"Edy" <edywer***@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hello,
>
> I was ever wondering how it works in Windows XP.
>
> On a freshly setup WinXP there is one Network connection "Local Area
> connection", if one NIC is installed. However I have discovered several
> times when I remove the NIC card from Device Manager and let XP
> rediscover it an other connection is made "Local Area connection 2". I
> can continue this game to have a "Local Area connection 3" and so on.
>
> Why is this? I believe there are some leftovers when I uninstall and
> rediscover a NIC. I'm not sure, this has also some network performance
> hit.
>
> Regards
> Edy
>

> Hi
>
> Functionally this "miss numbering" does not do any thing.  It more of a
> human Psychological distraction rather than a computer issue.
>
> Removing it is a tedious process that involves multiple changes deletion and
> rebooting to the registry and dealing with hidden component, thus introduce
> risk to the whole system.
>
> Jack (MVP-Networking).
>
>
>
> "Edy" <edywer***@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1168098308.314013.327560@s80g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> > Hello,
> >
> > I was ever wondering how it works in Windows XP.
> >
> > On a freshly setup WinXP there is one Network connection "Local Area
> > connection", if one NIC is installed. However I have discovered several
> > times when I remove the NIC card from Device Manager and let XP
> > rediscover it an other connection is made "Local Area connection 2". I
> > can continue this game to have a "Local Area connection 3" and so on.
> >
> > Why is this? I believe there are some leftovers when I uninstall and
> > rediscover a NIC. I'm not sure, this has also some network performance
> > hit.
> >
> > Regards
> > Edy
> >