Hi

I need to script the disabling of some devices in Vista but neither the
32bit nor 64bit version of devcon.exe downloadable from the site will work
with vista.

Anyone know of one that does work in vista, or any other CLI utility that
can disable and enable devices?

Cheers

Mark Barnes (Jao) wrote:
Hi

I need to script the disabling of some devices in Vista but neither the
32bit nor 64bit version of devcon.exe downloadable from the site will work
with vista.

What exactly happens when it does not work?

Anyone know of one that does work in vista, or any other CLI utility that
can disable and enable devices?

Remember that devcon needs admin privileges, so under Vista
it must be run "As Administrator".


Uwe

"Uwe Sieber" wrote:

What exactly happens when it does not work?


I get a dialog box that says:-

"The version of this file is not compatible with the version of windows
you're running. Check your computers's system information to see whether you
need an x86 (32-bit) or x64 (64-bit) version of the program and then contact
the software publisher. [OK]"

I downloaded the devcon.exe files from he-
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/311272

Mark Barnes (Jao) wrote:

"Uwe Sieber" wrote:

What exactly happens when it does not work?


I get a dialog box that says:-

"The version of this file is not compatible with the version of windows
you're running. Check your computers's system information to see whether you
need an x86 (32-bit) or x64 (64-bit) version of the program and then contact
the software publisher. [OK]"

I downloaded the devcon.exe files from he-
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/311272

The error message is generated by the IA64 version of
devcon which is found in the ia64 folder when started
on a x86 or AMD64 platform.
Check if you are really starting the devcon.exe from
the i386 folder.


Uwe

Will check,

In the meantime I have a screenshot of my system, which version do you think
I should be using?

www.gamesnite.co.uk/system.jpg

Cheers

J

Ok, cheers for that.

The follow question then is instead of using devcon.exe I am now trying to
use netsh to disable the network card instead. I'm using the command:-

netsh interface set interface "local area connection" disabled

To try and do this, but am met with a:-

An interface with this name is not registered with the router.

Message. I go into network properties and see "Local Area Connection"
sitting there. Anyone got any ideas?

"Mark Barnes (Jao)" wrote in
message ...
Ok, cheers for that.

The follow question then is instead of using devcon.exe I am now trying to
use netsh to disable the network card instead. I'm using the command:-

netsh interface set interface "local area connection" disabled

To try and do this, but am met with a:-

An interface with this name is not registered with the router.

Message. I go into network properties and see "Local Area Connection"
sitting there. Anyone got any ideas?

LAN interfaces can't be disabled like this.
Please ask in microsoft.public.windows.vista.networking_sharing
hopefully there you'll get a better explanation.

--PA

"Mark Barnes (Jao)" wrote in
message ...
Ok, cheers for that.

The follow question then is instead of using devcon.exe I am now trying to
use netsh to disable the network card instead. I'm using the command:-

netsh interface set interface "local area connection" disabled

To try and do this, but am met with a:-

An interface with this name is not registered with the router.

Message. I go into network properties and see "Local Area Connection"
sitting there. Anyone got any ideas?

LAN interfaces can't be disabled like this.
Please ask in microsoft.public.windows.vista.networking_sharing
hopefully there you'll get a better explanation.

--PA

Pavel A.;776756 Wrote:
"Mark Barnes (Jao)" wrote in
message ...
Ok, cheers for that.

The follow question then is instead of using devcon.exe I am now
trying to
use netsh to disable the network card instead. I'm using the
command:-

netsh interface set interface "local area connection" disabled

To try and do this, but am met with a:-

An interface with this name is not registered with the router.

Message. I go into network properties and see "Local Area
Connection"
sitting there. Anyone got any ideas?

LAN interfaces can't be disabled like this.
Please ask in microsoft.public.windows.vista.networking_sharing
hopefully there you'll get a better explanation.

--PA


I know my post is fairly late, but you can disable interfaces like
this.

The above command with proper syntax is as follows:

netsh interface set interface name="Local Area Connection"
admin=DISABLED

Some of the other commands will allow an abbreviated name, or possibly
accept a *, but I don't think this one will, and you must use quotes if
there is spaces in the interface name.


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omega3246;4128754 Wrote:
Pavel A.;776756 Wrote:
"Mark Barnes (Jao)" wrote
in
message ...
Ok, cheers for that.

The follow question then is instead of using devcon.exe I am now
trying to
use netsh to disable the network card instead. I'm using the
command:-

netsh interface set interface "local area connection" disabled

To try and do this, but am met with a:-

An interface with this name is not registered with the router.

Message. I go into network properties and see "Local Area
Connection"
sitting there. Anyone got any ideas?

LAN interfaces can't be disabled like this.
Please ask in microsoft.public.windows.vista.networking_sharing
hopefully there you'll get a better explanation.

--PA


I know my post is fairly late, but you can disable interfaces like
this.

The above command with proper syntax is as follows:

netsh interface set interface name="Local Area Connection"
admin=DISABLED

Some of the other commands will allow an abbreviated name, or possibly
accept a *, but I don't think this one will, and you must use quotes
if
there is spaces in the interface name.


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omega3246
Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com


You can use the devcon.exe to distable netcard ,but first thing is get
the netcard instance ID


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