Just to amplify what you said....you need to start devmgmt.msc from the same command prompt that you issue the set command from, so it picks it up.
-----Original Message----- From: Anders Blomgren [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 4:06 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Neat tip of the week Start cmd.exe Type: set DEVMGR_SHOW_NONPRESENT_DEVICES=1 Type: devmgmt.msc Same thing without the reboot. -Anders Sent from my iPhone On 3 jan 2012, at 07:22, David Lum <[email protected]> wrote: > Ok so this is an oooold tip, but I just recently had a need for it. > > Ever have a VM that when you assigned it an IP address it complained that > (and I am paraphrasing) "a hidden network device also has this IP address > and if it becomes active there will be a conflict" but when you go to device > manager and have it show hidden devices there's only one NIC listed? I see > this usually when I P2V a machine, but also moving a VM from one environment > to another (just copying the VHD's and using the copy to create a new VM) > will generate this as well. In any case, here's how you can remedy that > little issue: > > Add in your system environment variables the variable > DEVMGR_SHOW_NONPRESENT_DEVICES set it's value to: 1 reboot your > machine goto your device manager show all hidden devices > > Works for 2003 Server and later Windows OS's. Sweet! > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
