Windows 10: Enable or disable LMHOSTS Lookup using PowerShell, Registry or Adapter Properties

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LMHOSTS is a file that contains all information about IP mapping of the Domain name or the remote servers connected to the system via TCP/IP protocol. In this post, we are going to see how to disable LMHOSTS Lookup using PowerShell, Registry, or Adapter Properties. What is the LMHOSTS file? LMHOSTS or LAN Manager Hosts […]

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Uninstall hidden “Network Adapters” from Device Manager using PowerShell script

Steps:

1. Open Device Manager from Control Panel
2. Select “Show hidden devices” from View menu
3. Expand “Network adapters”
4. Find hidden adapters

Manually these hidden adapters can be uninstall by below steps

1. Right click on hidden adapter
2. Click on uninstall.
3. Click on Ok button.

How to uninstall these adapters using PowerShell script?

I have Administrator access still, this code throws error - Remove-ItemProperty : Requested registry access is not allowed.

 

QoS Powershell freezing network adapter properties.


I'm using powershell to set QoS on my system with the following commands:

New-NetQosPolicy -Name Wildcard -IPProtocolMatchCondition Both -NetworkProfile All -ThrottleRateActionBitsPerSecond 8 -MinBandwidthWeightAction 70

It limits every application to 8 Bits.

New-NetQosPolicy -Name Firefox -AppPathNameMatchCondition "firefox.exe" -Precedence 150 -DSCPAction 16

Allows firefox to use all the available bandwidth.

I can use a similar command to free the apps i want to get effective internet access.

When i try to change and save any property of the network adapter it hangs, then i have to terminate the process , the network adapter stops working , windows lists it as not having drivers installed , when i restart the pc , it just stays on the restart animation till i use the physical restart button of my case.

If I disable the QoS policy named Wildcard the weird behavior of the network adapter ceases.

 

Easy enable/disable microphone?

My bro just got a microphone and I was wondering if there's an easy way to enable or disable it. I know you can right click on the volume icon, click on select recording devices then select the microphone, then click properties, then click on levels, and mute it - but that's just way too many steps, I'm looking for a more obvious and much easier way to do it.