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Hello,
I am using XPSP2, and DO NOT have any connection problems with my LAN that I use to connect to the Internet over DSL. However, I believe some hidden LAN connections are keeping me from being able to see the status of an active LAN connection. I can see the status when I am in safe mode with networking, but not in normal mode. I know I have some hidden LAN's because when I set up a new LAN to try to fix the problem I get a message something like "if I use the same DNS, etc., as the hidden LAN, and then reconnect it, I will have problems". I will not be reconnecting any hidden LAN's because I only have one card. I have deleted the old LAN's from my Network folder, but that is somehow still allowing them to remain hidden. Can anyone tell me how to get rid of hidden LAN's? -- Thanks, Bob |
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Hi B.If you click start,run.type in msconfig,ok.This will bring up a box that
has tabs on the top.Click on services tab.These are all the services that are running on your pc.Search the list.If you see the old lans on the list uncheck the box beside it.You can also click on the startup tab and see if they,re on that list.If so uncheck them.Be very carful.These are the programs that run your pc.So don,t shut off anything except the lan boxes.When you have selected what you want off click apply,close.This will prompt you to restart your pc.When your pc comes back on a dialog box will appear.Just click do not show on the left then close.If you have found the lans you were looking for in there and unchecked them.They will no longer be in the system programs.Hope this helps.TERRY. "BBran" wrote: Hello, I am using XPSP2, and DO NOT have any connection problems with my LAN that I use to connect to the Internet over DSL. However, I believe some hidden LAN connections are keeping me from being able to see the status of an active LAN connection. I can see the status when I am in safe mode with networking, but not in normal mode. I know I have some hidden LAN's because when I set up a new LAN to try to fix the problem I get a message something like "if I use the same DNS, etc., as the hidden LAN, and then reconnect it, I will have problems". I will not be reconnecting any hidden LAN's because I only have one card. I have deleted the old LAN's from my Network folder, but that is somehow still allowing them to remain hidden. Can anyone tell me how to get rid of hidden LAN's? -- Thanks, Bob |
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Select Show Hidden Devices via the Device Manager in Save Mode. Disable
them, then delete. -- All the Best, Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP) Happy Birthday if today is your birthday! Taskbar Repair Tool Plus! http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm "BBran" wrote in message ... Hello, I am using XPSP2, and DO NOT have any connection problems with my LAN that I use to connect to the Internet over DSL. However, I believe some hidden LAN connections are keeping me from being able to see the status of an active LAN connection. I can see the status when I am in safe mode with networking, but not in normal mode. I know I have some hidden LAN's because when I set up a new LAN to try to fix the problem I get a message something like "if I use the same DNS, etc., as the hidden LAN, and then reconnect it, I will have problems". I will not be reconnecting any hidden LAN's because I only have one card. I have deleted the old LAN's from my Network folder, but that is somehow still allowing them to remain hidden. Can anyone tell me how to get rid of hidden LAN's? -- Thanks, Bob |
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I tried that and there was nothing there.
"Kelly" wrote: Select Show Hidden Devices via the Device Manager in Save Mode. Disable them, then delete. -- All the Best, Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP) Happy Birthday if today is your birthday! Taskbar Repair Tool Plus! http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm "BBran" wrote in message ... Hello, I am using XPSP2, and DO NOT have any connection problems with my LAN that I use to connect to the Internet over DSL. However, I believe some hidden LAN connections are keeping me from being able to see the status of an active LAN connection. I can see the status when I am in safe mode with networking, but not in normal mode. I know I have some hidden LAN's because when I set up a new LAN to try to fix the problem I get a message something like "if I use the same DNS, etc., as the hidden LAN, and then reconnect it, I will have problems". I will not be reconnecting any hidden LAN's because I only have one card. I have deleted the old LAN's from my Network folder, but that is somehow still allowing them to remain hidden. Can anyone tell me how to get rid of hidden LAN's? -- Thanks, Bob |
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Didn't see anything that lookied like a LAN connection, any other ideas?
