Where did the Network Adapter Icon go???

My cable internet connection is working fine, but Network Connections shows
no Icon. It was there, but has dissapeared! If I right click on Network
Connections window, and select refresh, I get the following message: ""The
Network Connections folder was unable to retrieve the list of network
adapters on your machine. Make sure Network Connections service is enabled
and running."" I checked that, and it is running, but still no network
icons. I have also tried the Create a new connection wizard, but it tells me
that my internet connection is already established.

Any ideas??? Using SP2. Thanks!

Greetings,

If you don't see a Local Area Connection icon this is usually a driver
problem. Try uninstalling then reinstalling the network adapter to see if it
comes back. If it doesn't, then download the latest compatible drivers for
the network adapter from the manufacturer's website.

________________
Eric Cross
Microsoft MVP (Windows Networking)
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com


"N6XB" wrote in message
...
My cable internet connection is working fine, but Network Connections
shows
no Icon. It was there, but has dissapeared! If I right click on Network
Connections window, and select refresh, I get the following message: ""The
Network Connections folder was unable to retrieve the list of network
adapters on your machine. Make sure Network Connections service is
enabled
and running."" I checked that, and it is running, but still no network
icons. I have also tried the Create a new connection wizard, but it tells
me
that my internet connection is already established.

Any ideas??? Using SP2. Thanks!

Thanks for the tip. I tried it, but no change....
However, this KB article did fix the problem...

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;825826


"Eric Cross [MVP]" wrote:

Greetings,

If you don't see a Local Area Connection icon this is usually a driver
problem. Try uninstalling then reinstalling the network adapter to see if it
comes back. If it doesn't, then download the latest compatible drivers for
the network adapter from the manufacturer's website.

________________
Eric Cross
Microsoft MVP (Windows Networking)
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com


"N6XB" wrote in message
...
My cable internet connection is working fine, but Network Connections
shows
no Icon. It was there, but has dissapeared! If I right click on Network
Connections window, and select refresh, I get the following message: ""The
Network Connections folder was unable to retrieve the list of network
adapters on your machine. Make sure Network Connections service is
enabled
and running."" I checked that, and it is running, but still no network
icons. I have also tried the Create a new connection wizard, but it tells
me
that my internet connection is already established.

Any ideas??? Using SP2. Thanks!