Local Area Connection Icon

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Since getting some very bad and incorrect information from my ISP (Yes it is
AOL) I have suddenly got a small icon appearing in my desktop taskbar. It
looks like two monitors with a red cross through it. It says "Local Area
Connection. A Network Cable is Unplugged". I am now having NO Problems with
my PC or AOL and everything is plugged in that should be. So what is this
stupid icon for ?? I am NOT connected to a Network as nobody else has access
to my PC ?
Any help please on this icon? would be appreciated
Thanks
Peter
 
Open up your 'Network Connections' (NOT network
neighborhood) and find out which connection AOL told you to
create. This is the one that is marked as "unplugged".
Right click on it and choose Delete. Make it go away. If
you are connected and running fine, then you don't need it.
AOL did that to me a while ago which is why I dropped AOL.
 
Hi,
Don't delete. Do this: Click Start/Control Panel/Network and Internet
Connections/Network Connections/LAN or High Speed Internet. Highlight Local
Area Connection. Under Network Tasks, click Disable this network device.
The icon goes away, and the device will be disabled.
HTH
dorothyg
 
Thank you so much for this post. That little icon was very annoying and i am
glad to see it go!
 
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