Windows 10: A "ton" of Network Adapters!

Hello,

First of all, pardon me IF my inquiry has been already addressed. I did not have time to search.

After clean-installing Windows 10 Pro, yesterday, many new Network Adapters have appeared on my Device Manager.






Does anyone have any idea what all these are?
Is it safe to remove them, and if so, how?

I'd like to add that, as I always do, I already had the appropriate Network driver on my USB stick, where I keep all the necessary drivers and install them in every clean installation. This time, though, Windows already had the "most appropriate driver" for my network, and it did not allow me to install my LAN driver. This happened despite the fact that I performed my clean install without an Internet connection. My modem-router was powered off during the installation. How did Windows get the most appropriate driver?

Thank you.

:)

 

" SOFTWARE UPDATE FAILED "

SO HERE'S THE LINK TO THAT PIC

http://i26.tinypic.com/2ihbdco.jpg

CAN U PLZ CHECK IT ACTUALLY I HAVE USED THE NOKIA SOFTWARE UPDATER B4 ... BUT I DONT KNW WHY I M GETTING THIS ERROR NOW

 

" SOFTWARE UPDATE FAILED "

i have installed windows xp sp2

previously i was using windows media center i thought i might b facing this probs due to that but then i changed it to windows xp ! n moreover i have also shown to nokia service center executives but they were not having the latest updates available ......
my pc suite is showing that new update version of firmware is available but i cudnt download it

oh gawd wat to do ?

i tried in another pc then again i got an error u need to have minimum 256 ram

please cant it b rectified ? there must b any solution to this probs please help me guyz

god bless all of u thanx

 

Hey Joanne,
1. WAN Miniport Adapters - They are virtual adapters installed and used by windows ... I would not worry about or remove them.
2. LAN Driver - Windows Driver Store does a pretty good job handling drivers these days.

 

I see, okay thank you.

I have never seen all these adapters before, though. Is this some new thing with Fall Creators Update? Before clean-installing it, I had already updated my system and those adapters were not there. Neither have I seen them in a previous clean-installation of mine. Is this a new feature or something?

To be precise: only the "Killer E2200" is the adapter I need. The rest of them, first time I see!

 

They have always been there, but are usually hidden in Device Manager (view / show hidden devices) ... In Windows 1709 the Remote Access Connection Manager startup type was changed to Automatic. You can go into Services and change it's startup type to Manual. Reboot PC and they would/should be hidden in Device Manager again.

Remote Access Connection Manager - Manages dial-up and virtual private network (VPN) connections from your computer to the Internet or other remote networks. Remote Access Connection Manager - Windows 10 Service - batcmd.com

 

You can get rid of them by going to:

Control Panel > Network and Sharing Centre > Change Adapter Settings (on the left side of the window) > Right Click on your Ethernet / WiFi Adapter > Uncheck whichever ones you aren't using or don't want active.

If my theory's right, then your active internet connection (or whatever you use that adapter for), won't make use of them. Just remember you disabled them though, for future reference.

However, most programs you install that need them will usually reactivate them for you.

Hence why this forum exists...

 

They have always been there, leave them be. You are mistaken.

 

A lot are there if you have ipv6 as it's not normally used it creates adapters to tunnel it out via ipv4

 

Thank you very much, sir!






PS: No, they were not there, it is the first time -ever- I am seeing them.

Marked as solved, thank you.

 

If you ever find yourself plagued by truly extraneous devices, which usually appear after you click the "Show Hidden Devices" in Device Manager's View menu, you can turn to Uwe Sieber's excellent Device Cleanup Tool to make them go away. This won't remove the IPv6 interfaces you show in your original screenshot because they're considered part and parcel of the Win10 networking environment.
HTH,
--Ed--