"Wireless Network Connection 2?" What Happened to the first one?

19 Dec 2006 6:10 AM

Chris

Hello!

I realize this is probably a really stupid question...but I recently
purchased an HP Pavilion Laptop, on which I'm running Win XP SP2 (In some
places it says I'm running WinXP Media Center Edition, in others it says Win
XP Pro - but that's another issue :). A few weeks ago, I updated the driver
for my wireless adapter; now, when I open Network Connections, "Wireless
Network Connection" has been renamed "Wireless Connection 2." It's driving me
nuts! I know I can re-name the connection, I'm just wondering if anyone knows
a reason why that happened. I'm probably a bit overly paranoid about it too
because I downloaded the RootkitRevealer tool and it seems to have found
evidence of rootkits...Anyhow, your insight is appreciated. Thanks!

19 Dec 2006 1:34 PM

Jack (MVP-Networking).

Hi
This is Normal (nothing wrong, or dangerous) and you would have to live with
it.
Getting rid of the Number 2 involves elaborate (risky) process, or
reinstalling the OS.
Jack (MVP-Networking).

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"Chris" <Ch***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hello!
>
> I realize this is probably a really stupid question...but I recently
> purchased an HP Pavilion Laptop, on which I'm running Win XP SP2 (In some
> places it says I'm running WinXP Media Center Edition, in others it says
> Win
> XP Pro - but that's another issue :). A few weeks ago, I updated the
> driver
> for my wireless adapter; now, when I open Network Connections, "Wireless
> Network Connection" has been renamed "Wireless Connection 2." It's driving
> me
> nuts! I know I can re-name the connection, I'm just wondering if anyone
> knows
> a reason why that happened. I'm probably a bit overly paranoid about it
> too
> because I downloaded the RootkitRevealer tool and it seems to have found
> evidence of rootkits...Anyhow, your insight is appreciated. Thanks!