How Do I Remove these Unauthorized Devices?

sileebo

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In my device manager under network adapters there are a list of "bluetooth devices" and "TAP-32" and "TAP-Windows" devices that were not there before. Last week I may have installed a bluetooth software without realizing it, which I mistook it for an upgrade. Please take a look at the screenshot I posted. Circled in red are these devices. How do I remove them completely?
 

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The easiest way for you is to restore back to the date prior to installing this software:
Open Control Panel->Recovery->Open System Restore
 

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Bluetooth is created because your Wifi Adapter is Bluetooth capable. TAP is the old way that Windows would create VPN connections. Mainly a left over from the Windows 98 days. ISATAP should be the new standard that Windows 8 uses for IPv6. Only way to find it, is by checking in Device Manger to show "Hidden Devices".

They are not unauthorized and need to stay.
 

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The easiest way for you is to restore back to the date prior to installing this software:
Open Control Panel->Recovery->Open System Restore
I am guessing wrong post. If it was in regard with this one on those Hidden Devices. The OP has no problem. Because the Bluetooth adapter is built into their device, TAP is the old Windows VPN Tunneling protocol.
 

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Bluetooth is created because your Wifi Adapter is Bluetooth capable. TAP is the old way that Windows would create VPN connections. Mainly a left over from the Windows 98 days. ISATAP should be the new standard that Windows 8 uses for IPv6. Only way to find it, is by checking in Device Manger to show "Hidden Devices".

They are not unauthorized and need to stay.

Hi broe. I unhid the hidden devices in device manager and I've attached a pic so you can see. Let me know which of these devices to uninstall and which ones to keep. Thanks.
 

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Again you cannot uninstall those items. They have to stay.
 

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Again you cannot uninstall those items. They have to stay.

I dont understand. Youre saying that these TAP drivers need to stay? That makes no sense since I never needed them to connect to the net. They just appeared out of nowhere. And people have complained about them also.
 

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If you have no use for them. Access your BIOS, go to Peripheral Devices and disable Blue Tooth and the Adapter then they won't show up in Device Manager. However, if you click on the view hidden devices, they will show up but grayed out because they become orphaned. Just right click on each one and uninstall.
 

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If you have no use for them. Access your BIOS, go to Peripheral Devices and disable Blue Tooth and the Adapter then they won't show up in Device Manager. However, if you click on the view hidden devices, they will show up but grayed out because they become orphaned. Just right click on each one and uninstall.
Actually that will break the OS, because of how they have changed Windows 8.1.1.
 

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Again you cannot uninstall those items. They have to stay.

I dont understand. Youre saying that these TAP drivers need to stay? That makes no sense since I never needed them to connect to the net. They just appeared out of nowhere. And people have complained about them also.
Again TAP has to stay, because it is used for IPv6. As for the Blue Tooth device. If you never connect say a pair of Blue Tooth speakers. Windows 8 will just stop the service.

If you go to uninstall items like TAP. Windows 8 will just keep reinstalling it, because it is an part of Networking.

If you are having problems on space issues on the hard drive. Suggest off loading any documents, music, videos, pictures to a external drive, or get a NAS for your network that you can place them on.
 

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If you have no use for them. Access your BIOS, go to Peripheral Devices and disable Blue Tooth and the Adapter then they won't show up in Device Manager. However, if you click on the view hidden devices, they will show up but grayed out because they become orphaned. Just right click on each one and uninstall.
Actually that will break the OS, because of how they have changed Windows 8.1.1.
You must be kidding. Windows will not see it as available devices and won't install drivers for them. How does it break Windows ???
@OP,
Again. If you don't use it, disable in the BIOS then Windows won't see it. I disabled a few things such built-in Wireless, HD Audio (I use SB XF-I for sound), Blue Tooth and nothing will break.
 

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