Where's the Broadband Connection Icon?

Friend has broadband but can't see an icon in the task bar where he can view
the connection speed, bytes sent and received etc...the little double,
overlapping screen icon.
He has ticked the box - Control Panel/Network Connections/Right
click/Properties and tick the box next to Show icon in notification area
when connected.
Anyone suggest anything?
Its Telewest 256Kbps Broadband and he has Windows XP if that is significant.
Thanks.

On 2 Oct 2004 in uk.telecom.broadband, "John Smith" wrote:

>Its Telewest 256Kbps Broadband and he has Windows XP if that is significant.

So if he's using an ethernet cable from his PC to the Telewest unit, he'd
see information using the Windows Task Manager (ctrl + shift + esc) or
use ( start | run | taskmgr ) and look at "Networking".

In news:cjmr41$ql2$(E-Mail Removed),
John Smith <(E-Mail Removed)> opined:
> Friend has broadband but can't see an icon in the task bar where he
> can view the connection speed, bytes sent and received etc...the
> little double, overlapping screen icon.
> He has ticked the box - Control Panel/Network Connections/Right
> click/Properties and tick the box next to Show icon in notification
> area when connected.
> Anyone suggest anything?
> Its Telewest 256Kbps Broadband and he has Windows XP if that is
> significant. Thanks.

Your remedy works with my Blueyonder connection and XP home (SP2) ----
suggest it is something to do with your friends set up
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Yddap
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On Sat, 2 Oct 2004 20:48:42 +0100, Graham wrote:

>> Friend has broadband but can't see an icon in the task bar where he can
> view
>> the connection speed, bytes sent and received etc...the little double,
>> overlapping screen icon.
>
> You won't.
> AFAIK that icon is part of Dialup Networking.

No, it's for any network connection.

> Your friends computer is connected via Ethernet to a cable modem or STB, so
> the computer itself is not even 'aware' that it even has an internet
> connection.

Yes, it is 'aware'. ;-)

Regards

Bill

> Friend has broadband but can't see an icon in the task bar where he can
view
> the connection speed, bytes sent and received etc...the little double,
> overlapping screen icon.


You won't.
AFAIK that icon is part of Dialup Networking.

Your friends computer is connected via Ethernet to a cable modem or STB, so
the computer itself is not even 'aware' that it even has an internet
connection.

Graham.

"John Smith" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:cjmr41$ql2$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Friend has broadband but can't see an icon in the task bar where he can
> view the connection speed, bytes sent and received etc...the little
> double, overlapping screen icon.
> He has ticked the box - Control Panel/Network Connections/Right
> click/Properties and tick the box next to Show icon in notification area
> when connected.
> Anyone suggest anything?
> Its Telewest 256Kbps Broadband and he has Windows XP if that is
> significant.
> Thanks.
>

I had this happen before and wondered what was wrong.

No guarantees but here's what worked for me.

Remove the tick, reboot, then try setting it again.

I presume in my case there was some flag or corrupt registry key that needed
resetting and that's why this worked for me.

Hope this helps.


Stephen

"Stephen Stewart" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:cjn5ka$1qr$(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> "John Smith" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:cjmr41$ql2$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Friend has broadband but can't see an icon in the task bar where he can
>> view the connection speed, bytes sent and received etc...the little
>> double, overlapping screen icon.
>> He has ticked the box - Control Panel/Network Connections/Right
>> click/Properties and tick the box next to Show icon in notification area
>> when connected.
>> Anyone suggest anything?
>> Its Telewest 256Kbps Broadband and he has Windows XP if that is
>> significant.
>> Thanks.
>>
>
> I had this happen before and wondered what was wrong.
>
> No guarantees but here's what worked for me.
>
> Remove the tick, reboot, then try setting it again.
>
> I presume in my case there was some flag or corrupt registry key that
> needed resetting and that's why this worked for me.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
>
> Stephen -----------
OK, Thanks for the tips I'll pass these on to mate.