Unexpected Error Occurred in Network Connections

A

Aaron LaBarge

When I right-click for 'Properties' on the
local area connection
instance within network connections I receive
the message "An unexpected error occurred."
and the properties page does not display. The
network appears to work ok though. I tried to
uninstall the hardware driver, but the connection
instance created after re-install does the same
thing. Any suggestions? Thanks!
 
R

Ramesh \(XP Power User\)

Click Start | Run | type "SFC /Scannow". Insert the XP Cd in the drive. This
may be a problem with ras dlls.

--
_______________________________________
Ramesh Srinivasan
MSWindows OS- Poweruser
eMail: (e-mail address removed)
Aim: SRamesh2k
INDIA


When I right-click for 'Properties' on the
local area connection
instance within network connections I receive
the message "An unexpected error occurred."
and the properties page does not display. The
network appears to work ok though. I tried to
uninstall the hardware driver, but the connection
instance created after re-install does the same
thing. Any suggestions? Thanks!
 
R

Ramesh \(XP Power User\)

Check if there are restrictions in place:
http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/1047/

Also, does it happen to all users?

--
_______________________________________
Ramesh Srinivasan
MSWindows OS- Poweruser
eMail: (e-mail address removed)
Aim: SRamesh2k
INDIA


Thanks for the reply Ramesh, it didn't
work though. I also tried reinstalling
Service Pack 1a.

-Aaron
 
R

Ramesh \(XP Power User\)

Also, check this URL:
http://www.jsiinc.com/SUBM/tip6100/rh6106.htm

--
_______________________________________
Ramesh Srinivasan
MSWindows OS- Poweruser
eMail: (e-mail address removed)
Aim: SRamesh2k
INDIA


Click Start | Run | type "SFC /Scannow". Insert the XP Cd in the drive. This
may be a problem with ras dlls.

--
_______________________________________
Ramesh Srinivasan
MSWindows OS- Poweruser
eMail: (e-mail address removed)
Aim: SRamesh2k
INDIA


When I right-click for 'Properties' on the
local area connection
instance within network connections I receive
the message "An unexpected error occurred."
and the properties page does not display. The
network appears to work ok though. I tried to
uninstall the hardware driver, but the connection
instance created after re-install does the same
thing. Any suggestions? Thanks!
 
D

Damon Xu[MSFT]

Hi Aaron,

Thank you for posting!

According to your post, I understand that you get the error "An unexpected
error occurred" when you access the properties of the network connections
in Windows XP.

Please boot into Safe Mode and then go to Device Manager to remove all the
devices under Network Adapters. After that, boot into Normal Mode to
reinstall the network adapter to test it.

If the problem still occurs, perform an in-place upgrade to replace all the
system files:
315341:How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade (Reinstallation) of Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=315341

Hope this helps!

Have a great day!

Sincerely,

Damon Xu
MCSE2000, MCDBA2000
Microsoft Partner Online Support


Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security

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|
| Ramesh,
|
| I tried both suggestions, everything
| was as it should be, and still no luck.
| There are no policy restrictions on this machine
| for Network Connections, both telephony and rasman
| services were running, the only extra copy of
| rasapi32.dll was in the dllcache, and I think
| that's ok. Anyway...thanks again for your suggestions,
| even though it didn't work, I learned something.
|
| -A
|
| >-----Original Message-----
| >Also, check this URL:
| >http://www.jsiinc.com/SUBM/tip6100/rh6106.htm
| >
| >--
| >_______________________________________
| >Ramesh Srinivasan
| >MSWindows OS- Poweruser
| >eMail: (e-mail address removed)
| >Aim: SRamesh2k
| >INDIA
| >
| >
| in message
| >| >Click Start | Run | type "SFC /Scannow". Insert the XP
| Cd in the drive. This
| >may be a problem with ras dlls.
| >
| >--
| >_______________________________________
| >Ramesh Srinivasan
| >MSWindows OS- Poweruser
| >eMail: (e-mail address removed)
| >Aim: SRamesh2k
| >INDIA
| >
| >
| >| >When I right-click for 'Properties' on the
| >local area connection
| >instance within network connections I receive
| >the message "An unexpected error occurred."
| >and the properties page does not display. The
| >network appears to work ok though. I tried to
| >uninstall the hardware driver, but the connection
| >instance created after re-install does the same
| >thing. Any suggestions? Thanks!
| >
| >
| >
| >
| >.
| >
|
 
K

Ken Wickes [MSFT]

Arg, why does my reply to this post not show up. I'll try again. This
problem is totally fixable.

