Re: local area connections

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In article <BDCD5E35-A3C2-45E1-82F0-8A7D7B0D85FA@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
jmwills <jmwills@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Is it possible to delete all local area connections, so you can restart and
have the computer re-acquire them? I have too many listed and want only the
one that I actually have.

Steven Shelton

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1) Never tell anybody everything you know

Yes it is. Just delete them and reboot the machine. have your drivers disk
available as XP will ask for it.

To delete a local area connection, go to Device Manager and uninstall
the network adapter that the local area connection uses. You can't
delete a local area connection directly from the Network Connections
folder.

When you reboot, the system will create a new local area connection
for each network adapter.
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