Hello,
Thank you for using newsgroup!
Based on my knowledge, missing network connections icons may be related to
RPC service. If RPC service stop, this problem may occurs. I have the
following suggestions:
Suggestion 1: Verify that the network DLL files are registered correctly
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1. Click Start, and then click Run.
2. Type cmd.exe, and then click OK.
3. Type the following lines, and then press ENTER after you type each
line. Click OK when the RegSvr32 dialog box appears for each command.
regsvr32 netshell.dll
regsvr32 netcfgx.dll
regsvr32 netman.dll
4. Restart the computer.
Suggestion 2: Verify that all Windows Protected Files in the System32
folder are intact
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At a command prompt, type sfc /purgecache, and then press ENTER. The
Windows File Checker starts.
Suggestion 3: Verify that the registry keys are intact and correct
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1. Start Registry Editor.
2. Locate and then click the following registry subkey:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{0000010C-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}
Verify that the subkeys NumMethods and ProxyStubClsid32 exist and that
their values are correct. If these registry subkeys do not exist, create
them.
For additional information about creating these registry subkeys, click the
following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge
Base:
269019 (
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/269019/) Network and dial-up
connections folder icons missing
If those steps can't solve the problem, please save the Application Event
log and System Event log to .evt file, posting the files to Newsgroup, so
we can perform further troubleshooting.
Additional information
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How to troubleshoot missing network connections icons in Windows Server
2003 and in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/825826/en-us
Hope this helps.
Mike Luo
Microsoft Online Partner Support
Get Secure! -
www.microsoft.com/security
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