Annoying "A network cable is unplugged" Icon

[KoMoDo]

hey guys,

ok, so i got a wireless pci card, so i dont need an ethernet cable from a broadband modem. how can i remove that icon ? i tried right clicking and Delete, but its grayed out, tried Disable, but it said its not possible... what can i do ?
i dont mind doing registry tweaks, but if theres another way, i prefer the other way, i did many registry tweaks, but y risk it ? :-P

10x,

KoMoDo

[Panama Red]

Go to Network Connections in Control Panel. Disable the device there. Keep in mind, an ethernet connected system has faster data transfer (download) rates than wireless.

[KoMoDo]

Originally Posted by Panama Red Go to Network Connections in Control Panel. Disable the device there. Keep in mind, an ethernet connected system has faster data transfer (download) rates than wireless.

yes, i know that, and yes, ive tried doing the disable, it says it cant, ill write it word for word:
"It is not possible to disable the connection at this time. This connection may be using one or more protocols that do not support Plug-And-Play, or it may have been initiated be another user or the system account"

all i wanna do is disable it, i dont need it anymore...
really weird,

ok im off to bed so ill see if i can get an answer by tomorrow, 10x though PR :-P

KoMoDo

[Redfallon]

Try deleting all of the network adapters in device manager and rebooting. Did you have a PCI NIC or was it onboard? If onboard, you may be able to disable it in the BIOS, then Win wouldn't even see it upon reboot.

[KoMoDo]

ya, its onboard...
i dont wanna delete the network adapters because it might get rid of the wireless pci NIC or something... errrmmmm :-P

KoMoDo

[scomac]

You shouldn't have to delete the connection. In the device manager you should be able to click the box for the onboard adapter. Go to properties and find the box that say's 'disable in this profile' in the device manager. That should take care of the problem. If you delete it, every time you boot the computer up, if you have UPnP enabled, it will try to reload the onboard adapter every time.

Scomac

[KoMoDo]

ya, i got this set guys! :-P
i right clicked it, properties, Configure, and in device usage: i disabled it, besides, i disabled onboard lan in the bios, im having major problems now, which ill post in general hardware.

[GaryRouth]

If all you want to do is get rid of the annoying icon, you might not have to disable anything but the icon itself:

Go to Control Panel, Network Connections, and select the adapter whose icon you no longer wish to view in the system tray. Then right-click and select "Properties", and remove the checkmark from "show icon in system tray when connected".

See if that does it.

If not, it won't harm anything to disable that adapter. But you might have to boot into Safe Mode and logon as Administrator to do that.

edit: Sorry, I hadn't paged my browser down far enough to see that you already fixed things.........

[slotzintin]

Originally Posted by Panama Red an ethernet connected system has faster data transfer (download) rates than wireless.

It does? What home service are you using with a download pipe bigger than 10 megabits?

Sure wired ethernet is capable of greater bandwidth than 802.11x wireless, but how many people are actually using an internet provider with such speeds?

[KoMoDo]

tru slotz, very tru :-P
im not sure, any CAT5 cable can reach 1000megabits transfer ? it all depends upon the card or what?
and 54mbps is more than enough for me :-P
i cant get sharing to work, i might post it as a new topic later on once my bro will be back from the us and we'll actually need it.

10x,

KoMoDo

[glc]

Gary, even with that box unchecked, it will still pop up when it's disconnected.

100 megabits is a theoretical max - most 10/100 adapters I've seen top out around 60.

[KoMoDo]

Originally Posted by glc Gary, even with that box unchecked, it will still pop up when it's disconnected. 100 megabits is a theoretical max - most 10/100 adapters I've seen top out around 60.

so what are the new 1gb adapters ? freaky.. :-P
god im so angry about my speaker and gfx card problems!! (multimedia audio and video, and general hardware if ure interested) its just frustrating! cant hear nothing, cant play all the latest games that i really wanted to long ago. errrrrrrrr

KoMoDo

[Panama Red]

Originally Posted by slotzintin It does? What home service are you using with a download pipe bigger than 10 megabits? Sure wired ethernet is capable of greater bandwidth than 802.11x wireless, but how many people are actually using an internet provider with such speeds?

Did a test Thurs with a customer's laptop. He was using a Linksys wireless router and his built in wireless connection. He uses Comcast cable with a 3K down/256 up connection. With the wireless, his download was 1220. Switched to the onboard wired connection and the download test jumped to 2550. We wired his office on Saturday. Happy customer

[KoMoDo]

how did u check the download ? its not always exact, every minute can differ greatly upon broadband test servers, they might become overloaded, down, etc...

u can DEFINETELY reach the same speed if u only have 3000mbit download, wireless is at least 11 mbps (im on 54mbps)

KoMoDo