My Win8 Pro x64 is connected my home Network.
On this network I have 6 IPCams from DLINK.
Every time I reboot my Windows 8 (this goes for all my Win 8 / 7 computers) all 6 IPCams is added to the list of MultiMedia Devices. Same name, same IP etc. I can't tell the difference (besides the 6 all the other "shadows" are offline).
Today I have 534 Devices showing up. HomeServer, Cableband Tuners etc. show up fine, just once pr. device.
When checking the IP Cam's I can't change anything related to this. They have a Static IP, so why is Windows adding the devices all the time?
Now Media Player has start to hang when searching through all these devices...!
I can only delete a Device by rightclick and selecting delete, I'm not going to do that 534 times...
Checking Registy leads me to:
DAFU PnP Provider - Here all the entries are, but I can't delete them, getting an Error (not privilege) - I'm running Regedit as Admin...
I've have now disabled Network Discovery, which help for the Classic Windows Explorer, but going to Devices in Modern UI, still shows 534...!
I was so frustrated, that I created a script with AutoIt (sending keystrokes), that deletes all the duplicate devices - but after evey reboot I get 6 new duplicates.
On a long term basis this is not the right solution.
Help!!!