hide Local Area Connection Icon

[Eduardo Sicouret]

Hello,

Here's the scenario. I'm using a windows 2000 server domain with windows
2000 professional user computers.

I'm using a third-party remote administration tool so quality assurance
dept. can control what the users are doing.

Each time this tool is on, the Local Area Connection Icon in the user
computer shows full transmission.

Is there a way to hide this icon through a group policy setting, or a
windows 2000 professional registry entry distributed thorough login
scripts???

I have nearly 500 computers in my network so I would not like to make this
change manually in the network properties pane.

Any help will be appreciated.Thanks in advance.

Regads,
Eduardo Sicouret

 

[Steve Parry]

Hello,

Here's the scenario. I'm using a windows 2000 server domain with windows
2000 professional user computers.

I'm using a third-party remote administration tool so quality assurance
dept. can control what the users are doing.

Each time this tool is on, the Local Area Connection Icon in the user
computer shows full transmission.

Is there a way to hide this icon through a group policy setting, or a
windows 2000 professional registry entry distributed thorough login
scripts???

I have nearly 500 computers in my network so I would not like to make this
change manually in the network properties pane.

Any help will be appreciated.Thanks in advance.

Regads,
Eduardo Sicouret

Perhaps via group policy?

Open the GP editor

navigate to
User Configuration
Administrative Templates
Network
Network Connections

right hand side option
"Prohibit viewing of status for an active connection"

and enable it

<quote from that option>
"Determines whether users can view the status for an active connection.

Connection status is available from the connection status taskbar icon or
from the Status dialog box. The Status dialog box displays information about
the connection and its activity. It also provides buttons to disconnect and
to configure the properties of the connection.

If you enable this setting, the connection status taskbar icon and Status
dialog box are not available to users (including administrators). The Status
option is disabled in the context menu for the connection and on the File
menu in the Network Connections folder.

Users cannot choose to show the connection icon in the taskbar from the
Connection Properties dialog box.
"

 

[Eduardo Sicouret]

Hello,

Well I already tried that.

This group policy only prohibits the user from checking the statistics of a
connection. But the lan icon is still there, showing an unusual activity
when the computer is monitored, that is: the two little computers go all
blue and don't blinking at all.

I know the easiest way could be just clicking the "show icon in taskbar when
connected" option in the general pane of the network connection properties.
But that's a little bit difficult when you have 500 computers used
24x7x365.. :S

any other idea?

Thanks

Eduardo Sicouret

 

[Steve Parry]

Hello,

Well I already tried that.

This group policy only prohibits the user from checking the statistics of
a connection. But the lan icon is still there, showing an unusual
activity when the computer is monitored, that is: the two little
computers go all blue and don't blinking at all.

I know the easiest way could be just clicking the "show icon in taskbar
when connected" option in the general pane of the network connection
properties. But that's a little bit difficult when you have 500 computers
used 24x7x365.. :S

any other idea?

Take a look here at the info and scripts. These are for showing the icon but
altering will be easy enough.

HTH

 

[Eduardo Sicouret]

Hello,
I'm sorry but i didn't understand your answer. :S

where should I look at? where's that info and scripts?

Regards,

Eduardo

 

[Steve Parry]

Hello,
I'm sorry but i didn't understand your answer. :S

where should I look at? where's that info and scripts?

Regards,

Eduardo

Sorry about that Eduardo, I forgot to paste the link

http://www.msfn.org/board/lofiversion/index.php/t28142.html

Took ages to find again

Hope it helps or at least points you in the right direction

 

[Eduardo Sicouret]

Thank you Steve... it helped me a lot...

First by knowing there are other people with this problem and by knowing
that there's an answer to this quest only through programming.

I already had found the registry Key where you can set the "show icon"
property, but it depends on a ID-number for the network adapter so a massive
registry change is not possible.

Eduardo

 

[John John]

You can do it by deleting "Network.ConnectionTray" at:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ShellServiceObjectDelayLoad]

You have to terminate and restart Explorer.exe for changes to take effect.

John