Hidden Network adapter in Device manager
To resolve this problem, uninstall the ghosted network adapter from the registry using one of the following methods: Back to the top Method 1 Click Start, click Run, type cmd.exe, and then press ENTER. Type set devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices=1, and then press ENTER. Type Start DEVMGMT.MSC, and then press ENTER. Click View, and then click Show Hidden Devices. Expand the Network Adapters tree. Right-click the dimmed network adapter, and then click Uninstall. Back to the top Method 2 The DevCon utility is a command-line utility that acts as an alternative to Device Manager. When you use DevCon, you can enable, disable, restart, update, remove, and query individual devices or groups of devices. To use DevCon, follow these steps: Download the DevCon tool by clicking the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 311272 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/311272/ ) The DevCon command-line utility functions as an alternative to Device Manager Unp