My wireless taskbar icon has dissappeared!

This is really weird. I have a wireless home LAN that my notebook connects
to to reach the internet. Earlier I did a virus check with TrendMicro
(found nothing). But since then I noticed that the friendly icon for my
wireless LAN - looks like a terminal with 2 "))" at the right upper corner
when connected, has disappeared from the taskbar. The wireless LAN is still
working fine and my connection to the internet is fine, but the icon is
gone! It is not hidden (I checked with customize taskbar, etc.). It has
just disappeared.

Instead it has been replaced by a different icon with a yellow bar at the
bottom which when I hover over it tells me about my local connection (which
is unplugged) and my wireless connection (which is connected). However when
I right click on it, I do not get the familiar "view available networks" or
repair, etc. Instead I get a different blue option list that comes from
"ConfigFree" the utility that Toshiba puts on its notebooks.

How do I regain my old network icon with the familiar "view available
networks"? Rebooting did not solve the problem.

Jeff

It's OK. I solved it. I found where to check to have the icon show (in
Network properties). So all is well, but why it turned itself off remains a
mystery .....

Jeff

Jeff wrote:
> This is really weird. I have a wireless home LAN that my notebook
> connects to to reach the internet. Earlier I did a virus check with
> TrendMicro (found nothing). But since then I noticed that the
> friendly icon for my wireless LAN - looks like a terminal with 2 "))"
> at the right upper corner when connected, has disappeared from the
> taskbar. The wireless LAN is still working fine and my connection to
> the internet is fine, but the icon is gone! It is not hidden (I
> checked with customize taskbar, etc.). It has just disappeared.
>
> Instead it has been replaced by a different icon with a yellow bar at
> the bottom which when I hover over it tells me about my local
> connection (which is unplugged) and my wireless connection (which is
> connected). However when I right click on it, I do not get the
> familiar "view available networks" or repair, etc. Instead I get a
> different blue option list that comes from "ConfigFree" the utility
> that Toshiba puts on its notebooks.
> How do I regain my old network icon with the familiar "view available
> networks"? Rebooting did not solve the problem.
>
> Jeff

Sorted now thanks!


"Jeff" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> It's OK. I solved it. I found where to check to have the icon show (in
> Network properties). So all is well, but why it turned itself off remains
> a mystery .....
>
> Jeff
>
> Jeff wrote:
>> This is really weird. I have a wireless home LAN that my notebook
>> connects to to reach the internet. Earlier I did a virus check with
>> TrendMicro (found nothing). But since then I noticed that the
>> friendly icon for my wireless LAN - looks like a terminal with 2 "))"
>> at the right upper corner when connected, has disappeared from the
>> taskbar. The wireless LAN is still working fine and my connection to
>> the internet is fine, but the icon is gone! It is not hidden (I
>> checked with customize taskbar, etc.). It has just disappeared.
>>
>> Instead it has been replaced by a different icon with a yellow bar at
>> the bottom which when I hover over it tells me about my local
>> connection (which is unplugged) and my wireless connection (which is
>> connected). However when I right click on it, I do not get the
>> familiar "view available networks" or repair, etc. Instead I get a
>> different blue option list that comes from "ConfigFree" the utility
>> that Toshiba puts on its notebooks.
>> How do I regain my old network icon with the familiar "view available
>> networks"? Rebooting did not solve the problem.
>>
>> Jeff
>
>