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December 8th, 2006 21:00
What does the Microsoft Tun Miniport Adapter do for me?
While 'browsing' the Device Manager in search of another problem I noted the existence of the Microsoft Tun Miniport Adapter the impertinent Exclamation Point. Upon investigation the "device's" properties indicate "This device cannot start. (Code 10)". I scourered the MS site for the related driver (TUNMP.SYS) in an attempt to determine the need or purpose but like always at that site to the point of frustration.
Can someone explain the purpose of this little rascal and if it is needed for a home network of two (2) Dell Dimensions and one (1) Dell Laptop - hardwired and wireless. It appears only on the Dimension 8400 which is not serving as a server or internet access point.
If its needed, how do I 'fix' it...I have already 'reinstalled' the related security patch?
If its not needed, how do I eradicate it from the hardware list?
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December 10th, 2006 02:00
"Microsoft Tun Miniport Adapter (comes with Microsoft Windows 2003 .Net Server), a network driver that provides a tunnel with a File API interface, through which a user-mode Windows application or service can interact with the network stack as if the application were a network interface."
If you're not using IPv6 (I assume you wouldn't be), you can uninstall it by executing the following command at a command prompt:
ipv6 uninstall
If IPv6 was installed at the time of execution, you will see...
'Uninstalling...
A reboot is required to complete this action.' Restart your PC to complete the process, as advised.
With IPv6 uninstalled, you may be able to remove 'Microsoft Tun Miniport Adapter ' from Device Manager.
To prevent the service from starting up during Windows' boot, delete the following registry keys:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\tunmp
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet002\Services\tunmp
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\tunmp