Netzwerkkarte entfernen - Powershell

<#
    Remove old orphaned non present NICs
#>

# Which NICs should be removed
$nic_filter = '*Intel*Quad*'  

# restart elevated if needed
if(!(new-object System.Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal([System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent())).IsInRole(544)){start powershell -Verb runas -ArgumentList '-File',$MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition;exit}  

# function to take regkey ownership
function Take-RegKeyOwnership {
    param(
        [string]$rootKey,
        [string]$key,
        [System.Security.Principal.SecurityIdentifier]$sid = 'S-1-5-32-545',  
        [switch]$recurse
    )
    switch -regex ($rootKey) {
        'HKCU|HKEY_CURRENT_USER'    { $rootKey = 'CurrentUser' }  
        'HKLM|HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE'   { $rootKey = 'LocalMachine' }  
        'HKCR|HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT'    { $rootKey = 'ClassesRoot' }  
        'HKCC|HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG'  { $rootKey = 'CurrentConfig' }  
        'HKU|HKEY_USERS'            { $rootKey = 'Users' }  
    }

    Add-Type '[DllImport("ntdll.dll")] public static extern int RtlAdjustPrivilege(int Privilege, bool Enable, bool CurrentThread, ref bool EnabledOut);' -name token -namespace privilege  
    9,17,18 | %{[void][privilege.token]::RtlAdjustPrivilege($_,1,0,[ref]0)}

    function Take-KeyPermissions {
        param($rootKey, $key, $sid, $recurse, $level = 0)

        $regKey = [Microsoft.Win32.Registry]::$rootKey.OpenSubKey($key, 'ReadWriteSubTree', 'TakeOwnership')  
        $acl = New-Object System.Security.AccessControl.RegistrySecurity
        $acl.SetOwner($sid)
        $regKey.SetAccessControl($acl)
        $acl.SetAccessRuleProtection($false, $false)
        $regKey.SetAccessControl($acl)

        if ($level -eq 0) {
            $regKey = $regKey.OpenSubKey('', 'ReadWriteSubTree', 'ChangePermissions')  
            $rule = New-Object System.Security.AccessControl.RegistryAccessRule($sid, 'FullControl', 'ContainerInherit', 'None', 'Allow')  
            $acl.ResetAccessRule($rule)
            $regKey.SetAccessControl($acl)
        }
        if ($recurse) {
            $regKey.OpenSubKey('').GetSubKeyNames() | %{Take-KeyPermissions $rootKey "$key\$_" $sid $recurse ($level+1)}  
        }
    }
  Take-KeyPermissions $rootKey $key $sid $recurse.IsPresent
}
# get date value as binary array
function Convert-DateTimeToRegistryDate([datetime]$dt = (get-date)) {
    $ft = $dt.ToFileTime()
    return ,[byte[]](0..7 | %{[byte](($ft -shr (8 * $_)) -band 0xFF)})
}

# filter orphaned NICs
foreach($nic in (Get-PNPdevice -class net | ?{$_.Status -eq 'Unknown' -and !$_.Present -and $_.FriendlyName -like $nic_filter})){  
    try{
        Write-host "Removing orphaned adapter '$($nic.FriendlyName)' ... " -F Green -NoNewline  
        # take ownership of key and subkeys
        Take-RegKeyOwnership -rootKey HKLM -key "SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\$($nic.InstanceId)" -recurse  
        # remove key recursive
        Remove-Item "HKLM:\System\CurrentControlSet\Enum\$($nic.InstanceId)" -recurse -force  
        # remove additional references
        Remove-ItemProperty "HKLM:\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\DeviceContainers\{00000000-0000-0000-FFFF-FFFFFFFFFFFF}\BaseContainers\{00000000-0000-0000-FFFF-FFFFFFFFFFFF}" -Name $nic.InstanceId -Force -EA SilentlyContinue  
        Get-ChildItem "HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4d36e972-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}" -EA SilentlyContinue | ?{$_.GetValue('DeviceInstanceId') -eq $nic.InstanceId} | remove-item -Force -Recurse  
        Get-ChildItem "HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\DeviceClasses\{cac88484-7515-4c03-82e6-71a87abac361}" -EA SilentlyContinue | ?{$_.GetValue('DeviceInstance') -eq $nic.InstanceId} | Remove-Item -Force -Recurse  
        # set last delete property value for class key
        Set-ItemProperty "HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4d36e972-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}" -Name LastDeleteDate -Value (Convert-DateTimeToRegistryDate) -EA SilentlyContinue  
        write-host "OK" -F Green  
    }catch{
        write-host $_.Exception.Message -F Red
    }
}