Recovering from a rouge VPN on windows 11

 

What caused the problem:

    i suspect it was VPN's when the ip of the capture network matched home IP.  (I had forgot to change my local ip from 192.168.0.1)

    symptoms, would not get traffic from internet.

    Best solution was to delete the network adapters.

• Right-click the Start menu and select Device Manager.

• Expand the Network adapters section.

• Right-click your primary Wi-Fi / Wireless adapter (e.g., Intel Wi-Fi, Realtek, or Qualcomm) and select Uninstall device.

    

However, you should save your drivers

md "C:\DriverBackup"

dism /online /export-driver /destination:"C:\DriverBackup"

To save the bitlocker key

    manage-bde -protectors -add C: -RecoveryKey F:

search for wireguard

    sc query type= service | findstr /i wireguard