TCPIP stack via the auto tool found here ...
http://support.microsoft.c
- Using http://support.microsoft.c
- When I try using "method 2" bizarrely the 64bit version of "DEVCON" produces the following when run...
"This version of C:\devcon\devcon.exe is not compatible with the version of Window
s you're running. Check your computer's system information to see whether you n
eed a x86 (32-bit) or x64 (64-bit) version of the program, and then contact the
software publisher."
And although I can get the 32bit version to work if I try to run the command to remove the unwanted virtual NIC I get a failure message (see attached). Would someone kindly take a look at my syntax I probably screwed up :(
I am now at the stage where I would be happy to risk deleting them straight out of the registry if I could confidentally identify them and had some guidance. Strangely when I tried to open the registry "config" folder I believe relates to the configuration of ome of the virtual NICS it states access denied. I dont however get access denied to several some others.
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Extremely helpful mate thanks, that link would suggest to me that the reason Devcon wont work for me is that its not actually a 64bit version. Trouble is I dont have access to a Server 2003 64bit disk, a XP 64bit, or Vista 64 Disk. Believe it or not I only run Windows 7 and server 2008 in my enviroment, and it does not appear to my on either of those disks.
And would you believe it I just chucked all the disks I needed out about 2 days ago Grrrrrrrrr!!
I downloaded Server 2003 R2 specifically to ensure I was using a 64bit compatible version of Devcon (think I was anyhow). Unfortunately whenever I try to run the suggested commands I receive the following error (see screenshot).
Any ideas? I believe devcon simply removes the registry entries I have already located. Unfortunately however I can't take ownership of them and delete them manually either.
I downloaded Server 2003 R2 specifically to ensure I was using a 64bit compatible version of Devcon (think I was anyhow). Unfortunately whenever I try to run the suggested commands I receive the following error (see screenshot).
Any ideas? I believe devcon simply removes the registry entries I have already located. Unfortunately however I can't take ownership of them and delete them manually either.
failed-devcon-remove.jpg
Good question,
- I am unable to remove any known Virtual NICS using the Devcon I have (it simply responds with the above error)
- I am unable to remove any known Virtual NICs using device manager either. After right clicking and selecting remove it simply goes through the motions, finishes however remains in the list.
- I have just attempted to remove a NIC referred to as
"Realtek RTL8168/8110 Family PCI Gigabit Ethernet NIC (NDIS 6.0) - #2"
I used device manager and although it hung during the un-install process and I had to terminate using Ctrl, Alt, Del. The device did actually disappear from the list. I presume it was a real NIC, however I did not check I know that model NIC is physically install in the machine at the moment.
Yep been through the registry and I am fairly sure I have located what needs to be deleted. However the problem is I cant delete the entries, this may even be the reason devcon cant uninstall the drivers? And unfortuately I cant take ownership of or changes the permissions on the registry entries either, it wont let me. I am assuming the current owner is "SYSTEM" ?
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by: lukeglazebrookPosted on 2009-10-05 at 13:28:58ID: 25499364
UPDATE!
I decided to be brave and attempt to find the registry entry and delete it. I searched for the Phantom Virtual NIC's friendly name within the registry and attempted to delete that key. It was simply impossible even after granted everyone full control in the permissions. I even tried using Malware Bytes RegASSasin which apparently can remove stubborn registry keys. I am starting to think this may be the root cause of the problem, can anyone advise?
See Screen shot attached