Internet Gateway Device icon (IGDDC)

[Guest]

Someone pressed my (WinXPSP2) PC power button by mistake while I was working
on my computer, and thus shut down the PC. Ever since, the Internet Gateway
Device icon doesn't show up anymore. I knew these things were brittle, but I
had no idea they were that fragile. Anyway, I tried everything to get the
damn' icon back, to no avail. Even tried to reinstall IGDDC, no use. Does
that mean that my only hope is to do a clean WINXP install? It can't be that
bad, can it?

 

[WTC]

Someone pressed my (WinXPSP2) PC power button by mistake while I was
working
on my computer, and thus shut down the PC. Ever since, the Internet
Gateway
Device icon doesn't show up anymore. I knew these things were brittle, but
I
had no idea they were that fragile. Anyway, I tried everything to get the
damn' icon back, to no avail. Even tried to reinstall IGDDC, no use. Does
that mean that my only hope is to do a clean WINXP install? It can't be
that
bad, can it?

Try disabling UPnP in the Router's (Gateway's) Interface then re-enabling
UPnP.

 

[Guest]

Try disabling UPnP in the Router's (Gateway's) Interface then re-enabling
UPnP.

That's an interesting idea, and I can certainly do that, though I'm
wondering why it would have an effect since it's not the gateway/router that
crashed, it's the PC... Anyway, I'll try that, thanks.

 

[Guest]

Okay, disabling and re-enabling the UPnP in the Gateway settings did it!!
Thanks a bunch!! Cheers!!!

 

[WTC]

Okay, disabling and re-enabling the UPnP in the Gateway settings did it!!
Thanks a bunch!! Cheers!!!

You're welcome.

 

[Guest]

Okay, disabling and re-enabling the UPnP in the Gateway settings did it!!

You're welcome.

Well, here's a new twist: after a while the icon disappears, and I have to
repeat the whole "disabling and re-enabling the UPnP in the Gateway" drill
all over again, which is not very convenient. The icon also doesn't show up
after rebooting the PC (unless, of course, I do the UPnP drill after reboot).

There's gotta be smth. rotten with my PC. Should I reinstall the network
cards? Should I reinstall the wholenetworking sectionof WinXP?

 

[Guest]

(Repost)

You're welcome.

Well, here's a new twist: after a while the icon disappears, and I have to
repeat the whole "disabling and re-enabling the UPnP in the Gateway" drill
all over again, which is not very convenient, to say the least. The icon also
doesn't show up after rebooting the PC (unless, of course, I do the UPnP
drill after reboot).

It is obvious that there's something rotten with my PC. Should I reinstall
the network cards? Should I reinstall the whole networking section of WinXP?
Should I attempt to repair WinXP? (Has that ever worked?)