While looking for some info on a new video card that I installed today I
noticed in Hardware Manager a device under "Network Adapters" that I hadn't
seen before. It is called "Microsoft Tun Miniport Adapter #2" and it has a
small yellow exclamation point in front of it. When I tried to uninstall it
I got an error saying "Cannot be removed. It may be required to boot up the
computer".

I know that it hasn't always been there.

Anyone know what this is, how I may have gotten it installed, why it has the
warning (yello !) and why it can't be removed?

Howard

Microsoft Tun Miniport Adapter #2 is part of IPv6.

See this...
http://forums.windrivers.com/showthread.php?p=571460

To remove IPv6
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/d...ro_remove.mspx

IPv6
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv6

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:OnT2GVI%23FHA.1484@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl,
Howard Woodard <woodard@msn.com> hunted and pecked:
> While looking for some info on a new video card that I installed today I
> noticed in Hardware Manager a device under "Network Adapters" that I
> hadn't seen before. It is called "Microsoft Tun Miniport Adapter #2" and
> it has a small yellow exclamation point in front of it. When I tried to
> uninstall it I got an error saying "Cannot be removed. It may be
> required to boot up the computer".
>
> I know that it hasn't always been there.
>
> Anyone know what this is, how I may have gotten it installed, why it has
> the warning (yello !) and why it can't be removed?
>
> Howard

Perfect Wes! Thanks a lot.

Btw, does this mean that sometime that I just don't remember that I must
have used control panel to add IPv6 and just don't remember it? Or is there
something else that I might have been doing that brought IPv6 along with it?

Just curious since I don't remember adding it recently...

===================================

"Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:OSsm$%23P%23FHA.912@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Microsoft Tun Miniport Adapter #2 is part of IPv6.
>
> See this...
> http://forums.windrivers.com/showthread.php?p=571460
>
> To remove IPv6
> http://www.microsoft.com/resources/d...ro_remove.mspx
>
> IPv6
> From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv6
>
> --
> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>
> Wes
> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>
> In news:OnT2GVI%23FHA.1484@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl,
> Howard Woodard <woodard@msn.com> hunted and pecked:
>> While looking for some info on a new video card that I installed today I
>> noticed in Hardware Manager a device under "Network Adapters" that I
>> hadn't seen before. It is called "Microsoft Tun Miniport Adapter #2" and
>> it has a small yellow exclamation point in front of it. When I tried to
>> uninstall it I got an error saying "Cannot be removed. It may be
>> required to boot up the computer".
>>
>> I know that it hasn't always been there.
>>
>> Anyone know what this is, how I may have gotten it installed, why it has
>> the warning (yello !) and why it can't be removed?
>>
>> Howard
>

Also, one more thing, does this mean also that there is no reason to have
IPv6 installed unless you have a tunneling adapter installed as well?

==================

"Howard Woodard" <woodard@msn.com> wrote in message
news:%23iaiqFQ%23FHA.2384@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> Perfect Wes! Thanks a lot.
>
> Btw, does this mean that sometime that I just don't remember that I must
> have used control panel to add IPv6 and just don't remember it? Or is
> there something else that I might have been doing that brought IPv6 along
> with it?
>
> Just curious since I don't remember adding it recently...
>
> ===================================
>
> "Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:OSsm$%23P%23FHA.912@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>> Microsoft Tun Miniport Adapter #2 is part of IPv6.
>>
>> See this...
>> http://forums.windrivers.com/showthread.php?p=571460
>>
>> To remove IPv6
>> http://www.microsoft.com/resources/d...ro_remove.mspx
>>
>> IPv6
>> From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv6
>>
>> --
>> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>>
>> Wes
>> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>>
>> In news:OnT2GVI%23FHA.1484@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl,
>> Howard Woodard <woodard@msn.com> hunted and pecked:
>>> While looking for some info on a new video card that I installed today I
>>> noticed in Hardware Manager a device under "Network Adapters" that I
>>> hadn't seen before. It is called "Microsoft Tun Miniport Adapter #2"
>>> and
>>> it has a small yellow exclamation point in front of it. When I tried to
>>> uninstall it I got an error saying "Cannot be removed. It may be
>>> required to boot up the computer".
>>>
>>> I know that it hasn't always been there.
>>>
>>> Anyone know what this is, how I may have gotten it installed, why it has
>>> the warning (yello !) and why it can't be removed?
>>>
>>> Howard
>>
>
>

