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Network and dial up connections folder empty !
I can't speak to the rebuilding of the registry but the root cause in my case was that the "Network Connections" service had stopped starting on boot-up, for some unknown reason. Once started manually the icons reappeared immediately and it continued to restart on boot-up. If you have...- mikecro
- Post #7
- Forum: Microsoft: Windows
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Network and dial up connections folder empty !
Hawkde, Recently had the same problem you seem to be experiencing. If you still haven't fixed it may I suggest the following page which has a great check list for this very problem: http://www.jsifaq.com/SUBG/TIP3100/rh3147.htm Hope this helps if you haven't got sorted yet! Mike Crozier- mikecro
- Post #4
- Forum: Microsoft: Windows
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constantly high cpu utilisation when pc is idle
Marc, I've suffered similar symptoms whilst running W2K on a laptop. Its really annoying because the fan goes continually on the Laptop to try and cool down the stressed out processor! My solution was to use task manager to try and tie down which processes started around the time the fan kicked...- mikecro
- Post #6
- Forum: PC hardware - General discussion
