diabled icon in lower right part of taskbar

[steve4454]

I recently bought a new computer. It came with two network slots. One is
built into the motherboard and the other is on a separate card. I am using
the separate card and it connects just fine. The problem is that the
onboard slot is displayed in the lower right part of the taskbar with a red
X through it to indicate that Local Area Connection 2 is unplugged. I know
it is and it is going to stay that way since I am going to continue to use
the other network slot.

My question is, Is there a way to keep this "error message" from being
displayed? If I double click the icon, it opens a dialog box for Network
Connections. If I go to the one that is unplugged and right click it, I
could choose to disable it or to remove it from the bridge. Should I try
one of these?

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Steve,

Control Panel/system/hardware tab/device manager, expand the network adapter
branch, click on the unused connector, then on action/disable.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org

"steve4454" > wrote in message
news:jjeQa.52404$H17.15197@sccrnsc02...
> I recently bought a new computer. It came with two network slots. One is
> built into the motherboard and the other is on a separate card. I am
using
> the separate card and it connects just fine. The problem is that the
> onboard slot is displayed in the lower right part of the taskbar with a
red
> X through it to indicate that Local Area Connection 2 is unplugged. I
know
> it is and it is going to stay that way since I am going to continue to use
> the other network slot.
>
> My question is, Is there a way to keep this "error message" from being
> displayed? If I double click the icon, it opens a dialog box for Network
> Connections. If I go to the one that is unplugged and right click it, I
> could choose to disable it or to remove it from the bridge. Should I try
> one of these?
>
> Any suggestions would be appreciated.
>
>

[steve4454]

Thanks a lot! Worked just fine.



"Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" > wrote in message
...
> Hi Steve,
>
> Control Panel/system/hardware tab/device manager, expand the network
adapter
> branch, click on the unused connector, then on action/disable.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org
>
> "steve4454" > wrote in message
> news:jjeQa.52404$H17.15197@sccrnsc02...
> > I recently bought a new computer. It came with two network slots. One
is
> > built into the motherboard and the other is on a separate card. I am
> using
> > the separate card and it connects just fine. The problem is that the
> > onboard slot is displayed in the lower right part of the taskbar with a
> red
> > X through it to indicate that Local Area Connection 2 is unplugged. I
> know
> > it is and it is going to stay that way since I am going to continue to
use
> > the other network slot.
> >
> > My question is, Is there a way to keep this "error message" from being
> > displayed? If I double click the icon, it opens a dialog box for
Network
> > Connections. If I go to the one that is unplugged and right click it, I
> > could choose to disable it or to remove it from the bridge. Should I
try
> > one of these?
> >
> > Any suggestions would be appreciated.
> >
> >
>
>