BiggAndyy

C:\IPCONFIG

WHOA!!!!!!!

That’s a LOT of devices… not just the 5 or 6 usually listed… I had HUNDREDS.  What’s going on?  I don’t want them there, even if they are important!

Turns out they aren’t really that important, especially if you are one of the millions of users still using IPv4 (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx) IP address configuration.  Windows 7 ships with both IPv4 and IPv6 already enabled.  All those tunneling adapters are translators from IPv6 to IPv4.  But since we aren’t using IPv6, let’s get rid of them.  They slow down the machine when there are hundreds, and if you want any USEFUL information from IPCONFIG the getting rid of is easy.

First, uncheck the IPv6 option in your Adapter Settings dialog box and click OK.

If it were THAT easy this post would not be necessary.  It isn’t that easy.  When you retype IPCONFIG at a CMD window the tunnel adapters are still listed.  Don’t bother disabling and re-enabling the network cards or starting and stopping the wireless service or even rebooting.  They won’t work.

Second, you probably (99% sure) will need a program from MS called DEVCON.EXE.  This is the key to the rest of the process.  If you are running Windows 7 64 bit (and many of us are) you can get it at this >>link<<.

Put the program somewhere you can access it easily from a CMD window (such as %HOMEPATH%).
Open a CMD window to that directory and type this:

DEVCON REMOVE *6TO4MP

After you hit ENTER, depending on how many of those things have built up over the months, it can take a minute or two.  Eventually the program will give you the all clear and when you type IPCONFIG again, *POOF* they are all gone.

So, no more swirling down the digital doo-doo drain!  You’ve just fixed it on your own.  Good luck.