Open a command line and cd to your \windows\system32 directory

Type "regsvr32 netshell.dll", and click OK in the dialog that comes up
Type "regsvr32 ole32.dll", and click OK in the dialog that comes up
reboot


--

Ken Wickes [MSFT]
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
 
A

Aaron LaBarge

This fixed the problem, thanks alot Ken!

--Aaron

-----Original Message-----
Arg, why does my reply to this post not show up. I'll try again. This
problem is totally fixable.

Open a command line and cd to your \windows\system32 directory

Type "regsvr32 netshell.dll", and click OK in the dialog that comes up
Type "regsvr32 ole32.dll", and click OK in the dialog that comes up
reboot


--

Ken Wickes [MSFT]
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.


Hi Aaron,

Thank you for posting!

According to your post, I understand that you get the error "An unexpected
error occurred" when you access the properties of the network connections
in Windows XP.

Please boot into Safe Mode and then go to Device Manager to remove all the
devices under Network Adapters. After that, boot into Normal Mode to
reinstall the network adapter to test it.

If the problem still occurs, perform an in-place
upgrade to replace all
the
system files:
315341:How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade (Reinstallation) of Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=315341

Hope this helps!

Have a great day!

Sincerely,

Damon Xu
MCSE2000, MCDBA2000
Microsoft Partner Online Support


Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security

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| Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2003 11:26:34 -0700
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|
| Ramesh,
|
| I tried both suggestions, everything
| was as it should be, and still no luck.
| There are no policy restrictions on this machine
| for Network Connections, both telephony and rasman
| services were running, the only extra copy of
| rasapi32.dll was in the dllcache, and I think
| that's ok. Anyway...thanks again for your suggestions,
| even though it didn't work, I learned something.
|
| -A
|
| >-----Original Message-----
| >Also, check this URL:
| >http://www.jsiinc.com/SUBM/tip6100/rh6106.htm
| >
| >--
| >_______________________________________
| >Ramesh Srinivasan
| >MSWindows OS- Poweruser
| >eMail: (e-mail address removed)
| >Aim: SRamesh2k
| >INDIA
| >
| >
| in message
| >| >Click Start | Run | type "SFC /Scannow". Insert the XP
| Cd in the drive. This
| >may be a problem with ras dlls.
| >
| >--
| >_______________________________________
| >Ramesh Srinivasan
| >MSWindows OS- Poweruser
| >eMail: (e-mail address removed)
| >Aim: SRamesh2k
| >INDIA
| >
| >
| >| >When I right-click for 'Properties' on the
| >local area connection
| >instance within network connections I receive
| >the message "An unexpected error occurred."
| >and the properties page does not display. The
| >network appears to work ok though. I tried to
| >uninstall the hardware driver, but the connection
| >instance created after re-install does the same
| >thing. Any suggestions? Thanks!
| >
| >
| >
| >
| >.
| >
|


.
 
D

Damon Xu[MSFT]

Hi Aaron,

Thanks for the reply! I'm glad to hear that things are working correctly
for you now. If you find that your issue has not been fully resolved,
please let me know by adding a post to the thread.

We look forward to helping you in the future.

