Disappearing 'Add New Connection'

[BaldEagle]

I've got an old laptop (Toshiba Satellite Pro 4600) which I would like
to configure with a wireless PCMCIA to give my daughter web access via
my wireless router / modem.

After dusting it off and firing it up, I tried to make a new
connection, and I'm baffled to see that there aren't any existing
connections listed in 'Network & Dial up Connections' - and there
isn't even a 'Make New Connection' icon... it's completely empty.

Anybody got any ideas on what the problem is, and how I should fix it?

Thanks in advance

 

[Dave Patrick]

This article may help.

Some Network and Dial-Up Connections Icons May Be Missing
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=254631


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<BaldEagle> wrote:
| I've got an old laptop (Toshiba Satellite Pro 4600) which I would like
| to configure with a wireless PCMCIA to give my daughter web access via
| my wireless router / modem.
|
| After dusting it off and firing it up, I tried to make a new
| connection, and I'm baffled to see that there aren't any existing
| connections listed in 'Network & Dial up Connections' - and there
| isn't even a 'Make New Connection' icon... it's completely empty.
|
| Anybody got any ideas on what the problem is, and how I should fix it?
|
| Thanks in advance
|
| --
| Alistair

 

[robert]

I had the same problem a couple weeks ago and
it centered around NOT having my nic card drivers
installed. I loaded 2000 and apparently the win2k setup
disc did not have a driver for my nic card which is
integrated on my motherboard. It wasn't until i ran the
motherboard cd-rom setup routine that the nic drivers
were loaded. After that , the icon immediately appeared
when i restarted. robert