If you are trying to rename the existing NIC and receiving above warning on VMWare host fallow the easy steps to fix the problem, hidden NIC card in the device manager is causing issues….
| 1.Click Start, click Run, type cmd.exe, and then press ENTER. 2.Type set devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices=1, and then press ENTER. 3.Type Start DEVMGMT.MSC, and then press ENTER. 4.Click View, and then click Show Hidden Devices. 5.Expand the Network Adapters tree. 6.Right-click the dimmed network adapter, and then click Uninstall |
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/269155
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4 comments:
its great..thank you
Thanks for the help. I found the tool below very useful to remove multiple hidden devices
Device Remover - The Powerful Device Manager Alternative:
http://www.pro-it-education.de/software/deviceremover/
Thanks for the concise resolution. Anyone know the reason for this behaviour?
Our automated server builds are not renaming the nics because of this.
Excellent tip, but if you are doing this on a Windows 2008 R2 server, remember to open your console (cmd.exe) up with Admin rights. (Hold down the shift key and right click on the Command Prompt icon. Otherwise, you won't see the hidden devices.
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