"Local Area Connection" missing...any tips?
01-23-08, 08:27 PM
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"Local Area Connection" missing...any tips?
Suddenly my Local Area Connection is gone.
It's not in the lower right-hand corner...
It's not under Network Connections...
Normally I wouldn't care, but apparently to setup my Linksys wireless network, it needs to see it.
Anyone encounter this before and have tips on how to fix it?
It's not in the lower right-hand corner...
It's not under Network Connections...
Normally I wouldn't care, but apparently to setup my Linksys wireless network, it needs to see it.
Anyone encounter this before and have tips on how to fix it?
01-24-08, 02:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Toad
Suddenly my Local Area Connection is gone.
It's not in the lower right-hand corner...
It's not under Network Connections...
Normally I wouldn't care, but apparently to setup my Linksys wireless network, it needs to see it.
Anyone encounter this before and have tips on how to fix it?
It's not in the lower right-hand corner...
It's not under Network Connections...
Normally I wouldn't care, but apparently to setup my Linksys wireless network, it needs to see it.
Anyone encounter this before and have tips on how to fix it?
01-25-08, 07:58 AM
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Yes, it did show up, with no red or yellow symbols.
Not sure why/how, but I had to re-install XP to get back up and running.
All this either started when I a) hooked up my router, or b) when a Windows update was installed.
What a P.I.T.A.
Not sure why/how, but I had to re-install XP to get back up and running.
All this either started when I a) hooked up my router, or b) when a Windows update was installed.
What a P.I.T.A.
01-25-08, 11:16 PM
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Why didn't you just recreate it using the "Create a New Connection" wizard?
01-26-08, 02:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Jay G.
Why didn't you just recreate it using the "Create a New Connection" wizard?
01-26-08, 05:35 PM
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you needed a repair and a reset of protocol and socket management...
you would have been good...
not sure i still wouldn't do both even after a re-install...
you would have been good...
not sure i still wouldn't do both even after a re-install...
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If the connection in Network connections do the following: right click on Network Places, you should see Local Area Connection. Right click on that and go to Properties. Then check the box marked, "Show icon in notification area when connected".
If it isn't, you will need to reinstall the driver for the NIC
If it isn't, you will need to reinstall the driver for the NIC
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Originally Posted by macnorton
If the connection in Network connections do the following: right click on Network Places, you should see Local Area Connection. Right click on that and go to Properties. Then check the box marked, "Show icon in notification area when connected".
Isn't that clear?
02-04-08, 10:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Toad
Please refer to the original post... The whole point is that there is no "local area connection." Isn't that clear?
Isn't that clear?