"TERRY" wrote: Hi B.If you click start,run.type in msconfig,ok.This will bring up a box that has tabs on the top.Click on services tab.These are all the services that are running on your pc.Search the list.If you see the old lans on the list uncheck the box beside it.You can also click on the startup tab and see if they,re on that list.If so uncheck them.Be very carful.These are the programs that run your pc.So don,t shut off anything except the lan boxes.When you have selected what you want off click apply,close.This will prompt you to restart your pc.When your pc comes back on a dialog box will appear.Just click do not show on the left then close.If you have found the lans you were looking for in there and unchecked them.They will no longer be in the system programs.Hope this helps.TERRY. "BBran" wrote: Hello, I am using XPSP2, and DO NOT have any connection problems with my LAN that I use to connect to the Internet over DSL. However, I believe some hidden LAN connections are keeping me from being able to see the status of an active LAN connection. I can see the status when I am in safe mode with networking, but not in normal mode. I know I have some hidden LAN's because when I set up a new LAN to try to fix the problem I get a message something like "if I use the same DNS, etc., as the hidden LAN, and then reconnect it, I will have problems". I will not be reconnecting any hidden LAN's because I only have one card. I have deleted the old LAN's from my Network folder, but that is somehow still allowing them to remain hidden. Can anyone tell me how to get rid of hidden LAN's? -- Thanks, Bob |
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"Bob" wrote in message
news I tried that and there was nothing there. "Kelly" wrote: Select Show Hidden Devices via the Device Manager in Save Mode. Disable them, then delete. -- All the Best, Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP) Happy Birthday if today is your birthday! Taskbar Repair Tool Plus! http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm "BBran" wrote in message ... Hello, I am using XPSP2, and DO NOT have any connection problems with my LAN that I use to connect to the Internet over DSL. However, I believe some hidden LAN connections are keeping me from being able to see the status of an active LAN connection. I can see the status when I am in safe mode with networking, but not in normal mode. I know I have some hidden LAN's because when I set up a new LAN to try to fix the problem I get a message something like "if I use the same DNS, etc., as the hidden LAN, and then reconnect it, I will have problems". I will not be reconnecting any hidden LAN's because I only have one card. I have deleted the old LAN's from my Network folder, but that is somehow still allowing them to remain hidden. Can anyone tell me how to get rid of hidden LAN's? -- Thanks, Bob 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. |
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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 ... 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. |
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Some info for you he http://forums.speedguide.net/showthread.php?t=77544
Good luck either way and Happy Turkey Day. -- All the Best, Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP) Happy Birthday if today is your birthday! Taskbar Repair Tool Plus! http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm "Bob" wrote in message news I tried that and there was nothing there. "Kelly" wrote: Select Show Hidden Devices via the Device Manager in Save Mode. Disable them, then delete. -- All the Best, Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP) Happy Birthday if today is your birthday! Taskbar Repair Tool Plus! http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm "BBran" wrote in message ... Hello, I am using XPSP2, and DO NOT have any connection problems with my LAN that I use to connect to the Internet over DSL. However, I believe some hidden LAN connections are keeping me from being able to see the status of an active LAN connection. I can see the status when I am in safe mode with networking, but not in normal mode. I know I have some hidden LAN's because when I set up a new LAN to try to fix the problem I get a message something like "if I use the same DNS, etc., as the hidden LAN, and then reconnect it, I will have problems". I will not be reconnecting any hidden LAN's because I only have one card. I have deleted the old LAN's from my Network folder, but that is somehow still allowing them to remain hidden. Can anyone tell me how to get rid of hidden LAN's? -- Thanks, Bob |
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"BBran" wrote in message
... Hello Tim, I tried that but no LAN's in there. Any other ideas? Bob "Tim Jackson" nobody(at)baesystems.com wrote in message ... 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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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 ... "BBran" wrote in message ... Hello Tim, I tried that but no LAN's in there. Any other ideas? Bob "Tim Jackson" nobody(at)baesystems.com wrote in message ... 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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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 ... "BBran" wrote in message ... Hello Tim, I tried that but no LAN's in there. Any other ideas? Bob "Tim Jackson" nobody(at)baesystems.com wrote in message ... 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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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 ... 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 ... "BBran" wrote in message ... Hello Tim, I tried that but no LAN's in there. Any other ideas? Bob "Tim Jackson" nobody(at)baesystems.com wrote in message ... 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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To rid your computer of the phantom adaptor follow the instructions
he 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 ... You can manually remove the phantom adapter entries at: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Serv ices\AdapterName HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Serv ices\NWLinkIPX\NetConfig HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Adapter or Manufacturer Name HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WindowsNT\ CurrentVersion\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 ... "BBran" wrote in message .. . Hello Tim, I tried that but no LAN's in there. Any other ideas? Bob "Tim Jackson" nobody(at)baesystems.com wrote in message ... 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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Do you mean the registry entries you mentioned below or others or all I can
find? "John John (MVP)" wrote in message ... To rid your computer of the phantom adaptor follow the instructions he 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 ... You can manually remove the phantom adapter entries at: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Ser vices\AdapterName HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Ser vices\NWLinkIPX\NetConfig HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Adapte r or Manufacturer Name HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WindowsNT \CurrentVersion\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 ... "BBran" wrote in message . .. Hello Tim, I tried that but no LAN's in there. Any other ideas? Bob "Tim Jackson" nobody(at)baesystems.com wrote in message .. . 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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Do you mean the registry entries you mentioned below or others or all I can
find? "John John (MVP)" wrote in message ... To rid your computer of the phantom adaptor follow the instructions he 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 ... You can manually remove the phantom adapter entries at: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Ser vices\AdapterName HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Ser vices\NWLinkIPX\NetConfig HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Adapte r or Manufacturer Name HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WindowsNT \CurrentVersion\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 ... "BBran" wrote in message . .. Hello Tim, I tried that but no LAN's in there. Any other ideas? Bob "Tim Jackson" nobody(at)baesystems.com wrote in message .. . 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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