Network profiles

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/28375-change-network-profile-name-windows-10-a.html

Secpol.msc > Network List manager policies

Rename and delete

Secpol adds a policy instead of a rename, so the registry is better. No better way to delete and rename.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\NetworkList\Signatures\<GUID>

Location:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\NetworkList\Profiles

USB tethering creates a new profile

USB tethering creates a new profile each time it is connected.

https://superuser.com/a/877115/56505

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}

Locate the numbered key like 0001 whose DriverDesc is the RNDIS driver name (shown in Network Connections — Connect using, and Device Manager).

Create a DWORD (32) named *NdisDeviceType and set it to 1. Notice the * at the beginning.

Disconnect and connect.

The computer's network icon will continue to show disconnected.