Removing borked network team

[ShadowXP]

We have a Dell Poweredge 2850 that had a network team until a very strange network error started occurring. Due to the server, the network traffic on the switch it was connected to came to a grinding halt. We have tracked this problem down to the networkcard-team running on the server, and want to remove it as it's not needed in our current configuration.

Thus starts the problems.

We cannot get the old team removed since the operating-system says that it is needed for Windows to start up. Since it cannot be removed, the network-traffic on the server goes unbearablys low, and far too slowly for any type of work to be done on it (it's running SQL-server for a Citrix-farm yet to be put into production, plus the server-part of Navision).

The following things has been tried without success:

- Uninstalling the team through the Intel PROset (the team does NOT register in the PROset)
- Reinstalling/upgrading the PROset
- scoured the net for any type of hints/tips
- contacted Dell support.

 

[ShadowXP]

Solved this the hard way. Uninstalling the PROSet drivers, then slicing every single entry that referred to the team out of the registry. Rebooted and reinstalled the PROSet package, and it's up and running in a semi-good fashion again.

Regards

ShadowXP
Everything can be solved by the application of uncontrolled force.