'************************************************************************ '* VBS Script to: '* Enable/Disable showing the icon in your system tray for connected NICs '* Enable/Disable Power Management for Connected NICs '* '* 8 MAY 06 – Jase McCarty '************************************************************************ 'Let’s setup our variables Const HKLM = &H80000002 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE info for registry writes Dim objReg 'Registry Object Dim objWMIService 'WMI Service Object Dim arrayNetCards 'Array of all connected NICs Dim objNetCard 'A specific NIC Dim strNICguid ' Dim strShowNicKeyName 'Key Specific to the Network Adapters in CurrentControlSet Dim strShowNicKeyName001 'Key Specific to the Network Adapters in ControlSet001 Dim strPnPCapabilitesKeyName 'Key Specific to the Network Adapters in CurrentControlSet Dim strPnPCapabilitesKeyName001 'Key Specific to the Network Adapters in ControlSet001 Dim strComputer 'Name of computer to modify 'You will have to reboot the system for the settings to take effect, or you could put it in a group policy to automatically run when a system performs a shutdown. strComputer = "." 'Period = local computer strShowNicKeyName = "SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Network\{4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\" strShowNicKeyName001 = "SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Network\{4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\" strPnPCapabilitiesKeyName = "SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002bE10318}\" strPnPCapabilitiesKeyName001 = "SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Class\{4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002bE10318}\" ShowNicdwValue = 1 '1 for ON, 0 for OFF PnPdwValue = 56 '56 to disable "Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power." '48 to enable "Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power." '32 to enable "Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power." ' and enable "Allow this device to bring the computer out of standby." '288 to enable "Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power." ' and enable "Allow this device to bring the computer out of standby." ' and enable "Only allow management stations to bring the computer out of standby." On Error Resume Next Set objReg = GetObject("winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\default:StdRegProv") Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2") 'Look for the NICs that have IP enabled Set arrayNetCards = objWMIService.ExecQuery ("Select * From Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration Where IPEnabled = True") 'Make changes on the NICs that have IP enabled For Each objNetCard in arrayNetCards strNICguid = objNetCard.SettingID 'Get the GUID of the NIC strDeviceID = Mid(objNetCard.Caption,6,4) 'Get the DeviceID of the NIC 'Change the "Show icon in notification area when connected value" objReg.SetDWORDValue HKLM, strShowNicKeyName & strNICguid & "\Connection", "ShowIcon", ShowNicdwValue objReg.SetDWORDValue HKLM, strShowNicKeyName001 & strNICguid & "\Connection", "ShowIcon", ShowNicdwValue 'Change the Power Management Values objReg.SetDWORDValue HKLM, strPnPCapabilitiesKeyName & strDeviceID & "\","PnPCapabilities",PnPdwValue objReg.SetDWORDValue HKLM, strPnPCapabilitiesKeyName001 & strDeviceID & "\","PnPCapabilities",PnPdwValue Next Set objReg = Nothing Set objWMIService = Nothing '*** END OF SCRIPT ***