To resolve this issue, make the ghosted network adapter visible in the Device Manager and uninstall the ghosted network adapter from the registry: Click Start > Run. Type cmd.exe, and click Enter. At the command prompt, run this command: set devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices=1 Note: If this command does not work (a possibility in Windows Server 2000 and … Continue reading remove ghosted nic from vmware conversion