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I did an upgrade install on my laptop from Vista Business to Windows 7 Professional and everything works fine, except the Network System Icon has disappeared. This is the case, even though I am connected via Ethernet to the Internet without a problem
and the Icon is checked as "on" in the System Icon dialog box. I have also done a REpair Install (several times) of Windows 7, which has not solved the problem. (This was NOT a problem with Vista.)
Click Start
In the search area type notepad and press enter.
This should open the notepad.
In the notepad copy and paste the information below. In bold.
Save this file to your desktop.
With file extentions shown right click the file and change the extention from .txt to .reg.
Double click this file and allow it to enter the information into the registry.
Modifying REGISTRY settings incorrectly can cause serious problems that may prevent your computer from booting properly. Microsoft cannot guarantee that any problems resulting from the configuring
of REGISTRY settings can be solved. Modifications of these settings are at your own risk.
Hope this helps!
Shawn - Support Engineer - MCP, MCDST
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