{"id":89,"date":"2006-05-08T07:29:00","date_gmt":"2006-05-08T14:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/2006\/05\/vbs-nic-show-iconpower-mgt-script.html"},"modified":"2006-05-08T07:29:00","modified_gmt":"2006-05-08T14:29:00","slug":"vbs-nic-show-iconpower-mgt-script","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/vbs-nic-show-iconpower-mgt-script\/","title":{"rendered":"VBS: NIC Show Icon\/Power Mgt Script"},"content":{"rendered":"
Here’s script that I wrote (and probably borrowed some of it) to turn all nics’ icons on, and disable power management for them. It only looks at nics with IP enabled. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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You can also download it here<\/a><\/strong>. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
(Just make sure you rename it to nicmod.vbs, or something similar)<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

‘************************************************************************
\n‘* VBS Script to:
\n‘* Enable\/Disable showing the icon in your system tray for connected NICs
\n‘* Enable\/Disable Power Management for Connected NICs
\n‘*
\n‘* 8 MAY 06 \u2013 Jase McCarty
\n‘************************************************************************<\/p>\n

‘Let\u2019s setup our variables
\nConst HKLM = &H80000002 ‘HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE info for registry writes
\nDim objReg ‘Registry Object
\nDim objWMIService ‘WMI Service Object
\nDim arrayNetCards ‘Array of all connected NICs
\nDim objNetCard ‘A specific NIC
\nDim strNICguid ‘
\nDim strShowNicKeyName ‘Key Specific to the Network Adapters in CurrentControlSet
\nDim strShowNicKeyName001 ‘Key Specific to the Network Adapters in ControlSet001
\nDim strPnPCapabilitesKeyName ‘Key Specific to the Network Adapters in CurrentControlSet
\nDim strPnPCapabilitesKeyName001 ‘Key Specific to the Network Adapters in ControlSet001
\nDim strComputer ‘Name of computer to modify<\/p>\n

‘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.
\nstrComputer = “.” ‘Period = local computer<\/p>\n

strShowNicKeyName = “SYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlNetwork{4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}”
\nstrShowNicKeyName001 = “SYSTEMControlSet001ControlNetwork{4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}”
\nstrPnPCapabilitiesKeyName = “SYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlClass{4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002bE10318}”
\nstrPnPCapabilitiesKeyName001 = “SYSTEMControlSet001ControlClass{4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002bE10318}”<\/p>\n

ShowNicdwValue = 1
\n‘1 for ON, 0 for OFF<\/p>\n

PnPdwValue = 56
\n’56 to disable “Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power.”<\/p>\n

’48 to enable “Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power.”<\/p>\n

’32 to enable “Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power.”
\n‘ and enable “Allow this device to bring the computer out of standby.”<\/p>\n

‘288 to enable “Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power.”
\n‘ and enable “Allow this device to bring the computer out of standby.”
\n‘ and enable “Only allow management stations to bring the computer out of standby.”<\/p>\n

On Error Resume Next
\nSet objReg = GetObject(“winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\” & strComputer & “rootdefault:StdRegProv”)
\nSet objWMIService = GetObject(“winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\” & strComputer & “rootcimv2”)<\/p>\n

‘Look for the NICs that have IP enabled
\nSet arrayNetCards = objWMIService.ExecQuery (“Select * From Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration Where IPEnabled = True”)<\/p>\n

‘Make changes on the NICs that have IP enabled
\nFor Each objNetCard in arrayNetCards<\/p>\n

strNICguid = objNetCard.SettingID ‘Get the GUID of the NIC
\nstrDeviceID = Mid(objNetCard.Caption,6,4) ‘Get the DeviceID of the NIC<\/p>\n

‘Change the “Show icon in notification area when connected value”
\nobjReg.SetDWORDValue HKLM, strShowNicKeyName & strNICguid & “Connection”, “ShowIcon”, ShowNicdwValue
\nobjReg.SetDWORDValue HKLM, strShowNicKeyName001 & strNICguid & “Connection”, “ShowIcon”, ShowNicdwValue<\/p>\n

‘Change the Power Management Values
\nobjReg.SetDWORDValue HKLM, strPnPCapabilitiesKeyName & strDeviceID & “”,”PnPCapabilities”,PnPdwValue
\nobjReg.SetDWORDValue HKLM, strPnPCapabilitiesKeyName001 & strDeviceID & “”,”PnPCapabilities”,PnPdwValue
\nNext<\/p>\n

Set objReg = Nothing<\/p>\n

Set objWMIService = Nothing
\n‘*** END OF SCRIPT ***<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

You could also modify this script to take a list of computers, and make the changes on all of them.<\/span><\/span>
\n<\/span>
\nEnjoy.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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