Re: Strange!! No Icon in the Network Connections



"Jan" <Jan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hello everyone,
>
> I have just formatted my PC and installed WinXP SP 2. But after that I
> could
> not find any icon displaying my LAN card (and VPN as well) in the Network
> Connections folder of the Control Panel. However, I still can go online
> now
> and it shown a correct IP address!
>
> Actually, I could see it when I was using SP 2 before I formatted my PC.
> But
> at that time the SP2 was installed from upgrading SP 1.
>
> Can anyone help me? Thanks a lot in advance!
>
> From Hong Kong,
>
> Jan


Go to start | run and type 'services.msc', and hit enter.
Scroll down through the list of services,
and look for the 'Network Connections' service.

Is it started?
If not, start it.

--
Best Regards
Ron Lowe
MVP - Windows Networking


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