We did a lot of P2V migrations. Got really tired of manually removing hidden devices
http://www.robvanderwoude.com/devcon.php http://www.robvanderwoude.com/files/rmhiddev_nt.txt <-- Works a treat (test on your own, etc) Fast. Steven Peck http://www.blkmtn.org On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 9:28 AM, Mike Leone <[email protected]> wrote: > On 1/3/2012 10:59 AM, Crawford, Scott wrote: > >> Nice! >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: David Lum [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 12:12 AM >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: Neat tip of the week >> >> 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 >> > > No need to reboot. Just open a new command window; the new environmental > variable should be present. Then just start up Device Manager from the > command line ... > > I'm pushing to have that variable set in our GPOs, so it's always set, > just in case ... > > > >> 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/<http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> > **> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.** > com/read/my_forums/ <http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/> > or send an email to > listmanager@lyris.**sunbeltsoftware.com<[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
