How to Determine Adapter GUID

I am trying to resolve the problem where my network connections come up as
"local only". I found this article
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928233/en-us but on my system, I have 6
entries in that key -they show only the GUID - no clue as to which entry is
for which connection. I have used several wireless connections, a Cat5 cable
connection and a dialup connection. How can I determine which entry applies
to which connection?

Wayne

Look in the Registry using regedit.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\NetworkCards\5
In the right hand window you will see a description and the service
name (guid)

I found the answer to your question by using Edit, Find and
searching Computer for the guid and the helpful key is before the
one listed in KB 928233. Event Viewer often refers to a guid and
when you need to know the name of the application searching on the
guid in the registry will give the answer eventually.

--


Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~





"Wayne Wengert" <wayneSKIPSPAM@wengert.org> wrote in message
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>I am trying to resolve the problem where my network connections
>come up as "local only". I found this article
>(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928233/en-us but on my system, I
>have 6 entries in that key -they show only the GUID - no clue as to
>which entry is for which connection. I have used several wireless
>connections, a Cat5 cable connection and a dialup connection. How
>can I determine which entry applies to which connection?
>

Gerry;

Thanks. I'll follow your advice and see how that goes.

Wayne

"Gerry Cornell" <gcjcvis@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> Wayne
>
> Look in the Registry using regedit.
>
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
> NT\CurrentVersion\NetworkCards\5
> In the right hand window you will see a description and the service name
> (guid)
>
> I found the answer to your question by using Edit, Find and searching
> Computer for the guid and the helpful key is before the one listed in KB
> 928233. Event Viewer often refers to a guid and when you need to know the
> name of the application searching on the guid in the registry will give
> the answer eventually.
>
> --
>
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Gerry
> ~~~~
> FCA
> Stourport, England
> Enquire, plan and execute
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>
>
>
>
> "Wayne Wengert" <wayneSKIPSPAM@wengert.org> wrote in message
> news:OHijJ2LhHHA.392@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>I am trying to resolve the problem where my network connections come up as
>>"local only". I found this article
>>(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928233/en-us but on my system, I have 6
>>entries in that key -they show only the GUID - no clue as to which entry
>>is for which connection. I have used several wireless connections, a Cat5
>>cable connection and a dialup connection. How can I determine which entry
>>applies to which connection?
>>
>

Looking at the list of adapters in the key referenced in the KB article,
there were 5 entries. In searching the registry for those GUIDs I found the
following:
1 was for the on-board NIC
1 was for the onboard wireless connection
1 was for Bluetooth
1 had only one reference - something called Lanman
1 did not occur anywhere else in the registry


I do not believe that that list includes modems.

Wayne


"Gerry Cornell" <gcjcvis@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:euHSvtMhHHA.2640@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> Wayne
>
> Look in the Registry using regedit.
>
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
> NT\CurrentVersion\NetworkCards\5
> In the right hand window you will see a description and the service name
> (guid)
>
> I found the answer to your question by using Edit, Find and searching
> Computer for the guid and the helpful key is before the one listed in KB
> 928233. Event Viewer often refers to a guid and when you need to know the
> name of the application searching on the guid in the registry will give
> the answer eventually.
>
> --
>
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Gerry
> ~~~~
> FCA
> Stourport, England
> Enquire, plan and execute
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>
>
>
>
> "Wayne Wengert" <wayneSKIPSPAM@wengert.org> wrote in message
> news:OHijJ2LhHHA.392@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>I am trying to resolve the problem where my network connections come up as
>>"local only". I found this article
>>(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928233/en-us but on my system, I have 6
>>entries in that key -they show only the GUID - no clue as to which entry
>>is for which connection. I have used several wireless connections, a Cat5
>>cable connection and a dialup connection. How can I determine which entry
>>applies to which connection?
>>
>