Whenever your computer is connected to more
than one network adapter, you can disable any that are not in use. You can
disconnect your computer from a network by disabling your network adapter
and you can sometimes solve connection problems by disabling and then
re-enabling the adapter. You can disable your network adapter in Windows 8
operating system by configuring the Device Manager and for this you need to
follow a few steps that are described below:
Step 1: Click on Start to open Windows
8 Metro UI screen then select CONTROL
PANEL.
Step 2: In the control Panel Select Device
Manager then a Pop up window
is opened.
Step 3: Search for
the "Network Adapters" in
the list. On clicking a tiny arrow, it will let you show network adapters
that are currently installed in your computer.
Step 4: Select the device that you
want to disable.
Step 5: Click the Disable
icon and a confirmation box is opened and from there Click yes and
in this way, you can disable all other types of network adapters using the
same way.
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