[Windows Central Question]

notebook Acer Predator 15, G9-591
system: Windows 10

I have set the random mac address in the wifi settings to ON.

The system immediately crashed with a security exception in the blue screen and it crashes always if the wifi adapter is initialized. Avoiding network adapters initialization during startup allows to log in but I can not reset the wifi settings or the random mac address feature back to OFF because there is no wifi settings in the settings dialog.

I need to get the registry path and the key that is responsible for setting ON this feature.

I also tried to load previous recovery point but it did not help. Still the system is crashing.

I have tried to update the adapter with the Killer e2400 Gigabit Ethernet Controller Driver but it did not help to solve the issue.

Thank you.

[tototodfg]

1. Boot in the recovery Windows configuration without network initialized.

2. Win+R, run regedit.exe

3. Locate the network adapter configuration that was configured with the random mac address feature in
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
The network adapter maker's name can suggest the proper subfolder of {4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}.

4. Right-click on the folder that matches your device. For example, if the "0001" folder matches your device, right-click on the folder. Select New → String Value. Name the new value "NetworkAddress".

5. Double-click the new Network Address entry. In the "Value data" field, enter your new MAC address. MAC addresses are 12-digit values, and should be entered without any dashes or colons. For example, if you want to make the MAC address "2A:1B:4C:3D:6E:5F", you would enter "2A1B4C3D6E5F" (see the detailed instructions in 3 Ways to Change a Computer's Mac Address in Windows)

6. Restart the computer. You will notice in the wifi adapter advanced configuration settings that the random mac address option is greyed out.

[tototodfg]

I have also changed the key wmmacaddress to 0. But it is necessary to prove it with some kind of sniffing tool, what really the key is.