Network Icons seemed to have dissapeared!

Can we assume that you removed the original NIC in the
device manager window before shutting the computer down
and swapping them?

>-----Original Message-----
>Hi,
>
>Anyone had the following symptoms?
>
>- Installed Win2k with a NIC - everything ok
>- Removed NIC and re-installed this - Windows then
placed the drive as Nic
>#2
>- LAN Icon - now Local Area Network 2
>- Installed, configured and removed a PCI ISDN card
>- Installed a new ISDN card
>- All icons on the Network Properties have dissapeared
although the LAN and
>Dialup ISDN are working ok.
>
>Wierd thing is when the ISDN kicks in, normally this
produces the Connected
>icon on the taskbar - this is not displaying anymore and
therefore we cannot
>ascertain if this is connected or not.
>
>
>Regards
>Paul
>
>
>.
>

Thing is, I never swapped the NIC only the ISDN card. Therefore the same
NIC was used anyhow.

"NorthCheney" <nlcheney1@insightbb.com> wrote in message
news:2c4501c33f6b$09ec5680$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> Can we assume that you removed the original NIC in the
> device manager window before shutting the computer down
> and swapping them?
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Hi,
> >
> >Anyone had the following symptoms?
> >
> >- Installed Win2k with a NIC - everything ok
> >- Removed NIC and re-installed this - Windows then
> placed the drive as Nic
> >#2
> >- LAN Icon - now Local Area Network 2
> >- Installed, configured and removed a PCI ISDN card
> >- Installed a new ISDN card
> >- All icons on the Network Properties have dissapeared
> although the LAN and
> >Dialup ISDN are working ok.
> >
> >Wierd thing is when the ISDN kicks in, normally this
> produces the Connected
> >icon on the taskbar - this is not displaying anymore and
> therefore we cannot
> >ascertain if this is connected or not.
> >
> >
> >Regards
> >Paul
> >
> >
> >.
> >