Re: ICS hosted on XP with ME client

From: Mark L. Ferguson (marfer_mvpREMOVE_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 11/16/04 

Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 07:22:29 -0600

The connectoid icon, (in network connections folder) should have an item on
the rightclick properties menu, to allow other users to control the
connection. 

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Mark L. Ferguson (NOT an MS-MVP)
marfers notes for windows xp 
http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/chatNotes.htm
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"Rob Martin" <martin_rob_no_spam@msn.com> wrote in message 
news:3720EB86-276E-48D9-A6FE-D8686A6E976F@microsoft.com...
> Hi all,
>
> I'm running ICS with XP Pro as the host and Win ME (Well I like it !) as 
> the
> (only)  client. My problem is that although  the internet is accessible 
> from
> the client, sometimes (but not always) the ICS status icon (2 computers) 
> does
> not appear in the taskbar on the Win ME machine. This means if I want to
> disconnect from the internet I have to go to the XP machine and disconnect
> from there. The 'show icon on the taskbar when connected' box IS checked (
> although the only way to check this is when the icon is there !). Is there 
> a
> way to force the icon to appear, for example by running 
> 'ICSStatusIcon.exe'
> (or whatever it is called), so that if it does not appear I can force it 
> to ?
> Any help would be greatly appreciated, as it is a bit of an inconvenience,
> although I am, happily, losing weight with the running backwards and 
> forwards
> between the 2 machines.
> Many thanks in advance...
> Rob
>

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