Miniport Adapter...

[Howard Woodard]

While looking for some info on a new video card that I installed today I
noticed in Hardware Manager a device under "Network Adapters" that I hadn't
seen before. It is called "Microsoft Tun Miniport Adapter #2" and it has a
small yellow exclamation point in front of it. When I tried to uninstall it
I got an error saying "Cannot be removed. It may be required to boot up the
computer".

I know that it hasn't always been there.

Anyone know what this is, how I may have gotten it installed, why it has the
warning (yello !) and why it can't be removed?

Howard

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Microsoft Tun Miniport Adapter #2 is part of IPv6.

See this...
http://forums.windrivers.com/showthread.php?p=571460

To remove IPv6
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/.../all/proddocs/en-us/sag_ip_v6_pro_remove.mspx

IPv6
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv6

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[Howard Woodard]

Perfect Wes! Thanks a lot.

Btw, does this mean that sometime that I just don't remember that I must
have used control panel to add IPv6 and just don't remember it? Or is there
something else that I might have been doing that brought IPv6 along with it?

Just curious since I don't remember adding it recently...

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[Howard Woodard]

Also, one more thing, does this mean also that there is no reason to have
IPv6 installed unless you have a tunneling adapter installed as well?

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[Wesley Vogel]

Hi Howard,

SP2 may have added it automatically. I have SP1a and it isn't added
automatically.

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[Wesley Vogel]

Hi Howard,

Microsoft TCP/IP version 6

According to this article...
Uninstalling Microsoft TCP/IP version 6 speeds up web page loading.

[[Other Notes: As far as I know this will be the next internet standard,
but for now using the standard "Internet Protocal (TCP/IP)" will work. You
shouldn't find any problems uninstalling IPv6. You may ask how did this get
installed? IPv6 is listed in windows updates and could be installed this
way. I am guessing that IPv6 slows down web connections because most web
servers aren't using it yet.]]

Fix slow web page loading on DSL or any connection
http://www.tweakxp.com/article37127.aspx

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[Howard Woodard]

Hi Wes. I removed IPv6 and then tried to uninstall the tunneling adapter
but it wouldn't let me. Then I deleted the registry entries show in the
first link you provided and it still wouldn't let me uninstall the adapter.
Finally I deleted all references to "tunmp" in the registry -- there were
several of them -- and it finally let me uninstall the adapter.

Thanks for your help.

Howard
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[Wesley Vogel]

Glad to hear it, Howard. Maybe in the not too distant future IPv6 will be
needed.

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