network status icon

[Guest]

I have a question about the network connection status icon in the taskbar
tray, do i really need to have it there or is it necessary for my connection
to run properly?? It's the local area connection status icon and I have a
DSL connection

 

[Thorsten Matzner]

I have a question about the network connection status icon in the taskbar
tray, do i really need to have it there or is it necessary for my connection
to run properly?? It's the local area connection status icon and I have a
DSL connection

The icon is not needed for to run a network.

 

[Guest]

i didn't think that i needed it, thanks. so how would i delete it from the
taskbar tray?

 

[Venkatesh [MS India Community Star]]

Follow the below steps:

1. Click Start, run, type "ncpa.cpl" (with out quotation marks) and click
OK.
2. In the resulting window, right-click on the Local Area Connection icon
and click properties.
3. In the resulting window, below the General tab, uncheck "Show icon in
notification area when connected" option.

 

[Guest]

i just tried that and it didnt work, the icon is still in the tray

 

[Guest]

double-click on the icon itself, shoose Properties and
uncheck the box that says "show icon in notification area".
That's easier than all the Start->Run stuff

-----Original Message-----
i just tried that and it didnt work, the icon is still in the tray

 

[Guest]

that didn't work either and by the way the box for "show icon in notification
area" was already unchecked, of course it's still in the taskbar tray.

 

[Guest]

Hi,
This should do it. It worked for me. Start | Control Panel | Network and
Internet Connections | Network Connections |LAN or High-Speed Internet |
Right Click Local Area Connection | Click Disable | Exit. It should now be
gone from the tray.

 

[Guest]

that's not going to work because it disables my DSL connection, so i guess
that means that there is no way that i could remove it from the tray?

 

[Thorsten Matzner]

that's not going to work because it disables my DSL connection, so i guess
that means that there is no way that i could remove it from the tray?

You may have two network connections if you also run a LAN. Make sure
that you disable the icon for the correct connection. This works well
for me here, BTW.