False USB Connection Numbers

When I reinstall the driver for my wireless USB adapter (Netgear WG111v2) the
number of the connection changes. My original connection (which I take to be
#1) worked fine, but after reinstalling it connections 2, 3, and 4 did not.
Now (after 4) when I install the driver the Network Connections folder simply
empties out, including non-wireless connections. These reappear when I
uninstall the driver.
Is there a way to clean out these false connections and return to the USB
adapter, which seems to be receiving signals quite normally.

Hi

There is a very tedious and risky way to remove the extra empty entries,
((involve back and forth deleting of Registry Entries and hidden entries in
the Device Manager).

So it does not worthwhile to do so, since it just a matter of cosmetic and
does not affect functionality.

Jack (MVP-Networking).

"Skiddaw" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:C73168C0-BEFF-4846-9D91-(E-Mail Removed)...
> When I reinstall the driver for my wireless USB adapter (Netgear WG111v2)
> the
> number of the connection changes. My original connection (which I take to
> be
> #1) worked fine, but after reinstalling it connections 2, 3, and 4 did
> not.
> Now (after 4) when I install the driver the Network Connections folder
> simply
> empties out, including non-wireless connections. These reappear when I
> uninstall the driver.
> Is there a way to clean out these false connections and return to the USB
> adapter, which seems to be receiving signals quite normally.
>
>

Thanks, Jack--I was mistaken in thinking the number functional. I'll search
for
another solultion to my connection problem.
"Jack (MVP-Networking)." wrote:

> Hi
>
> There is a very tedious and risky way to remove the extra empty entries,
> ((involve back and forth deleting of Registry Entries and hidden entries in
> the Device Manager).
>
> So it does not worthwhile to do so, since it just a matter of cosmetic and
> does not affect functionality.
>
> Jack (MVP-Networking).
>
> "Skiddaw" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:C73168C0-BEFF-4846-9D91-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > When I reinstall the driver for my wireless USB adapter (Netgear WG111v2)
> > the
> > number of the connection changes. My original connection (which I take to
> > be
> > #1) worked fine, but after reinstalling it connections 2, 3, and 4 did
> > not.
> > Now (after 4) when I install the driver the Network Connections folder
> > simply
> > empties out, including non-wireless connections. These reappear when I
> > uninstall the driver.
> > Is there a way to clean out these false connections and return to the USB
> > adapter, which seems to be receiving signals quite normally.
> >
> >
>
>
>