You say that your problem doesn't exist when you boot to Safe-Mode with
Networking, perhaps one of your security applications blocks access to
some of these settings. I have no other ideas at this time.
John
I can't think of anything else
BBran wrote:
> Actually, no there are no phantom adapters in that key.
>
>
> "John John (MVP)" > wrote in message
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>
>>Are the phantom adapters showing at:
>>
>>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WindowsNT\Cu rrentVersion\NetworkCards
>>
>>John
>>
>>
>>
>>BBran wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Do you mean the registry entries you mentioned below or others or all I
>>>can find?
>>>
>>>
>>>"John John (MVP)" > wrote in message
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>>>
>>>
>>>>To rid your computer of the phantom adaptor follow the instructions here:
>>>>http://support.microsoft.com/kb/269155 If after doing the above you
>>>>still have problems then delete the registry entries for the network
>>>>adapter.
>>>>
>>>>John
>>>>
>>>>BBran wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>In my device manager I have a "1394 Net Adapter" and a "Broadcom
>>>>>NetXtreme gigabit Ethernet" listed. I do not find either of those in
>>>>>the first registry key you list. Any suggestions there?
>>>>>
>>>>>I do not find the second key you list. The closest to NWLinkIPX is
>>>>>NWLnkFlt or NWLnkFwd. Any suggestions here?
>>>>>
>>>>>I do not find either of the Network cards listed above in the 3rd key
>>>>>you mention. Any suggestions here?
>>>>>
>>>>>I do find one additional listing for the "Broadcom NetXtreme gigabit
>>>>>Ethernet" in the fourth key you list.
>>>>>
>>>>>I'm not sure we are on the right page though. In my Network connections
>>>>>I have a "Local Area Connection 3" listed and it is 1 & 2 I am trying to
>>>>>get rid of. I find keys in the registry with 1 or 2 listed. I delete
>>>>>those but it doesn't fix my problem. Remembering back to the original
>>>>>post, the problem is that although my network (LAN) connection works
>>>>>fine for me to be on the Internet, I can never see the status. I click
>>>>>on "status" in the Right mouse button context menu for the connection
>>>>>and nothing ever shows up on the screen.
>>>>>
>>>>>Bob
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>"John John (MVP)" > wrote in message
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>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>You can manually remove the phantom adapter entries at:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\<AdapterName>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\NWLinkIPX\NetConfig
>>>>>>
>>>>>>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\<Adapter or Manufacturer Name>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WindowsNT\Cu rrentVersion\NetworkCards
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Reboot to apply the changes.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>John
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>BBran wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Actually that is just what I did and that is where the problem arises
>>>>>>>(please see my original message). I took my old hard drive and put it
>>>>>>>in my new computer (same kind as my old). XP recognized the card on
>>>>>>>the new machine, I configured it, got a message about the old
>>>>>>>connection (which isn't really there, it's just on my hard drive)being
>>>>>>>hidden and that if I activate it it would conflict with the new one.
>>>>>>>So I tried deleting them all, as you suggest, and that just gave me
>>>>>>>another hidden connection.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>"Tim Jackson" <nobody(at)baesystems.com> wrote in message
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>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>"BBran" > wrote in message
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>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Hello Tim,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>I tried that but no LAN's in there. Any other ideas?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Bob
>>>>>>>>>"Tim Jackson" <nobody(at)baesystems.com> wrote in message
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>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>Open a Command Prompt window and try setting the
>>>>>>>>>>devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices environment variable and then
>>>>>>>>>>running device manager from the command prompt as per MS KB 241257
>>>>>>>>>>at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/241257.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>You could try deleting all the NIC devices shown in device manager,
>>>>>>>>rebooting the PC, and letting XP find the NIC and reinstall the
>>>>>>>>device drivers. Jot down all the NIC settings before doing this in
>>>>>>>>case of problems after XP reboots.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>You did say that you only have one card (NIC). Does the motherboard
>>>>>>>>have a built in NIC? You may need to disable the motherboard NIC if
>>>>>>>>you are using a NIC you have installed.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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