Hi Howard,

SP2 may have added it automatically. I have SP1a and it isn't added
automatically.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:%23iaiqFQ%23FHA.2384@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl,
Howard Woodard <woodard@msn.com> hunted and pecked:
> Perfect Wes! Thanks a lot.
>
> Btw, does this mean that sometime that I just don't remember that I must
> have used control panel to add IPv6 and just don't remember it? Or is
> there something else that I might have been doing that brought IPv6 along
> with it?
>
> Just curious since I don't remember adding it recently...
>
> ===================================
>
> "Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:OSsm$%23P%23FHA.912@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>> Microsoft Tun Miniport Adapter #2 is part of IPv6.
>>
>> See this...
>> http://forums.windrivers.com/showthread.php?p=571460
>>
>> To remove IPv6
>>
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/d...ro_remove.mspx
>>
>> IPv6
>> From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv6
>>
>> --
>> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>>
>> Wes
>> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>>
>> In news:OnT2GVI%23FHA.1484@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl,
>> Howard Woodard <woodard@msn.com> hunted and pecked:
>>> While looking for some info on a new video card that I installed today I
>>> noticed in Hardware Manager a device under "Network Adapters" that I
>>> hadn't seen before. It is called "Microsoft Tun Miniport Adapter #2"
>>> and it has a small yellow exclamation point in front of it. When I
>>> tried to uninstall it I got an error saying "Cannot be removed. It may
>>> be required to boot up the computer".
>>>
>>> I know that it hasn't always been there.
>>>
>>> Anyone know what this is, how I may have gotten it installed, why it has
>>> the warning (yello !) and why it can't be removed?
>>>
>>> Howard

Hi Howard,

Microsoft TCP/IP version 6

According to this article...
Uninstalling Microsoft TCP/IP version 6 speeds up web page loading.

[[Other Notes: As far as I know this will be the next internet standard,
but for now using the standard "Internet Protocal (TCP/IP)" will work. You
shouldn't find any problems uninstalling IPv6. You may ask how did this get
installed? IPv6 is listed in windows updates and could be installed this
way. I am guessing that IPv6 slows down web connections because most web
servers aren't using it yet.]]

Fix slow web page loading on DSL or any connection
http://www.tweakxp.com/article37127.aspx

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:OhdK3IQ%23FHA.3980@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl,
Howard Woodard <woodard@msn.com> hunted and pecked:
> Also, one more thing, does this mean also that there is no reason to have
> IPv6 installed unless you have a tunneling adapter installed as well?
>
> ==================
>
> "Howard Woodard" <woodard@msn.com> wrote in message
> news:%23iaiqFQ%23FHA.2384@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>> Perfect Wes! Thanks a lot.
>>
>> Btw, does this mean that sometime that I just don't remember that I must
>> have used control panel to add IPv6 and just don't remember it? Or is
>> there something else that I might have been doing that brought IPv6 along
>> with it?
>>
>> Just curious since I don't remember adding it recently...
>>
>> ===================================
>>
>> "Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@comcast.net> wrote in message
>> news:OSsm$%23P%23FHA.912@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>>> Microsoft Tun Miniport Adapter #2 is part of IPv6.
>>>
>>> See this...
>>> http://forums.windrivers.com/showthread.php?p=571460
>>>
>>> To remove IPv6
>>>
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/d...ro_remove.mspx
>>>
>>> IPv6
>>> From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv6
>>>
>>> --
>>> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>>>
>>> Wes
>>> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>>>
>>> In news:OnT2GVI%23FHA.1484@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl,
>>> Howard Woodard <woodard@msn.com> hunted and pecked:
>>>> While looking for some info on a new video card that I installed today
>>>> I noticed in Hardware Manager a device under "Network Adapters" that I
>>>> hadn't seen before. It is called "Microsoft Tun Miniport Adapter #2"
>>>> and
>>>> it has a small yellow exclamation point in front of it. When I tried
>>>> to uninstall it I got an error saying "Cannot be removed. It may be
>>>> required to boot up the computer".
>>>>
>>>> I know that it hasn't always been there.
>>>>
>>>> Anyone know what this is, how I may have gotten it installed, why it
>>>> has the warning (yello !) and why it can't be removed?
>>>>
>>>> Howard

