Missing icons in Network Connections, no Network Setup Wizard, no

I have the same symptoms for a very long time in two of my machines. I have tried the suggestion of running the commands:

regsvr32 netshell.dll
regsvr32 netcfgx.dll
regsvr32 netman.dll

but they didn't help at all. I wonder if there is anything to do with Visual Studio .Net since both of my machines have Visual Studio .Net installed.



"Kyle" wrote:

I have been following this bug for quite some time without ever
finding a resolution. My only clue is that someone from MSFT has
stated that these behaviors (specifically, Network Setup Wizard not
starting up) could be caused by a failure to enumerate the network
connections. Anyway, here are my symptoms:

#1) VPN connections vanish after reboot. They are still in the phone
book, but are no longer visible via Network Connections.

#2) Network Setup Wizard does not start up. Attempting to start it up
results in a flicker of the hourglass and nothing more.

#3) ICS is no longer available on the advanced tab for LAN/Internet
connections. The firewall, however, IS still available and does
function.

#4) There is no network connection visible for the 1394b LAN Adapter.
Reinstalling the "driver" does nothing, the driver comes with Windows
and the location of the adapter is listed as "on Texas Instruments
OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller". The only downloadable for
this is an .inf from the motherboard manufacturer. Disabling the 1394
controller in the BIOS gets rid of the 1394 LAN Adapter in the Device
Manager, but does not clear up the other problems.

What could cause the "connections enumeration" process to fail, and is
there somewhere in the registry that I could delete some keys that
could possibly be causing the failure?

I'm running XP Pro SP1 with whatever critical updates have been
released. My motherboard is an Abit IS7, and I am using the on-board
3com ethernet adapter.

Anyone who is experiencing this problem, please reply to this post. It
would be really nice to see this issue put to rest.