HI
Do you know a little icon with 2 computers and a red cross-mark between them hanging in the lower right-hand corner, indication that your network cable is unplugged?
Well, I right-clicked and disabled it. Now I cannot find it anywere.
I have ECS K7S5A mobo, with LAN built-in SiiS900 10/100 Mbps Fast Ethernet Controller.
I DL driver for Sis900 from ECS site, and tried adding hardware manually. Windows refused, showing error Code 10 (device cannot start) and update was unsuccessful.
It is in Hardware Profile, but I don't know how to change it FROM WINDOWS HELP FILE
Local area connections
Typically, computers running Windows 2000 are connected to a local area network (LAN). When you install Windows 2000, the operating system detects your network adapter and creates a local area connection for you. It appears, like all other connection types, in the Network and Dial-up Connections folder. By default, a local area connection is always activated. A local area connection is the only type of connection that is automatically created and activated.
If you disconnect your local area connection, the connection is no longer automatically activated. Because your hardware profile remembers this, it accommodates your location-based needs as a mobile user. For example, if you travel to a remote sales office and use a separate hardware profile for that location that does not enable your local area connection, you do not waste time waiting for your network adapter to time out. The adapter does not even try to connect.
THANK YOU FOR READING
Do you know a little icon with 2 computers and a red cross-mark between them hanging in the lower right-hand corner, indication that your network cable is unplugged?
Well, I right-clicked and disabled it. Now I cannot find it anywere.
I have ECS K7S5A mobo, with LAN built-in SiiS900 10/100 Mbps Fast Ethernet Controller.
I DL driver for Sis900 from ECS site, and tried adding hardware manually. Windows refused, showing error Code 10 (device cannot start) and update was unsuccessful.
It is in Hardware Profile, but I don't know how to change it FROM WINDOWS HELP FILE
Local area connections
Typically, computers running Windows 2000 are connected to a local area network (LAN). When you install Windows 2000, the operating system detects your network adapter and creates a local area connection for you. It appears, like all other connection types, in the Network and Dial-up Connections folder. By default, a local area connection is always activated. A local area connection is the only type of connection that is automatically created and activated.
If you disconnect your local area connection, the connection is no longer automatically activated. Because your hardware profile remembers this, it accommodates your location-based needs as a mobile user. For example, if you travel to a remote sales office and use a separate hardware profile for that location that does not enable your local area connection, you do not waste time waiting for your network adapter to time out. The adapter does not even try to connect.
THANK YOU FOR READING
