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I suddenly have a bunch of unknown devices showing up in Device Manager - seems to have started around March 28, 2012....the first one, now there are 16 of them. All are under Network Adapters with the same hardware Id of MS_ASWEBRMP. I can disable them in Device Manager but not uninstall them. And on occasion, after reboot, Windows will automatically discover the very same device and attempt to install it...that's why there are 16 of these devices now. Can not remove these from the registry either no matter what I do for setting permissions and or group policies.
I'm running Windows 7 Professional 64-bit on a Dell Studio XPS 1645. Interestingly enough on my other Dell Laptops with Windows 7 Home (with same Lan and Wireless adapters) these unknown devices do not show up.
Any help would be appreciated...I'm out of ideas, and Dell support has no idea either. They refer me to Microsoft for Windows 7 support, insisting it has to be an OS issue.
Jay
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First, this is not Microsoft, just a forum made up of users trying to help one another.
While you may use only AMD, I suspect that the network controller may be Intel since I have not seen an AMD network controller.
Have you installed all the drivers for your motherboard or computer from the manufacturer?
I have 13 unknown devices in my Network Adaptor in Device Manager
Some the are Intel PC drivers and such and I use ALL AMD . PERIOD!!!
How do I get rid of them .
I have tried ALL the suggestions in this article!
C'mon MICROSOFT give me a FIX !!!
And make it simple or supply a CMD action to fix it!!
And Know BIG EXPLAINATION !! JUST A QUICK FIX!!!!
I have the same problem and had it for more than 1 year. MS has not been able to do anything about I tried all their suggestion.
In terms of what it is i was told that it is part of a malware software and you get a new "unknown device everytime you get on line up to a maximum. I am up to 58
Ervin
Hi Jay,
I am having exactly the same problem, witj 90+ unknown devies installed and
I haven´t found a solution neither.
Looks like the only solution will be a reinstallation of w7.
Daniel
Hi Daniel,
Seems we're in the same boat. And so far there's no answers from MS on this. I can't even get them to tell me what this "Aswebr Miniport" or aswebr.sys file is all about.
You might want to wait on your re-install...I did that yesturday morning, and after the PC was updated by the Windows Update site the unknown devices reappeared! And this was before I installed any third programs/software.
I re-formated the HD, put the PC back to fatcory defaults, got all the the available hardware updates from Dell then let Windows Upates do it's thing. After I got all the Windows updates the unknow device re-appearded. Once I saw that, I used a system restore image and backups to return my PC to it's previuos state - before the re-instal rather than waisting more time re-installing all my software and files.
There's got to be a Windows solution to this problem since the OS is apparently causing it.
Jay
Hi Jay,
The only thing that i can think of is to do a system restore before the multiple devices started showing up again, but this time go through the updates before you install them and find anything that mentions the ndis driver. You can narrow it down in march since that is when the problem occurred. I have searched the microsoft kb articles and could not pin point an exact update that could have caused this but i am betting it has something to do with this driver. If you do find anything that mentions ndis skip that update and see what happens.
Daniel.O
Hi Daniel,
Yep...that was my initial thought too...use system restore to go back to a "before" unknown device date, however those restore points are not there - we are talking about a point that would be over four months old.
At this point I've resolved to just live with these unknown devices. I've disabled them and so far they don't appear to be affecting the stability or performance of my PC. It's just frustrating that they can not be removed or even understood.
Jay
Hi,
Since going through the general steps to disable/remove unknown devices did not resolve the issue, and if you wants to have the devices removed, you may perform an InPlace Upgrade.
How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade on Windows 7 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2255099
Warning: An in-place upgrade is the final alternative before you have to reinstall the operating system. Note that it takes the same amount of time to do the upgrade as to reinstall the operating system. Also, some of your customized Windows settings may be lost through this process.
You may performing a repair installation will not damage files and applications that are currently installed on your computer. To be on the safer side, I would suggest you to backup your files before you go for repair installation.
Refer the link to backup the files.
