F**KING TASKBAR WITH MESSAGE

[Gareth]

The network cable is unplugged, its not though. I was told
to do this:

Remove message in the system tray that the network cable
is unplugged.
Right click Start and select Properties.
On the Taskbar tab, click Hide inactive icons if it's not
already checked.
Click the Customize button.
Scroll down to find the Local Area Connection: network
cable is unplugged item (it will only appear here if it
has displayed in the past).
In the dropdown box that appears when you click the item,
select Always Hide.
Click OK/Apply and then OK.

But i dont have those options on my windows 2000 pro just
all about start menu and very few about task bar, please
can anyone help this is really killing me. Any help much
appreciated

 

[George Hester]

Try not to use abbreviated profanity. It does nothing to help your cause. Why do you even have this icon in the System Tray? Is it from AOL or have you enabled that in Network and Dial-Up Connections. Try just un-enabling it. In Network and Dial-Up Connections right click your LAN connection (or dial-up) and choose Properties. Uncheck Show icon in taskbar when connected.

 

[Matty B]

I'm assuming that you do not actually have a network
setup in your environment?

Go to your Desktop.
Right Click "My Network Places" and select "Properties".
Right Click your "Local Area Connection" (it will have a
red cross on it) and select "Properties".
Untick the box that says "Show icon is Taskbar when
connected".

Click "OK".
The icon should disappear from your Systray.

The earlier instructions that you recieved were for XP,
and wouldn't have really acheived what you want it to do
anyway i think..

Matty.

 

[Guest]

Yeah i know but this is killing me. Im not a novice at
computers so I have done as said. I am connected to
internet via NTL cable box it is 612mb connection
broadband and since i dont currently have an ethernet card
im using a usb adapter. Problem is every now and again the
message local area connection unplugged pops up then
quickly dissapears, and ive tried everything to get rid of
it I just cant and its really starting to bug me i think
its effecting the online games and radio one online when i
listen to it i never had this problem but ive upgraded the
computer and built from scratch everything else is fine,
so any other ideas would be greatly received. Thanks

-----Original Message-----
Try not to use abbreviated profanity. It does nothing to

help your cause. Why do you even have this icon in the
System Tray? Is it from AOL or have you enabled that in
Network and Dial-Up Connections. Try just un-enabling
it. In Network and Dial-Up Connections right click your
LAN connection (or dial-up) and choose Properties.
Uncheck Show icon in taskbar when connected.

 

[Guest]

Yeah i know but this is killing me. Im not a novice at
computers so I have done as said. I am connected to
internet via NTL cable box it is 612mb connection
broadband and since i dont currently have an ethernet card
im using a usb adapter. Problem is every now and again the
message local area connection unplugged pops up then
quickly dissapears, and ive tried everything to get rid of
it I just cant and its really starting to bug me i think
its effecting the online games and radio one online when i
listen to it i never had this problem but ive upgraded the
computer and built from scratch everything else is fine,
so any other ideas would be greatly received. Thanks