Network Connections Display

[LJMaddox]

I have a wireless home network with 2 computers and 2 wireless printers. All
components are working fine. The main computer is cabled directly to the
Linksys router. When I click on network connections I get the connections
screen but nothing is displayed. The other computer displays the network
connections correctly. I can access the router through the main computer with
no problems. When I tried the network setup wizard I got a message saying
could not locate the network hardware. I have no problem connecting to the
internet from either computer.
The problem occurred sometime after I replaced internet explorer 7 with 8. I
am not sure what caused the problem because I didn't try to display the
connections until sometime after the upgrade.

 

[Steve Winograd [MS-MVP]]

I have a wireless home network with 2 computers and 2 wireless printers. All
components are working fine. The main computer is cabled directly to the
Linksys router. When I click on network connections I get the connections
screen but nothing is displayed. The other computer displays the network
connections correctly. I can access the router through the main computer with
no problems. When I tried the network setup wizard I got a message saying
could not locate the network hardware. I have no problem connecting to the
internet from either computer.
The problem occurred sometime after I replaced internet explorer 7 with 8. I
am not sure what caused the problem because I didn't try to display the
connections until sometime after the upgrade.

Go to Start > Run > Services.msc, and make sure that the Network
Connections service is started.

Consider running System Restore to roll the computer back to a time
before the problem occurred.
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Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Desktop Experience)

Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

 

[LJMaddox]

Network Connections was started and set to manual. I set it to automatic and
rebooted the system and had the same problem.
The farthest I could restore the system was April 8th. Same problem.