how to disable a device?

[Rico.JohnnY]

hey..

i want to know if there is a approach to disable a device such as network adapter,display adapter according to its infID,PCI bus ID or something

i do it because i have multiply network adapters installed on my pc, and some are not used temporarily. i want to disable them to get rid of the annoying icons shown all the time in the system tray.

Any constructive suggestions will be highly appreciated

[XtremeMaC]

i assume u want to do this unattendedly?

1st thing that pops in my mind is to remove the driver from cd

2nd u can search the registry to find the ID and on that substring create a reg_dword value named ShowIcon and set it to 0. --> this won't disable, will just get rid of the icon

3rd attempt failed....

[Rico.JohnnY]

thx for your reply.

what i want to restate is i just want to temporarily disable one or two of them from the OS,but not removing them.So when i want to reuse them, i can easily enable them from the "Network Connections" by just one click.

any way to implement that?

[XtremeMaC]

ow okay 1 other easy way to find out

first go dl regshot from here

then monitor your registry for changes

so 1st dl

2nd take a snapshot when the device is enabled

3rd take a snapshot after u disable the device

then compare and choose html for the results

this should give u a better approach..

ok here's what mine gives... some are unneccessary bc it add/removes network protocols and etc..

Edited August 24, 2004 by XtremeMaC

[Rico.JohnnY]

i think i have found the answer @

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?...kb;en-us;311272

thx all the same

[XtremeMaC]

thanks!