"Network cable unplugged"

[Rattlingroger]

I have two LANs - ethernet and Bluetooth - which are available to my system,
but neither of which are used because I communicate to my router via
Wireless. However, whatever settings I use, the LAN icons appear with a red
cross and the bubble "Network cable unplugged". In Properties, neither box
is ticked to show these icons - whether connected or with poor connectivity.
How do I get rid of these icons and bubble?

 

[Bob Lin \(MS-MVP\)]

Posting the results of ipconfig go/all here may help.

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[David B.]

Right click one of them in the tray, select open network connections, then
right click and disable each one your not using.

 

[Jack-MVP]

Hi
You can drag links of the Connection (from the manage connection screen that
can be reached by clicking in the entry at the top left side of the Network
center) to the desktop.
According to need it takes few second to right click on the desired
connection and Enable/Disable it).
Jack (MS, MVP-Networking)

 

[Pavel A.]

I have two LANs - ethernet and Bluetooth - which are available to my system,
but neither of which are used because I communicate to my router via
Wireless. However, whatever settings I use, the LAN icons appear with a red
cross and the bubble "Network cable unplugged". In Properties, neither box
is ticked to show these icons - whether connected or with poor connectivity.
How do I get rid of these icons and bubble?

This is "by design" in XP; you can't disable the taskbar icon if the
adapter is in media disconnected state.
The only way to hide it is to disable unused adapters, as David B.
suggested.
In some laptop computers, the ethernet adapter can
disable itself automagically when the cable is unplugged.

Regards,
--pa

 

[Rattlingroger]

Many thanks to all. I presume if I disable these adapters, I can enable them
if I should wish to use them at some time in the future?

 

[Jack-MVP]

Hi
Yap, that was the purpose of my suggestion above Right click on the
connection Icon and it can be Disabled or Enabled as needed in 5 sec.
Jack (MS, MVP-Networking)

 

[Rattlingroger]

Many thanks, one and all!

Hi
Yap, that was the purpose of my suggestion above Right click on the
connection Icon and it can be Disabled or Enabled as needed in 5 sec.
Jack (MS, MVP-Networking)