No Network Status Icon Anymore

I used to have a Network Icon in the RH Tray, with a blue mark to show
the Internet connection was up and running. All of a sudden it showed a
red cross, yet the internet connection was still OK. Yesterday the icon
disappeared altogether and I can't see how to get it back! It is not
one of the hidden icons

Frenchy

Hi Frenchy,

Try disabling and then enabling the Lan Connection. Click Start, type ncpa.cpl to launch the Network Connections dialog.

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Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
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"Frenchy" <> wrote in message news:fv00ge$9fg$...
I used to have a Network Icon in the RH Tray, with a blue mark to show
the Internet connection was up and running. All of a sudden it showed a
red cross, yet the internet connection was still OK. Yesterday the icon
disappeared altogether and I can't see how to get it back! It is not
one of the hidden icons

Frenchy

Ramesh, MS-MVP wrote:
> Hi Frenchy,
>
> Try disabling and then enabling the Lan Connection. Click Start, type ncpa.cpl to launch the Network Connections dialog.
>

Frenchy, Did you look on the taskbar configuration dialog
for the icons included in the tray - should be third tab.

Lester

Frenchy;695014 Wrote:
> I used to have a Network Icon in the RH Tray, with a blue mark to show
> the Internet connection was up and running. All of a sudden it showed a
> red cross, yet the internet connection was still OK. Yesterday the icon
> disappeared altogether and I can't see how to get it back! It is not
> one of the hidden icons
>
> Frenchy
Hello Frenchy,
Just to make sure; right click on the open taskbar, choose properties,
at the top, click Notification area, is the NETWORK box checked ? I f
not, do so, then APPLY , OK.


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t-4-2

t-4-2 wrote:
> Frenchy;695014 Wrote:
>> I used to have a Network Icon in the RH Tray, with a blue mark to show
>> the Internet connection was up and running. All of a sudden it showed a
>> red cross, yet the internet connection was still OK. Yesterday the icon
>> disappeared altogether and I can't see how to get it back! It is not
>> one of the hidden icons
>>
>> Frenchy
> Hello Frenchy,
> Just to make sure; right click on the open taskbar, choose properties,
> at the top, click Notification area, is the NETWORK box checked ? I f
> not, do so, then APPLY , OK.
>
>

Thanks for those that replied. Mysteriously, after a 2 day holiday, the
icon re-appeared and seems to be working fine!

I had gone to the Notification area before (when I posted this problem)
and that option was greyed out.

I had uninstalled and reinstalled the Network adapter. That did nothing.

I guess it is one of life's mysteries why it went bad and righted
itself! Now if I could only solve the http pictures not displaying, I
would be a happy chappie!

Frenchy

t-4-2 wrote:
> Frenchy;695014 Wrote:
>> I used to have a Network Icon in the RH Tray, with a blue mark to show
>> the Internet connection was up and running. All of a sudden it showed a
>> red cross, yet the internet connection was still OK. Yesterday the icon
>> disappeared altogether and I can't see how to get it back! It is not
>> one of the hidden icons
>>
>> Frenchy
> Hello Frenchy,
> Just to make sure; right click on the open taskbar, choose properties,
> at the top, click Notification area, is the NETWORK box checked ? I f
> not, do so, then APPLY , OK.
>
>

Thanks for those that replied. Mysteriously, after a 2 day holiday, the
icon re-appeared and seems to be working fine!

I had gone to the Notification area before (when I posted this problem)
and that option was greyed out.

I had uninstalled and reinstalled the Network adapter. That did nothing.

I guess it is one of life's mysteries why it went bad and righted
itself! Now if I could only solve the http pictures not displaying, I
would be a happy chappie!

Frenchy

For anyone else searching for the answer to this problem, Ramesh's
answer of disabling and then re-enabling the LAN connection worked for
me, even though my problem appeared to be with the dial-up icon and
connection being red-crossed. The LAN connection appeared (and was) ok,
but dial-up wasn't being shown at all (or in the Network and Sharing
Centre.)

Good advice lingers longer! Thanks Ramesh!


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Hmm - This is odd - Nothing has changed on my Vista PC - except perhap
a recent MS Automatic update and yet I notice the same thing ha
happened to me (so I googled it and came across your post
- Network icon shows a red cross but i am connected to the network tha
it refers to - Disabling and re-enabling does not fix it. I just chos
to remove it from the taskbar altogether as it annoys the hell out of m
- Think I shall go back to the Apple :

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MerrilyW