nusicance networking message after hibernation

[Brent]

After resuming my WinXP Home laptop from hibernation,
the "A network cable is unplugged" icon always appears in
the system tray. I have repeatedly set this icon
to "Always Hide" in the options for the taskbar, which
makes it disappear. After resuming from standby or
hibernation, it always reappaars. I am not currently
using a LAN, so I'd rather not look at this extra icon
all the time. Is there any way to REALLY get rid of it?
If replying by email, please remove NOSPAM from my email
address. Thank you.

 

[XPUSER]

After resuming my WinXP Home laptop from hibernation,
the "A network cable is unplugged" icon always appears in
the system tray. I have repeatedly set this icon
to "Always Hide" in the options for the taskbar, which
makes it disappear. After resuming from standby or
hibernation, it always reappaars. I am not currently
using a LAN, so I'd rather not look at this extra icon
all the time. Is there any way to REALLY get rid of it?
If replying by email, please remove NOSPAM from my email
address. Thank you.

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You could try this:
START > RUN > devmgmt.msc
Device Manager comes up -

Expand "Network Adapters"

Right click and choose "Disable" on any network adapters
that you are not using. This can always be reversed later.

Once the RED X has applied on the adapter(s), close out
of Device Manager and restart the computer once and then
put it into hibernation and resume to test if issue is resolved.
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