Old LAN Connection

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
...

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\Se rvices\AdapterName

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Se rvices\NWLinkIPX\NetConfig

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Adapt er or Manufacturer Name

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WindowsN T\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.

Actually, no there are no phantom adapters in that key.


"John John (MVP)" wrote in message
...
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
...

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\S ervices\AdapterName

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\S ervices\NWLinkIPX\NetConfig

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Adapte r or Manufacturer Name

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\Windows NT\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.

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
...

Are the phantom adapters showing at:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WindowsNT\ CurrentVersion\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
...


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\ Services\AdapterName

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\ Services\NWLinkIPX\NetConfig

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Adapt er or Manufacturer Name

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\Window sNT\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.