Hi Wes. I removed IPv6 and then tried to uninstall the tunneling adapter
but it wouldn't let me. Then I deleted the registry entries show in the
first link you provided and it still wouldn't let me uninstall the adapter.
Finally I deleted all references to "tunmp" in the registry -- there were
several of them -- and it finally let me uninstall the adapter.

Thanks for your help.

Howard
=======================================
"Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:OSsm$%23P%23FHA.912@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Microsoft Tun Miniport Adapter #2 is part of IPv6.
>
> See this...
> http://forums.windrivers.com/showthread.php?p=571460
>
> To remove IPv6
> http://www.microsoft.com/resources/d...ro_remove.mspx
>
> IPv6
> From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv6
>
> --
> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>
> Wes
> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>
> In news:OnT2GVI%23FHA.1484@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl,
> Howard Woodard <woodard@msn.com> hunted and pecked:
>> While looking for some info on a new video card that I installed today I
>> noticed in Hardware Manager a device under "Network Adapters" that I
>> hadn't seen before. It is called "Microsoft Tun Miniport Adapter #2" and
>> it has a small yellow exclamation point in front of it. When I tried to
>> uninstall it I got an error saying "Cannot be removed. It may be
>> required to boot up the computer".
>>
>> I know that it hasn't always been there.
>>
>> Anyone know what this is, how I may have gotten it installed, why it has
>> the warning (yello !) and why it can't be removed?
>>
>> Howard
>

Glad to hear it, Howard. Maybe in the not too distant future IPv6 will be
needed.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:usSn8NU%23FHA.2324@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl,
Howard Woodard <woodard@msn.com> hunted and pecked:
> Hi Wes. I removed IPv6 and then tried to uninstall the tunneling adapter
> but it wouldn't let me. Then I deleted the registry entries show in the
> first link you provided and it still wouldn't let me uninstall the
> adapter. Finally I deleted all references to "tunmp" in the registry --
> there were several of them -- and it finally let me uninstall the adapter.
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> Howard
> =======================================
> "Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:OSsm$%23P%23FHA.912@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>> Microsoft Tun Miniport Adapter #2 is part of IPv6.
>>
>> See this...
>> http://forums.windrivers.com/showthread.php?p=571460
>>
>> To remove IPv6
>>
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/d...ro_remove.mspx
>>
>> IPv6
>> From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv6
>>
>> --
>> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>>
>> Wes
>> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>>
>> In news:OnT2GVI%23FHA.1484@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl,
>> Howard Woodard <woodard@msn.com> hunted and pecked:
>>> While looking for some info on a new video card that I installed today I
>>> noticed in Hardware Manager a device under "Network Adapters" that I
>>> hadn't seen before. It is called "Microsoft Tun Miniport Adapter #2"
>>> and it has a small yellow exclamation point in front of it. When I
>>> tried to uninstall it I got an error saying "Cannot be removed. It may
>>> be required to boot up the computer".
>>>
>>> I know that it hasn't always been there.
>>>
>>> Anyone know what this is, how I may have gotten it installed, why it has
>>> the warning (yello !) and why it can't be removed?
>>>
>>> Howard