Deleating or removing a network

25 Feb 2007 3:41 PM

Hayseed

I just switched to a wireless network. I have the old hardwired network still
listed in network connections. How do I deleate or remove the old network.

John

25 Feb 2007 6:48 PM

Jack (MVP-Networking).

Hi
If the computer was switched to another Workgroup Name and it is not
connected with wires any more, ignore it and it would go away after a while.
Jack (MVP-Networking).

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"Hayseed" <Hays***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I just switched to a wireless network. I have the old hardwired network
>still
> listed in network connections. How do I deleate or remove the old network.
>
> John

25 Feb 2007 11:27 PM

Steve Winograd [MVP]

In article <FF6EC6CC-154D-41B9-8C86-C63761ECE***@microsoft.com>,
Hayseed <Hays***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I just switched to a wireless network. I have the old hardwired network still
>listed in network connections. How do I deleate or remove the old network.
>
>John

Do you mean that you're seeing a Local Area Connection in the Network
Connections folder? That's normal, because your computer has a wired
network adapter. It makes no difference whether you're actually using
the wired one.

The only way to remove that connection would be to un-install the
wired network adapter and physically remove it from the computer. But
there's no reason to do that. If you don't use the wired network
adapter, right-click and disable the Local Area Connection.

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