help Active Internet Connection icon gone!

[Guest]

Was wondering if anyone could tell me why my Active Internet Connection icon
disappeared and how to get it back in the taskbar. I have try deleting my
internet connection and redoing it but the icon will not appear in the
taskbar again. Thank You for any help u could give me with this problem.

 

[Ronnie Vernon MVP]

Was wondering if anyone could tell me why my Active Internet
Connection icon disappeared and how to get it back in the taskbar. I
have try deleting my internet connection and redoing it but the icon
will not appear in the taskbar again. Thank You for any help u could
give me with this problem.

In Control Panel/Network Connections, right click the active connection you
use and select Properties. Select the "Show icon in notification area when
connected" option.

 

[Guest]

My main problem is when i go to my network connections the connection is not
listed there. It is still on my desktop and when i go threw there to
properties i select show icon. I have deleted all the connection to the
internet and reran the internet wizard. It will be there then. when i
disconnect from the internet it disappears from my network connections. I can
use the desktop icon to connect to the internet again but can't disconnect
and the active internet connection icon is gone.

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

The same happened to my test system last year, after I wantedly tested the activity of Blaster Worm. After the system had been disinfected, I noticed the same behavior of missing network connections. But I could still connect to the internet using the RASPhone.pbk file present under this folder:

%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\Microsoft\Network\Connections\Pbk

Also see this MS Knowledgebase article:

How to troubleshoot missing network connections icons in Windows Server 2003 and in Windows XP:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;825826&Product=winxp

You may perhaps, crosspost this to the Network_web newsgroups for more exposure. Microsoft Public Newsgroups listing is available at Jim's site: http://aumha.org/nntp.php

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


My main problem is when i go to my network connections the connection is not
listed there. It is still on my desktop and when i go threw there to
properties i select show icon. I have deleted all the connection to the
internet and reran the internet wizard. It will be there then. when i
disconnect from the internet it disappears from my network connections. I can
use the desktop icon to connect to the internet again but can't disconnect
and the active internet connection icon is gone.