Does anyone know how Windows XPe enumerates network adapters?

Does anyone know how Windows XPe enumerates network adapters?



I'm looking a problem where Windows is sometimes seeing existing network
adapters as new rather than existing. So I end up with new connections.
This only happens after a power-on. If a restart is done, the NICs are
always found correctly. It's a problem because the NIC properties are
important to correct operation.



What things would cause Windows to see this as a new adapter? Where should
I start looking?



I know Windows orders it's NICs by MAC address. Is MAC address used to
determine if an adapter exists?



How about PCI bus or slot number?



Could this be a BIOS problem? Does it report the PCI information to
Windows?



Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.


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