No Network Status Icon Anymore

I used to have a Network Icon in the RH Tray, with a blue mark to show
the Internet connection was up and running. All of a sudden it showed a
red cross, yet the internet connection was still OK. Yesterday the icon
disappeared altogether and I can't see how to get it back! It is not
one of the hidden icons

Frenchy

 

Hi Frenchy,

Try disabling and then enabling the Lan Connection. Click Start, type ncpa.cpl to launch the Network Connections dialog.

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting
Winhelponline.com blog


"Frenchy" <Invalid@invalid.com> wrote in message news:fv00ge$9fg$1@aioe.org...
I used to have a Network Icon in the RH Tray, with a blue mark to show
the Internet connection was up and running. All of a sudden it showed a
red cross, yet the internet connection was still OK. Yesterday the icon
disappeared altogether and I can't see how to get it back! It is not
one of the hidden icons

Frenchy

 

Ramesh, MS-MVP wrote:<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
> Hi Frenchy,
>
> Try disabling and then enabling the Lan Connection. Click Start, type ncpa.cpl to launch the Network Connections dialog.
> <!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

Frenchy, Did you look on the taskbar configuration dialog
for the icons included in the tray - should be third tab.

Lester

 

Frenchy;695014 Wrote: <!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
> I used to have a Network Icon in the RH Tray, with a blue mark to show
> the Internet connection was up and running. All of a sudden it showed a
> red cross, yet the internet connection was still OK. Yesterday the icon
> disappeared altogether and I can't see how to get it back! It is not
> one of the hidden icons
>
> Frenchy<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
Hello Frenchy,
Just to make sure; right click on the open taskbar, choose properties,
at the top, click Notification area, is the NETWORK box checked ? I f
not, do so, then APPLY , OK.


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t-4-2

 

t-4-2 wrote:<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
> Frenchy;695014 Wrote: <!--coloro:green--><span style="color:green <!--/coloro-->
>> I used to have a Network Icon in the RH Tray, with a blue mark to show
>> the Internet connection was up and running. All of a sudden it showed a
>> red cross, yet the internet connection was still OK. Yesterday the icon
>> disappeared altogether and I can't see how to get it back! It is not
>> one of the hidden icons
>>
>> Frenchy<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
> Hello Frenchy,
> Just to make sure; right click on the open taskbar, choose properties,
> at the top, click Notification area, is the NETWORK box checked ? I f
> not, do so, then APPLY , OK.
>
> <!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

Thanks for those that replied. Mysteriously, after a 2 day holiday, the
icon re-appeared and seems to be working fine!

I had gone to the Notification area before (when I posted this problem)
and that option was greyed out.

I had uninstalled and reinstalled the Network adapter. That did nothing.

I guess it is one of life's mysteries why it went bad and righted
itself! Now if I could only solve the http pictures not displaying, I
would be a happy chappie!

Frenchy

 

t-4-2 wrote:<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
> Frenchy;695014 Wrote: <!--coloro:green--><span style="color:green <!--/coloro-->
>> I used to have a Network Icon in the RH Tray, with a blue mark to show
>> the Internet connection was up and running. All of a sudden it showed a
>> red cross, yet the internet connection was still OK. Yesterday the icon
>> disappeared altogether and I can't see how to get it back! It is not
>> one of the hidden icons
>>
>> Frenchy<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
> Hello Frenchy,
> Just to make sure; right click on the open taskbar, choose properties,
> at the top, click Notification area, is the NETWORK box checked ? I f
> not, do so, then APPLY , OK.
>
> <!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

Thanks for those that replied. Mysteriously, after a 2 day holiday, the
icon re-appeared and seems to be working fine!

I had gone to the Notification area before (when I posted this problem)
and that option was greyed out.

I had uninstalled and reinstalled the Network adapter. That did nothing.

I guess it is one of life's mysteries why it went bad and righted
itself! Now if I could only solve the http pictures not displaying, I
would be a happy chappie!

Frenchy

 

For anyone else searching for the answer to this problem, Ramesh's
answer of disabling and then re-enabling the LAN connection worked for
me, even though my problem appeared to be with the dial-up icon and
connection being red-crossed. The LAN connection appeared (and was) ok,
but dial-up wasn't being shown at all (or in the Network and Sharing
Centre.)

Good advice lingers longer! Thanks Ramesh!


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Hmm - This is odd - Nothing has changed on my Vista PC - except perhaps
a recent MS Automatic update and yet I notice the same thing has
happened to me (so I googled it and came across your post)
- Network icon shows a red cross but i am connected to the network that
it refers to - Disabling and re-enabling does not fix it. I just chose
to remove it from the taskbar altogether as it annoys the hell out of me
- Think I shall go back to the Apple


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MerrilyW