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WAN Miniport (IP)

jvarga

Newbie (1 Posts)

11/21/2001 9:21:51 PM

In trying to install a Linksys wireless router and usb adapter, I uninstalled tcp/ip several times. I now have 6 Network Adapter entries of WAN Miniport (IP) #2 thru 7 in my Device Manager. I can't uninstall them b/c I keep getting a window that says it may be needed for bootup. How can I remove these entries? I am running Win2000 on my computer and Win98se on a second networked computer. The network is working Fine.
Thank You,
John

rsires

Newbie (1 Posts)

6/4/2003 7:08:54 PM

QUOTE:

Originally Posted by jvarga:
Thank You,
John

I just ran into this myself on a Windows XP system and managed to find a solution. Please note that the extraneous WAN Miniport devices shown in Device Manager didn't seem to be doing any harm on my system, but Device Manager did display them with a yellow exclamation point and the property page for the devices indicated that their registry entries were corrupt.

The reason that uninstalling the device fails is that the device is marked in the registry as not being user removable. You can find the relevent registry key by searching the registry for the string "Packet Scheduler Miniport". The key should be under HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet. The "not user removable" attribute is stored in the Characteristics bitfield of the device's registry key. The "not user removable" bit is 0x20 and clearing that bit allows the device to be removed through Device Manager. In my case, the Characteristics value was 0x00000029 and I changed it to 0x00000009.

The complete list of values for the Characteristics value can be found athttp://www.osr.com/ddk/network/501install_4q5j.htm .

trex-dpl

Newbie (10 Posts)

8/11/2005 4:42:40 AM

go to device manager, view hidden devices, disable wan miniport. uninstallation not necesssary
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