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What is Microsoft Kernel Debug Network Adapter?

Anonymous
2012-11-07T20:52:24+00:00

The "Microsoft Kernel Debug Network Adapter" just showed up under "Network Adapters" in my Device Manager. Anybody know what this is? What is it for? And where does it come from?

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  1. Anonymous
    2012-11-08T16:33:31+00:00

    Hi PBylund,

    Thank you for contacting Microsoft Community Forums.

    I would suggest you to make sure debugging is turned off and check the status of the issue.

    a) Run this from an elevated command prompt:

    bcdedit /debug off

    b) If it’s still showing up, then you can disable it from the device manager without problems.

    Hope this information helps.

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-10-14T12:29:22+00:00

    Dude, the 4th Amendment protects you against GOVERNMENT spying.  Not a private company's spying.

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-05-05T15:38:50+00:00

    The "Microsoft Kernel Debug Network Adapter" just showed up under "Network Adapters" in my Device Manager. Anybody know what this is? What is it for? And where does it come from?

    I have the same question and want to ask some more about my own problem. I uninstalled the driver by accident. Is it a problem? How can I install it again?

    Thank you very much.

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-08-28T12:50:24+00:00

    UPDATE:

    My laptop would not sleep, so after investigation, I found that the Microsoft Kernel Debug Network Adapter was the problem.

    A couple of warnings here:

    1. Do NOT disable the driver, when I did this my LAN (wired) card was removed from Device Manager and did not return until 3 below; not even replacing the LAN card driver worked.

    2.  "bcdedit /debug off" did not help with the sleep problem.

    3.  My recommendation is to uninstall the driver, this allowed sleep and hibernate to work and the LAN returned.

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