Win8 system network link name modification tips

  
When connecting to the network for the first time in Win8 system, the display name is “Network 1”, disconnected and connected again, displayed as “Network 2”, and so on, each time after reconnecting Will add 1.
Although we can not directly modify the network connection name like the Win7 system, but you can rename the network by modifying the corresponding key value in the registry.
*The following operations involve registry modification. Please back up the registry before execution (“file”<“export”, save to local computer; pass “file”<“ Import & rdquo; can restore the registry)
1. Press “Win”+“R”, enter: “Regedt32.exe”, press Enter;
2. Open to the following registry key Value:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersionNetworkListProfiles

3.“Profiles”This item may contain multiple sub-items, and the name is a sequence of numbers and letters. We click on each sub-item and check the "data" column corresponding to the key value of the “ProfileName” in the right window. As shown in the figure above, the "Profile" child"{2F651CBF-FF80-41F6-A03F-1C924C3F5FEF}“corresponding value is "network 1" (current network name), which is the key value we need to modify; Br>4. Double-click “ProfileName”, change the “Value Data” column to "network" (the name you want to change);

5. After completing the above operation, restart the computer so that The changes take effect.

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