Constantly disappearing global icon

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Daisy

Hi! :)

I have been a Windows Vista user for about 7 months and I have encountered a
problem when I start up my computer. When I log into my account, everything
runs normally except for the network center. At first, a red "X" would appear
which is normal, but then the global icon does not appear. I have been
experiencing this for a few days now and I have no idea what to do. I have
searched the Knowledge base for answers but one solution I found was to
download Windows Vista Service Pack 1. I have downloaded the Service Pack
when it first was released via Windows Update but sadly I experience this
problem.

This problem has never happened to me before until just a few days ago. When
I pace my cursor over the network center icon, it says, " Currently connected
to: Network Access: Local Only". When I open my browser and close it, the
global icon then appears as it should but sometimes it justs disappears again.

I have tried to diagnose the problem too but there seems to nothing wrong
with my connection except sometimes the internet might run a bit slowly than
usual.

What should I do to resolve this problem?
 
how are you connected to the Internet? router? is it running the
latest firmware?

what Network card? do you have the latest drivers?

posting text results here as a reply of ipconfig /all may help
http://digitalmediaphile.wordpress.com/ipconfig-all-how-to-get-text-output/

Hi! :)

I have been a Windows Vista user for about 7 months and I have encountered a
problem when I start up my computer. When I log into my account, everything
runs normally except for the network center. At first, a red "X" would appear
which is normal, but then the global icon does not appear. I have been
experiencing this for a few days now and I have no idea what to do. I have
searched the Knowledge base for answers but one solution I found was to
download Windows Vista Service Pack 1. I have downloaded the Service Pack
when it first was released via Windows Update but sadly I experience this
problem.

This problem has never happened to me before until just a few days ago. When
I pace my cursor over the network center icon, it says, " Currently connected
to: Network Access: Local Only". When I open my browser and close it, the
global icon then appears as it should but sometimes it justs disappears again.

I have tried to diagnose the problem too but there seems to nothing wrong
with my connection except sometimes the internet might run a bit slowly than
usual.

What should I do to resolve this problem?
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Barb Bowman
MS-MVP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/meetexperts/bowman.mspx
http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/
http://digitalmediaphile.wordpress.com
 
Thank you for for your response! I think this is the information you may be
looking for:

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6001]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\Aaron>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Aaron-PC
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8101E Family PCI-E Fast
Ethern
et NIC (NDIS 6.0)
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1D-60-B5-DB-08
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::8e0:5d7a:d7c:cab1%8(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 69.124.206.57(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.252.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, August 09, 2008 2:49:16 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, August 13, 2008 2:49:15 AM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 69.124.204.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 167.206.251.7
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 167.206.251.130
167.206.251.129
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 6:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . :
isatap.{B61478BC-0BDC-4892-AA85-77D4BE05E
868}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 7:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : 6TO4 Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2002:457c:ce39::457c:ce39(Preferred)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 2002:c058:6301::c058:6301
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 167.206.251.130
167.206.251.129
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 9:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-00-54-55-4E-01
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

C:\Users\Aaron>
 
try unbinding IPv6. see
http://digitalmediaphile.wordpress.com/ipv6-how-to-unbind-from-a-nic-in-windows-vista/
for instructions.

I strongly recommend that you get a router to use between your
computer and your broadband modem.

Thank you for for your response! I think this is the information you may be
looking for:

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6001]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\Aaron>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Aaron-PC
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8101E Family PCI-E Fast
Ethern
et NIC (NDIS 6.0)
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1D-60-B5-DB-08
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::8e0:5d7a:d7c:cab1%8(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 69.124.206.57(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.252.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, August 09, 2008 2:49:16 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, August 13, 2008 2:49:15 AM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 69.124.204.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 167.206.251.7
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 167.206.251.130
167.206.251.129
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 6:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . :
isatap.{B61478BC-0BDC-4892-AA85-77D4BE05E
868}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 7:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : 6TO4 Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2002:457c:ce39::457c:ce39(Preferred)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 2002:c058:6301::c058:6301
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 167.206.251.130
167.206.251.129
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 9:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-00-54-55-4E-01
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

C:\Users\Aaron>
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--

Barb Bowman
MS-MVP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/meetexperts/bowman.mspx
http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/
http://digitalmediaphile.wordpress.com
 
Thank you for your response! It seems that may have done the trick so far,
since the global icon is not disappearing yet. If the problem persists, I
will post here again for further assistance.

Thank you for your help!
--
~Daisy ^_^
~A Proud Windows User~


Barb Bowman said:
try unbinding IPv6. see
http://digitalmediaphile.wordpress.com/ipv6-how-to-unbind-from-a-nic-in-windows-vista/
for instructions.

I strongly recommend that you get a router to use between your
computer and your broadband modem.

Thank you for for your response! I think this is the information you may be
looking for:

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6001]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\Aaron>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Aaron-PC
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8101E Family PCI-E Fast
Ethern
et NIC (NDIS 6.0)
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1D-60-B5-DB-08
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::8e0:5d7a:d7c:cab1%8(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 69.124.206.57(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.252.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, August 09, 2008 2:49:16 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, August 13, 2008 2:49:15 AM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 69.124.204.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 167.206.251.7
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 167.206.251.130
167.206.251.129
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 6:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . :
isatap.{B61478BC-0BDC-4892-AA85-77D4BE05E
868}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 7:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : 6TO4 Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2002:457c:ce39::457c:ce39(Preferred)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 2002:c058:6301::c058:6301
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 167.206.251.130
167.206.251.129
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 9:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-00-54-55-4E-01
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

C:\Users\Aaron>
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--

Barb Bowman
MS-MVP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/meetexperts/bowman.mspx
http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/
http://digitalmediaphile.wordpress.com
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