How to Change Network ADAPTER name, not connection

[guardianangel42]

Hey guys, its been a while. I have a small annoyance in my Windows 7 PC. The device names for my two network adapters (yes two, physically 2 ethernet ports) are ridiculously long. So long that any time I actually need to know which is which (they are identical until the very end where one has a "#2" at the end) I can't tell because they get cut off.

I need to cut out some of the meaningless and useless designation from the names but I don't know how.

And when I say ADAPTERS I absolutely mean ADAPTERS. These names are found in the Device manager not network connections.

Please, I am not averse to editing the registry if that is what it takes.

 

[Ijack]

The adatper name is stored in a few places in the registry. You could try just searching for it and changing every occurrence. But I'm not about to try this, so do it at your own risk.

 

[guardianangel42]

Best answer selected by guardianangel42.

 

[Mousemonkey]

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