unless you make it global and permanent by entering in the System Properties, Advanced, Environment Variables tab
On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 8:23 AM, Kennedy, Jim <[email protected]>wrote: > 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 > > ~ 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
