Installing/Deleting Lan Connection in XP(HOME)

11 Nov 2006 9:37 PM

Jason Sachs

How does one delete a Lan Connection and reinstall it as the DELETE Function
is Grayed out in Windows XP (HOME)? Thanks, Jason Sachs.

12 Nov 2006 12:13 AM

Steve Winograd [MVP]

In article <0E733E9D-5537-4C77-8605-12E2F5CF1***@microsoft.com>, Jason
Sachs <JasonSa***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>How does one delete a Lan Connection and reinstall it as the DELETE Function
>is Grayed out in Windows XP (HOME)? Thanks, Jason Sachs.

There's no direct way to do that.

To delete a LAN connection, go to Device Manager and uninstall the
network adapter that the LAN connection uses. Windows XP will delete
the LAN connection.

To reinstall a LAN connection, reinstall the network adapter. Windows
XP will create a new LAN connection.

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