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Author
23 Apr 2009 1:48 PM
Rattlingroger
I have two LANs - ethernet and Bluetooth - which are available to my system,
but neither of which are used because I communicate to my router via
Wireless.  However, whatever settings I use, the LAN icons appear with a red
cross and the bubble "Network cable unplugged".  In Properties, neither box
is ticked to show these icons - whether connected or with poor connectivity. 
How do I get rid of these icons and bubble?

Author
23 Apr 2009 2:32 PM
Bob Lin (MS-MVP)
Posting the results of ipconfig go/all here may help.

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"Rattlingroger" <Rattlingro***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have two LANs - ethernet and Bluetooth - which are available to my
>system,
> but neither of which are used because I communicate to my router via
> Wireless.  However, whatever settings I use, the LAN icons appear with a
> red
> cross and the bubble "Network cable unplugged".  In Properties, neither
> box
> is ticked to show these icons - whether connected or with poor
> connectivity.
> How do I get rid of these icons and bubble?
Author
23 Apr 2009 2:33 PM
David B.
Right click one of them in the tray, select open network connections, then
right click and disable each one your not using.

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"Rattlingroger" <Rattlingro***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B6142E5F-DB9E-4970-B800-F25A6271E069@microsoft.com...
>I have two LANs - ethernet and Bluetooth - which are available to my
>system,
> but neither of which are used because I communicate to my router via
> Wireless.  However, whatever settings I use, the LAN icons appear with a
> red
> cross and the bubble "Network cable unplugged".  In Properties, neither
> box
> is ticked to show these icons - whether connected or with poor
> connectivity.
> How do I get rid of these icons and bubble?
Author
23 Apr 2009 2:39 PM
Jack-MVP
Hi
You can drag links of the Connection (from the manage connection screen that
can be reached by clicking in the entry at the top left side of the Network
center) to the desktop.
According to need it takes few second to right click on the desired
connection and Enable/Disable it).
Jack (MS, MVP-Networking)

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"Rattlingroger" <Rattlingro***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B6142E5F-DB9E-4970-B800-F25A6271E069@microsoft.com...
>I have two LANs - ethernet and Bluetooth - which are available to my
>system,
> but neither of which are used because I communicate to my router via
> Wireless.  However, whatever settings I use, the LAN icons appear with a
> red
> cross and the bubble "Network cable unplugged".  In Properties, neither
> box
> is ticked to show these icons - whether connected or with poor
> connectivity.
> How do I get rid of these icons and bubble?
Author
23 Apr 2009 3:44 PM
Pavel A.
Rattlingroger wrote:
> I have two LANs - ethernet and Bluetooth - which are available to my system,
> but neither of which are used because I communicate to my router via
> Wireless.  However, whatever settings I use, the LAN icons appear with a red
> cross and the bubble "Network cable unplugged".  In Properties, neither box
> is ticked to show these icons - whether connected or with poor connectivity. 
> How do I get rid of these icons and bubble?

This is "by design" in XP; you can't disable the taskbar icon if the
adapter is in media disconnected state.
The only way to hide it is to disable unused adapters, as David B.
suggested.
In some laptop computers, the ethernet adapter can
disable itself automagically when the cable is unplugged.

Regards,
--pa
Author
23 Apr 2009 4:13 PM
Rattlingroger
Many thanks to all.  I presume if I disable these adapters, I can enable them
if I should wish to use them at some time in the future?

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"Pavel A." wrote:

> Rattlingroger wrote:
> > I have two LANs - ethernet and Bluetooth - which are available to my system,
> > but neither of which are used because I communicate to my router via
> > Wireless.  However, whatever settings I use, the LAN icons appear with a red
> > cross and the bubble "Network cable unplugged".  In Properties, neither box
> > is ticked to show these icons - whether connected or with poor connectivity. 
> > How do I get rid of these icons and bubble?
>
> This is "by design" in XP; you can't disable the taskbar icon if the
> adapter is in media disconnected state.
> The only way to hide it is to disable unused adapters, as David B.
> suggested.
> In some laptop computers, the ethernet adapter can
> disable itself automagically when the cable is unplugged.
>
> Regards,
> --pa
>
Author
23 Apr 2009 4:46 PM
Jack-MVP
Hi
Yap, that was the purpose of my suggestion above Right click on the
connection Icon and it can be Disabled or Enabled as needed in 5 sec.
Jack (MS, MVP-Networking)

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"Rattlingroger" <Rattlingro***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Many thanks to all.  I presume if I disable these adapters, I can enable
> them
> if I should wish to use them at some time in the future?
>
> "Pavel A." wrote:
>
>> Rattlingroger wrote:
>> > I have two LANs - ethernet and Bluetooth - which are available to my
>> > system,
>> > but neither of which are used because I communicate to my router via
>> > Wireless.  However, whatever settings I use, the LAN icons appear with
>> > a red
>> > cross and the bubble "Network cable unplugged".  In Properties, neither
>> > box
>> > is ticked to show these icons - whether connected or with poor
>> > connectivity.
>> > How do I get rid of these icons and bubble?
>>
>> This is "by design" in XP; you can't disable the taskbar icon if the
>> adapter is in media disconnected state.
>> The only way to hide it is to disable unused adapters, as David B.
>> suggested.
>> In some laptop computers, the ethernet adapter can
>> disable itself automagically when the cable is unplugged.
>>
>> Regards,
>> --pa
>>
Author
23 Apr 2009 6:59 PM
Rattlingroger
Many thanks, one and all!



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"Jack-MVP" wrote:

> Hi
> Yap, that was the purpose of my suggestion above Right click on the
> connection Icon and it can be Disabled or Enabled as needed in 5 sec.
> Jack (MS, MVP-Networking)
>
> "Rattlingroger" <Rattlingro***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:81CF61CD-C729-4CFB-AC30-5DF221874E8D@microsoft.com...
> > Many thanks to all.  I presume if I disable these adapters, I can enable
> > them
> > if I should wish to use them at some time in the future?
> >
> > "Pavel A." wrote:
> >
> >> Rattlingroger wrote:
> >> > I have two LANs - ethernet and Bluetooth - which are available to my
> >> > system,
> >> > but neither of which are used because I communicate to my router via
> >> > Wireless.  However, whatever settings I use, the LAN icons appear with
> >> > a red
> >> > cross and the bubble "Network cable unplugged".  In Properties, neither
> >> > box
> >> > is ticked to show these icons - whether connected or with poor
> >> > connectivity.
> >> > How do I get rid of these icons and bubble?
> >>
> >> This is "by design" in XP; you can't disable the taskbar icon if the
> >> adapter is in media disconnected state.
> >> The only way to hide it is to disable unused adapters, as David B.
> >> suggested.
> >> In some laptop computers, the ethernet adapter can
> >> disable itself automagically when the cable is unplugged.
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> --pa
> >>
>
>