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| 107809 | 2002-12-20 10:10:00 | Is there any way to remove the disconnected network cable warning from the taskbar? My computer is connected to an old pc with a crossover cable, and when the other pc is off, I get a warning in the taskbar about a disconnected cable, and because this old pc is off more often that not, I am sick of seeing the warning. What can be done about this?? Cheers, Craig. |
craig_b (2740) | ||
| 107810 | 2002-12-20 20:03:00 | Hi Craig, You can get rid of the icon by turning off the "Show icon in notification area when connected"... I know, it says "when connected" but it shows up even when not connected, but that's how it works :) Start > Control Panel > Network Connections. Right click on the network connection that's appearing in the system tray, and click Properties. In the window that comes up there should be a check-box "Show icon in notification area when connected" - remove the tick. HTH Mike. |
Mike (15) | ||
| 107811 | 2002-12-21 00:13:00 | Nah that doesn't work - that tick has been out of that box for more than three months :) and I still get notification when the other PC is off - because there is no link on the cable. Whats worse is when I am in a game and the other pc gets turned off, i get shunted back to the desktop, and often whatever I was doing crashes because it can't handle switching to the desktop. What I need is a registry hack or something to permanently remove the ability to recognize a disconnected cable. Cheers anyway, Craig. |
craig_b (2740) | ||
| 107812 | 2002-12-21 01:15:00 | I'm suffering from the same sort of problem. I can sort of get around it by telling windows to "always hide" that particular icon, but it doesn't always seem to work. It would be nice if someone could come up with a way to suffocate the damn thing until it dies. :D But failing that, does anybody know a workaround? |
Stormwarden (388) | ||
| 107813 | 2002-12-21 01:49:00 | Umm. This is the sort of thing which is a nuisance to you. But it has never been a problem for the prople who wrote that network software. In their world, a network is always connected, and they don't use crossover cables :D. You shouldn't get that message if you have a hub, because the hub is always there. (That might be a cheap fix now that people are installing switches ... there ought tpo be a lot of cheap hubs at trademe). In WFW311, there was an easy work around: just don't load the network software at boot time ... by commenting out the appropriate lines in AUTOEXEC.BAT. You might be able to do something similar ... it must be started at boot time, so just diable that, and make a shortcut on the desktop for when you need the netwrok. |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 107814 | 2002-12-21 02:24:00 | Possibly turning off the XP baloon help might do the trick? | -=JM=- (16) | ||
| 107815 | 2002-12-21 03:03:00 | It's worth a shot - how do I do that?? (is that also going to get rid of the internet connection speed reporting??) Cheers, Craig |
craig_b (2740) | ||
| 107816 | 2002-12-21 04:09:00 | LOL simple way to ignore the task bar. Go to properties and click on autohide. It'll never bother you again. :p | nzStan (440) | ||
| 107817 | 2002-12-21 23:04:00 | Thanks for the hint JM, turning off the balloon help did the trick, I no longer get returned to the desktop when the other PC is off, but I still get the disconnected cable icon, although thats not too much of a problem. I was suprised to find that the only way to do that was a registry hack tho' and whats more - I got it from the microsoft knowledge base!! For the sake of reference, here is how to do it: in regedit, go to: HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Exp lorer\Advanced\ Right click in the right pane, and choose New DWORD Call it "EnableBalloonTips" and give it a hex value of zero. No more balloon tips for that user. Cheers, Craig |
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