List, click Install the hardware that I manually select from a list (Advanced), and then click Next. In the Common hardware types list, click Network adapters, and then click Next. In the Manufacturer list, click Microsoft. In the Network Adapter list, click Microsoft Loopback Adapter, and then click Next twice. Select Microsoft from the Manufacture, and then select Microsoft Loopback Adapter from the Network adapter list. A message will be displayed that your about to install the loopback adapter. The driver is then installed. Press Finish to complete the process. This is quite a few steps to install but worth the.
While busily looking over Powershell 2.0 for Dummies, and Windows Powershell in Action, one of my tasks is to automate or script some repetitive computer configurations.One of those configurations is to add a Microsoft Loopback adapter to a Windows XP box, but first, to check if it had already been installed and configured, and if not, to go ahead and do it.Is this something that PowerShell would be best suited for, and if so, what commands, or cmdlets should I be focusing on? If you could give a sample script as a starter that would be greatly appreciated. Any links to some other useful guides would be awesome too.
Someone made a script. Don't know if it is what you are looking for ->New-LoopbackAdapter.ps1 – Using PowerShell to create and configure a loopback adapter for use with Direct Server Return load balancing in Exchange 2010 and Lync 2010
It seems to be for 2008 R2 only. Maybe the modifications to get it to work on Windows 7 are simple.