Re: How do you REMOVE a shared ICS icon from Network Connection ??

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From: Tommo (mark.thompson_at_talk21.com)
Date: 11/23/04 

Date: 23 Nov 2004 05:30:37 -0800

"Ken Wickes [MSFT]" <kenwic@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:<#kHUooQ0EHA.3452@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl>...
> "Interrogative" <If@you.dont.ask.nicely.no> wrote in message
> news:uzJUNGvzEHA.3936@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> >
> > "Tommo" <mark.thompson@talk21.com> wrote in message
> > news:24bbe2a9.0411200236.c0b9b07@posting.google.com...
> >> Hello,
> >> I want to remove an icon from my network connections, the icon
> >> is for sharing an internet connection, it comes under a header
> >> "Internet Gateway". I think I selcted enable ICS when configuring my
> >> local lan. The problem is I do not want to share my connection but how
> >> do I remove this. I cannot see anywhere in posts or xp help where it
> >> details how to remove this, there is plenty of info on how to enable
> >> it.
> >>
> >> thanks, Mark ..
> >
> > Start button, Control Panel, Network Connections. Look for the shared
> > Internet connection (it will be marked as SHARED). Right click on it,
> > Properties, Advanced tab. Take tick off "Allow other computers to connect
> > through this computer's Internet Connection" then OK it. If you have
> > already connected to Internet before doing this, you have to hang up from
> > it and reconnect before it fully takes effect.
> >
> >
>
> The fact that it says "Internet Gateway" probably means it is coming from a
> home router. ICS gives a more descriptive name by default.
>
> Still if you want to remove it from the client, uncheck "Internet Gateway
> Discovery & Control Client" in optional components.

It did not appear as a shared connection in Network Connections so
reply 1 was not of relevance, as for the 2nd reply this may have
worked. I had in the meantime disabled Windows ICS from windows
services, this removed the icon.
     The reason I posed this question was because I was having some
strange problems with my DSL router connectivity whilst I had ICS
enabled. Every now and then my IE browser would not work, kept getting
"page cannot be displayed" errors even though from a DOS prompt I
could ping the site. I read in a few threads similar problems which
may have been caused by ICS enabled. Since I stopped ICS the problem
appears to have gone, but I am not entirely sure yet !!!

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