Re: Disable the "A network cable is unplugged" nag?

Clark wrote:
John Corliss wrote:
Unlike the party line, I don't want to have my high speed connection
on all the time so I've rigged a power switch to turn it off. The
reason I do this is because I've noticed that when I'm online, the
computer runs a lot warmer. I've run rootkit checks on the system,
but they all tell me it's clean.

Every time I turn off the cable modem, I get an annoying popup in the
tray that says:

"Local Area Connection
A network cable is unplugged."

where "Local Area Connection" is simply the name of my hi-speed
connection. I've unchecked the "Show icon in notification area when
connected" option in the properties dialog for this connection, yet
this VERY ANNOYING nag popup keeps rearing its ugly head every time I
turn off the cable modem.

And you can't press "Escape" or anything but the little "X" button on
the popup to make it go away. Granted, it does go away after a while,
but I'd still like to be able to make it not happen since it does
nothing for me (please don't try to tell my why I need it: I'm a big
boy and can make that decision for myself.)

I've also used TweakUI to disable Balloon Tips under "Taskbar and
Start menu". No good.

Any registry hack somebody can come up with will be greatly
appreciated.
TIA.

you have got to be kidding.

No, I'm not.

local area connection, properties, uncheck notify me limited or no connectivity,

Tried that. Doesn't work. The balloon shows up regardless.

However, it turns out that I *didn't* have "Enable balloon tips" unchecked on the "Taskbar and Start menu" tab in TweakUI. When I checked that option, the balloon stopped showing. However, the task bar freezes for a few seconds instead.

or open network connections and drag and drop the local area connection to the desktop to create a shortcut, then just enable and disable it when you want,
No need to turn off the modem.

Thanks, but I turn it off to save power and because I believe that leaving any kind of equipment on all the time is bad for it, solid state or not. Besides, the modem is a Motorola Surfboard and has a "panic button" on the top that, when pressed, disconnects the computer from the modem. Pressing it again reconnects the computer to the modem.

Regardless, I use a power button because:

1. the equipment will last longer
2. it's the only way that I can be sure without any doubt that I am completely not connected to the internet.

Thanks anyway though.

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John Corliss
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