PS – Disable Unidentified network for VM nics
This script adds the *NdisDeviceType registry value with value 1 to the keys of the VMWare network cards.
Afterwards it disables and enables the networkcards to let the changes take effect.
$nics = gci "HKLM:\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Control\\Class\\{4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}"
$nics | foreach-object -process {
$devInstanceId = $_.getvalue("DeviceInstanceID")
if($devInstanceId -match "VMWARE"){
Write-Host $_.Name
$regpath = ( $_.name ) -replace("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE","HKLM:")
new-itemproperty -path $regpath -name "*NdisDeviceType" -value 1 -PropertyType "DWORD"
}
}
$wminics = get-wmiobject win32_networkadapter | where-object {$_.name -like "*vmware*" }
$wminics | foreach-object -process {
write-host -nonew "Disabling $($_.name) ... "
$result = $_.Disable()
if ($result.ReturnValue -eq -0) { write-host " success." } else { write-host " failed." }
write-host -nonew "Enabling $($_.name) ... "
$result = $_.Enable()
if ($result.ReturnValue -eq -0) { write-host " success." } else { write-host " failed." }
}