Disable WIFI adaptor via GPO for certain Dell machines?

[Jaan]

Hi all,

 

Just wanted to reach out ask if anybody would knows how i'd go about disabling a wifi adapter via GPO?

 

We have 100+ of a Dell workstation that has a embedded WIFI adapter installed.

 

Is there a way i can disable the WIFI card in device manager via GPO?

 

I only need to target a particular model of Dell all of which have the same WIFI adapter.

 

I can do this manually of course via local local log in, but i longer term solution would prob be the best.

 

Thanks in advanced.

[Davit2005]

I think you would be better off doing this via the BIOS settings on the device.

[rls2k5]

I agree that it would be better / easier to do this through the BIOS configuration.

 

You can do this in bulk using Dell command by generating a silent EXE to run, which is what we do to set BIOS passwords. I believe it also intergrates with SCCM if you have that. Make sure you use an older version if the PCs are more than a couple of years old. You can usually find a version that works by using one of the PCs service tags on their support website.

 

You could possibly run the created EXE using a startup script with a WMI filter in GPO?

[Jaan]

Cheers guys i'll have a look...... the Dells are a consumer grade dell vostro mt 270.

 

I do actually have one in the office that needed a repair, so i can test with that once before resorting to going for a long walk/drive!

[mavhc]

devcon.exe disable PCI\VEN_8086"&"DEV_9D71*

 

Or sc queryex type=driver

and then sc config driver_name start=disabled

[Jaan]

Sorry for the really late reply on this.

 

what does this hardware ID translate to?

 

Is there an easy way to get devcon.exe for windows 10 1809 LTSC without having to install the SDK?

 

Cheers

[Duke5A]

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I made a blog post a number of years ago about disabling card readers using devcon. This process can be used with any hardware really. Attached to the post is a zip containing the x64 version of devon. It's a bit old, but I'd wager it still works.