Sincerely,

Damon Xu
MCSE2000, MCDBA2000
Microsoft Partner Support


Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security

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|
| This fixed the problem, thanks alot Ken!
|
| --Aaron
|
|
| >-----Original Message-----
| >Arg, why does my reply to this post not show up. I'll
| try again. This
| >problem is totally fixable.
| >
| >Open a command line and cd to your \windows\system32
| directory
| >
| >Type "regsvr32 netshell.dll", and click OK in the dialog
| that comes up
| >Type "regsvr32 ole32.dll", and click OK in the dialog
| that comes up
| >reboot
| >
| >
| >--
| >
| >Ken Wickes [MSFT]
| >This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
| confers no rights.
| >
| >
| message
| >| >> Hi Aaron,
| >>
| >> Thank you for posting!
| >>
| >> According to your post, I understand that you get the
| error "An unexpected
| >> error occurred" when you access the properties of the
| network connections
| >> in Windows XP.
| >>
| >> Please boot into Safe Mode and then go to Device
| Manager to remove all the
| >> devices under Network Adapters. After that, boot into
| Normal Mode to
| >> reinstall the network adapter to test it.
| >>
| >> If the problem still occurs, perform an in-place
| upgrade to replace all
| >the
| >> system files:
| >> 315341:How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade
| (Reinstallation) of Windows XP
| >> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=315341
| >>
| >> Hope this helps!
| >>
| >> Have a great day!
| >>
| >> Sincerely,
| >>
| >> Damon Xu
| >> MCSE2000, MCDBA2000
| >> Microsoft Partner Online Support
| >>
| >>
| >> Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security
| >>
| >> ====================================================
| >> When responding to posts, please Reply to Group via
| your newsreader so
| >> that others may learn and benefit from your issue.
| >> ====================================================
| >> This posting is provided AS IS with no warranties, and
| confers no rights.
| >> --------------------
| >> | Content-Class: urn:content-classes:message
| >> | From: "Aaron LaBarge" <[email protected]>
| >> | Sender: "Aaron LaBarge" <[email protected]>
| >> | References: <[email protected]>
| >> <#[email protected]>
| >> <[email protected]>
| >> | Subject: Re: Unexpected Error Occurred in Network
| Connections
| >> | Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2003 11:26:34 -0700
| >> | Lines: 59
| >> | Message-ID: <[email protected]>
| >> | MIME-Version: 1.0
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| microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web:22936
| >> | NNTP-Posting-Host: TK2MSFTNGXA14 10.40.1.166
| >> | X-Tomcat-NG: microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web
| >> |
| >> | Ramesh,
| >> |
| >> | I tried both suggestions, everything
| >> | was as it should be, and still no luck.
| >> | There are no policy restrictions on this machine
| >> | for Network Connections, both telephony and rasman
| >> | services were running, the only extra copy of
| >> | rasapi32.dll was in the dllcache, and I think
| >> | that's ok. Anyway...thanks again for your
| suggestions,
| >> | even though it didn't work, I learned something.
| >> |
| >> | -A
| >> |
| >> | >-----Original Message-----
| >> | >Also, check this URL:
| >> | >http://www.jsiinc.com/SUBM/tip6100/rh6106.htm
| >> | >
| >> | >--
| >> | >_______________________________________
| >> | >Ramesh Srinivasan
| >> | >MSWindows OS- Poweruser
| >> | >eMail: (e-mail address removed)
| >> | >Aim: SRamesh2k
| >> | >INDIA
| >> | >
| >> | >
| >> | >"Ramesh (XP Power User)" <[email protected]>
| wrote
| >> | in message
| >> | >| >> | >Click Start | Run | type "SFC /Scannow". Insert the
| XP
| >> | Cd in the drive. This
| >> | >may be a problem with ras dlls.
| >> | >
| >> | >--
| >> | >_______________________________________
| >> | >Ramesh Srinivasan
| >> | >MSWindows OS- Poweruser
| >> | >eMail: (e-mail address removed)
| >> | >Aim: SRamesh2k
| >> | >INDIA
| >> | >
| >> | >
| message
| >> | >| >> | >When I right-click for 'Properties' on the
| >> | >local area connection
| >> | >instance within network connections I receive
| >> | >the message "An unexpected error occurred."
| >> | >and the properties page does not display. The
| >> | >network appears to work ok though. I tried to
| >> | >uninstall the hardware driver, but the connection
| >> | >instance created after re-install does the same
| >> | >thing. Any suggestions? Thanks!
| >> | >
| >> | >
| >> | >
| >> | >
| >> | >.
| >> | >
| >> |
| >>
| >
| >
| >.
| >
|
 
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Use This Method

Aaron LaBarge said:
When I right-click for 'Properties' on the
local area connection
instance within network connections I receive
the message "An unexpected error occurred."
and the properties page does not display. The
network appears to work ok though. I tried to
uninstall the hardware driver, but the connection
instance created after re-install does the same
thing. Any suggestions? Thanks!

ANSWER
To work around this problem, reregister the Netshell.dll file. To do so, follow these steps: 1.Click Start, and then click Run. 2.In the Open box, type regsvr32 %systemroot%\system32\netshell.dll, and then click OK.3.In the RegSvr32 dialog box, click OK.

OR

GO TO C:\\WINDOS\\SYTEM32
OPEN THE FILE netshell.dll OPEN WITH RegSvr32.EXE
AND RESTART YOUR SYSTEM
OR
1.Click Start, and then click Run. 2.In the Open box, type regsvr32 %systemroot%\system32\ole32.dll, and then click OK.3.In the RegSvr32 dialog box, click OK.4.Restart the computer.
OR
GO TO C:\\WINDOS\\SYTEM32
OPEN THE FILE ole32.dll OPEN WITH RegSvr32.EXE




 
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any other solutions?

Are there any other suggestions as to how to fix this same problem? I tried the reregistration of the .dll's as suggested here, but the problem still persists. The network is working fine, but i cannot access or edit the properties. Thanks in advance.
 
