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Where did the Network Adapter Icon go???

 
 
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      1st Dec 2004
My cable internet connection is working fine, but Network Connections shows
no Icon. It was there, but has dissapeared! If I right click on Network
Connections window, and select refresh, I get the following message: ""The
Network Connections folder was unable to retrieve the list of network
adapters on your machine. Make sure Network Connections service is enabled
and running."" I checked that, and it is running, but still no network
icons. I have also tried the Create a new connection wizard, but it tells me
that my internet connection is already established.

Any ideas??? Using SP2. Thanks!
 
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      1st Dec 2004
Greetings,

If you don't see a Local Area Connection icon this is usually a driver
problem. Try uninstalling then reinstalling the network adapter to see if it
comes back. If it doesn't, then download the latest compatible drivers for
the network adapter from the manufacturer's website.

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"N6XB" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> My cable internet connection is working fine, but Network Connections
> shows
> no Icon. It was there, but has dissapeared! If I right click on Network
> Connections window, and select refresh, I get the following message: ""The
> Network Connections folder was unable to retrieve the list of network
> adapters on your machine. Make sure Network Connections service is
> enabled
> and running."" I checked that, and it is running, but still no network
> icons. I have also tried the Create a new connection wizard, but it tells
> me
> that my internet connection is already established.
>
> Any ideas??? Using SP2. Thanks!



 
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      5th Dec 2004
Thanks for the tip. I tried it, but no change....
However, this KB article did fix the problem...

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;825826


"Eric Cross [MVP]" wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> If you don't see a Local Area Connection icon this is usually a driver
> problem. Try uninstalling then reinstalling the network adapter to see if it
> comes back. If it doesn't, then download the latest compatible drivers for
> the network adapter from the manufacturer's website.
>
> ________________
> Eric Cross
> Microsoft MVP (Windows Networking)
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
>
>
> "N6XB" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:61F47CDE-71DF-47A6-9C26-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > My cable internet connection is working fine, but Network Connections
> > shows
> > no Icon. It was there, but has dissapeared! If I right click on Network
> > Connections window, and select refresh, I get the following message: ""The
> > Network Connections folder was unable to retrieve the list of network
> > adapters on your machine. Make sure Network Connections service is
> > enabled
> > and running."" I checked that, and it is running, but still no network
> > icons. I have also tried the Create a new connection wizard, but it tells
> > me
> > that my internet connection is already established.
> >
> > Any ideas??? Using SP2. Thanks!

>
>
>

 
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