Why have a I got a local area network

I have been having some problems with a new Dell PC that I was purchased
early in April. About two weeks after I received it I started the
installation of a wireless network. Initially all I did was install two USB
network adapters and created a peer to peer network. This wasn’t successful
in that they refused to communicate with each other. I tried to resolve
the problem, together with Belkin technical support, but with no suces and I
eventually gave up and decided to uninstall everything I had done.

Then I had a problem linking McAfee Spankiller to Outlook Express. Although
this is a known problem I couldn’t get this to work either and nor could
McAfee technical support. I thought this may be connected with the failure
of the network so I restored the system to a restore point a few days after
the new PC was installed which was several days before I had even purchased
the adapters. This still didn’t resolve the problem so I decided go back to
square one. In uninstalled McAfee and I am now ready to reinstall which I
have to do from the McAfee web site.

Just before I did this I was scanning the system generally. There are two
things that are odd.

1. I have a double screen icon at the botton-right of the screen with a red
X against it. I have no idea exactly when this appeared – it may have
happened when I did the wireless network.

2. Also in the LAN or High-speed internet connections in the control panel I
have

Local Area Connection
Network Cable unplugged
Intel ® PRO/100 VE Network

On the basis that I don’t see why I should have any LAN, unplugged or not,
Can anyone offer any suggestions before I commit to reinstalling McAfee and
maybe ending up with the same problem?

Your computer has a motherboard or peripheral Intel Pro adapter. As long as
drivers are installed this will display as a Local Area Connection
regardless of whether it has an ethernet cable connecting it to anything.
If it is not connected to anything, it will display with a red X. This has
nothing to do with your USB wireless adapters - these will not display a
Local Area Connection unless their drivers are installed and they are
connected to a USB port.

Doug Sherman
MCSE, MCSA, MCP+I, MVP

"Kas" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I have been having some problems with a new Dell PC that I was purchased
> early in April. About two weeks after I received it I started the
> installation of a wireless network. Initially all I did was install two
USB
> network adapters and created a peer to peer network. This wasn't
successful
> in that they refused to communicate with each other. I tried to resolve
> the problem, together with Belkin technical support, but with no suces and
I
> eventually gave up and decided to uninstall everything I had done.
>
> Then I had a problem linking McAfee Spankiller to Outlook Express.
Although
> this is a known problem I couldn't get this to work either and nor could
> McAfee technical support. I thought this may be connected with the
failure
> of the network so I restored the system to a restore point a few days
after
> the new PC was installed which was several days before I had even
purchased
> the adapters. This still didn't resolve the problem so I decided go back
to
> square one. In uninstalled McAfee and I am now ready to reinstall which I
> have to do from the McAfee web site.
>
> Just before I did this I was scanning the system generally. There are two
> things that are odd.
>
> 1. I have a double screen icon at the botton-right of the screen with a
red
> X against it. I have no idea exactly when this appeared - it may have
> happened when I did the wireless network.
>
> 2. Also in the LAN or High-speed internet connections in the control panel
I
> have
>
> Local Area Connection
> Network Cable unplugged
> Intel ® PRO/100 VE Network
>
> On the basis that I don't see why I should have any LAN, unplugged or not,
> Can anyone offer any suggestions before I commit to reinstalling McAfee
and
> maybe ending up with the same problem?
>