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I had a client with the same problem on their 2003 Domain Controller and Ken's solution
"[font='Tahoma','sans-serif']Open a command line and cd to your \windows\system32 directory

Type "regsvr32 netshell.dll", and click OK in the dialog that comes up
Type "regsvr32 ole32.dll", and click OK in the dialog that comes up
reboot"[/font]

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[font='Tahoma','sans-serif']fixed "An unexpected error occurred" message they were getting when trying to modify network properties[/font]
[font='Tahoma','sans-serif'][/font]
[font='Tahoma','sans-serif']Thanks for saving me from lots of headaches [/font]
[font='Tahoma','sans-serif'][/font]
[font='Tahoma','sans-serif']Ivan[/font]
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Ken Wickes [MSFT] said:
Arg, why does my reply to this post not show up. I'll try again. This
problem is totally fixable.

Open a command line and cd to your \windows\system32 directory

Type "regsvr32 netshell.dll", and click OK in the dialog that comes up
Type "regsvr32 ole32.dll", and click OK in the dialog that comes up
reboot


--

Ken Wickes [MSFT]
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.


"Damon Xu[MSFT]" wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Hi Aaron,
>
> Thank you for posting!
>
> According to your post, I understand that you get the error "An unexpected
> error occurred" when you access the properties of the network connections
> in Windows XP.
>
> Please boot into Safe Mode and then go to Device Manager to remove all the
> devices under Network Adapters. After that, boot into Normal Mode to
> reinstall the network adapter to test it.
>
> If the problem still occurs, perform an in-place upgrade to replace all

the
> system files:
> 315341:How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade (Reinstallation) of Windows XP
> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=315341
>
> Hope this helps!
>
> Have a great day!
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Damon Xu
> MCSE2000, MCDBA2000
> Microsoft Partner Online Support
>
>
> Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security
>
> ====================================================
> When responding to posts, please Reply to Group via your newsreader so
> that others may learn and benefit from your issue.
> ====================================================
> This posting is provided AS IS with no warranties, and confers no rights.
> --------------------
> | Content-Class: urn:content-classes:message
> | From: "Aaron LaBarge"
> | Sender: "Aaron LaBarge"
> | References: <[email protected]>
> <#[email protected]>
>
> | Subject: Re: Unexpected Error Occurred in Network Connections
> | Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2003 11:26:34 -0700
> | Lines: 59
> | Message-ID: <[email protected]>
> | MIME-Version: 1.0
> | Content-Type: text/plain;
> | charset="iso-8859-1"
> | Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
> | X-Newsreader: Microsoft CDO for Windows 2000
> | X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4910.0300
> | Thread-Index: AcNAx3fGQPl2ldzQRUKXmXY6who0YA==
> | Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web
> | Path: cpmsftngxa09.phx.gbl
> | Xref: cpmsftngxa09.phx.gbl microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web:22936
> | NNTP-Posting-Host: TK2MSFTNGXA14 10.40.1.166
> | X-Tomcat-NG: microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web
> |
> | Ramesh,
> |
> | I tried both suggestions, everything
> | was as it should be, and still no luck.
> | There are no policy restrictions on this machine
> | for Network Connections, both telephony and rasman
> | services were running, the only extra copy of
> | rasapi32.dll was in the dllcache, and I think
> | that's ok. Anyway...thanks again for your suggestions,
> | even though it didn't work, I learned something.
> |
> | -A
> |
> | >-----Original Message-----
> | >Also, check this URL:
> | >http://www.jsiinc.com/SUBM/tip6100/rh6106.htm
> | >
> | >--
> | >_______________________________________
> | >Ramesh Srinivasan
> | >MSWindows OS- Poweruser
> | >eMail: (e-mail address removed)
> | >Aim: SRamesh2k
> | >INDIA
> | >
> | >
> | >"Ramesh (XP Power User)" wrote
> | in message
> | >news:#[email protected]...
> | >Click Start | Run | type "SFC /Scannow". Insert the XP
> | Cd in the drive. This
> | >may be a problem with ras dlls.
> | >
> | >--
> | >_______________________________________
> | >Ramesh Srinivasan
> | >MSWindows OS- Poweruser
> | >eMail: (e-mail address removed)
> | >Aim: SRamesh2k
> | >INDIA
> | >
> | >
> | >"Aaron LaBarge" wrote in message
> | >news:[email protected]...
> | >When I right-click for 'Properties' on the
> | >local area connection
> | >instance within network connections I receive
> | >the message "An unexpected error occurred."
> | >and the properties page does not display. The
> | >network appears to work ok though. I tried to
> | >uninstall the hardware driver, but the connection
> | >instance created after re-install does the same
> | >thing. Any suggestions? Thanks!
> | >
> | >
> | >
> | >
> | >.
> | >
> |
>
 
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thanks a ton 4 d solution. I was struck in it 4 last 1 month. By the way why this problem occurred. And one more thing my lan ip was also changed and scanning the same with comodo firewall says new private network is trying to establish connection. thanks once again...
 

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