Have you recently reinstalled Windows on this machine? If so, did you install the chipset drivers? If you go to Device Manager, are any problem devices shown?
Going back to your original post, you say that you tried to disconnect a network drive and that you thought you had one installed. Are you connected to a network and did you map a drive on another computer on the network as a mapped network drive? Other than the fact that icons for nework connections don't show up in the network connections box, are you having any other problems? In other words, can you access the network from your computer? How is the network set up? If the icons were present before, did you install any software or hardware just before they disappeared? Networking is complicated and problems with networking are difficult to solve without being present to see what is happening. As much detail as you can provide can help us to help you solve the problem.
No I'm not connected to a net work but I was able to disconnect from my ISP using it before.
I didn't map anything.
I'm not having any kind of problems I can connect to the internet just fine. Before I did the latest windows update I had my ISP icon in my network connection folder and now I don't have anything in there. I also had a network icon in there. I can't use restore points becuase my wife cleaned them out.
I know when I scanned with belarc advisory, it said I didn't have a network drive installed but I'm really sure I do because device manager shows I have a network adapter installed.
I check my event viewer and no errors showed up. I ran a scf /scannow and it didn't help. I didn't install SP2.
I don't know anything else to type so if you need to know anything just ask me. Thanks
First, I think you are confusing a "network drive" and a "network driver". A network drive is a hard disk drive on another computer on the network that you can access just as if the hard drive where on your own computer. Thus, since you are not connected to a local network and have never mapped a network drive, I don't think you have ever had a network drive. The network driver is the software that makes your network adapter work. Since your network adapter works and since you don't see any problems in Device Manager, I think your network drivers are also installed properly.
You problem sounds idenitical to the one described in the Microsoft KnowledgeBase article. Did you follow every step in that article exactly as it is written or were there some steps that you did not understand and so you didn't perform the step?
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Have you recently reinstalled Windows on this machine? If so, did you install the chipset drivers? If you go to Device Manager, are any problem devices shown?
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Going back to your original post, you say that you tried to disconnect a network drive and that you thought you had one installed. Are you connected to a network and did you map a drive on another computer on the network as a mapped network drive? Other than the fact that icons for nework connections don't show up in the network connections box, are you having any other problems? In other words, can you access the network from your computer? How is the network set up? If the icons were present before, did you install any software or hardware just before they disappeared? Networking is complicated and problems with networking are difficult to solve without being present to see what is happening. As much detail as you can provide can help us to help you solve the problem.
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No I'm not connected to a net work but I was able to disconnect from my ISP using it before.
I didn't map anything.
I'm not having any kind of problems I can connect to the internet just fine. Before I did the latest windows update I had my ISP icon in my network connection folder and now I don't have anything in there. I also had a network icon in there. I can't use restore points becuase my wife cleaned them out.
I know when I scanned with belarc advisory, it said I didn't have a network drive installed but I'm really sure I do because device manager shows I have a network adapter installed.
I check my event viewer and no errors showed up. I ran a scf /scannow and it didn't help. I didn't install SP2.
I don't know anything else to type so if you need to know anything just ask me. Thanks
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First, I think you are confusing a "network drive" and a "network driver". A network drive is a hard disk drive on another computer on the network that you can access just as if the hard drive where on your own computer. Thus, since you are not connected to a local network and have never mapped a network drive, I don't think you have ever had a network drive. The network driver is the software that makes your network adapter work. Since your network adapter works and since you don't see any problems in Device Manager, I think your network drivers are also installed properly.
You problem sounds idenitical to the one described in the Microsoft KnowledgeBase article. Did you follow every step in that article exactly as it is written or were there some steps that you did not understand and so you didn't perform the step?
Steve
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Yeah I meant driver but I didn't put the r sorry.
I didn't do #10 becuase I didn't know how to make a bogus modem.