linksys wireless adaptor error

hi,i have recently developed a problem with my linksys wireless adaptor
[wireless g with speedbooster] i can access the net ok but the icon for the
adaptor has dissapeared from my icon tray! when you point the arrow over
where the icon should be everything is fine except there is no icon,so i
cannot access the adaptors menus to check my network etc.i get an error sound
when i boot my pc up so something isnt working right.anybody shed some light
on this weird problem? please! im running xp pack 2

jocky wrote:
> hi,i have recently developed a problem with my linksys wireless adaptor
> [wireless g with speedbooster] i can access the net ok but the icon for the
> adaptor has dissapeared from my icon tray! when you point the arrow over
> where the icon should be everything is fine except there is no icon,so i
> cannot access the adaptors menus to check my network etc.i get an error sound
> when i boot my pc up so something isnt working right.anybody shed some light
> on this weird problem? please! im running xp pack 2

Not sure of the problem here. If you want to access your connection
properties and such, you can just go through:

Start Menu > Control Panel > Network Connections.

On Thu, 03 Aug 2006 20:13:22 GMT, "jocky" <u24860@uwe> wrote in
<643b379303523@uwe>:

>hi,i have recently developed a problem with my linksys wireless adaptor
>[wireless g with speedbooster] i can access the net ok but the icon for the
>adaptor has dissapeared from my icon tray! when you point the arrow over
>where the icon should be everything is fine except there is no icon,so i
>cannot access the adaptors menus to check my network etc.i get an error sound
>when i boot my pc up so something isnt working right.anybody shed some light
>on this weird problem? please! im running xp pack 2

Is the icon hidden? Click on (<) to show hidden icons.

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John Navas <spamfilter0@navasgroup.com> hath wroth:

>Is the icon hidden? Click on (<) to show hidden icons.

Better yet, disarm the hidden icon "feature".

1. Right click on an empty space on the task bar.
2. Select "Properties".
3. Uncheck "Hide Inactive Icons".

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On Thu, 03 Aug 2006 19:50:33 -0700, Jeff Liebermann
<jeffl@comix.santa-cruz.ca.us> wrote in
<qbd5d2teaptqfu35na69s1frnlav1ol2n5@4ax.com>:

>John Navas <spamfilter0@navasgroup.com> hath wroth:
>
>>Is the icon hidden? Click on (<) to show hidden icons.
>
>Better yet, disarm the hidden icon "feature".
>
>1. Right click on an empty space on the task bar.
>2. Select "Properties".
>3. Uncheck "Hide Inactive Icons".

Yuk. For the average user overwhelmed by crap they don't understand how
to control, that can nearly obliterate the Task Bar.

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John Navas FAQ for Wi-Fi: <http://wireless.wikia.com/wiki/Wi-Fi>
Wi-Fi How To: <http://wireless.wikia.com/wiki/Wi-Fi_HowTo>
Fixes to Wi-Fi Problems: <http://wireless.wikia.com/wiki/Wi-Fi_Fixes>

John Navas <spamfilter0@navasgroup.com> hath wroth:

>On Thu, 03 Aug 2006 19:50:33 -0700, Jeff Liebermann
><jeffl@comix.santa-cruz.ca.us> wrote in
><qbd5d2teaptqfu35na69s1frnlav1ol2n5@4ax.com>:
>
>>John Navas <spamfilter0@navasgroup.com> hath wroth:
>>
>>>Is the icon hidden? Click on (<) to show hidden icons.
>>
>>Better yet, disarm the hidden icon "feature".
>>
>>1. Right click on an empty space on the task bar.
>>2. Select "Properties".
>>3. Uncheck "Hide Inactive Icons".

>Yuk. For the average user overwhelmed by crap they don't understand how
>to control, that can nearly obliterate the Task Bar.

OK, I'm not the average user. I have very little running in the
background. Counting icons, I currently have 12 icons. I could
easily disable 4 of them. I do use Quick Launch, which also gobbles
quite a bit of space on the task bar. If I need more space, I either
enlarge the task bar for a 2nd row, or move the taskbar to the right
side of the screen[1] which has more room, especially in a 16:9
screen. What I find offensive with the "Hide Inactive Icons"
misfeature is that it's a moving target. Things appear and disappear.
I usually ask my customers "what has changed" on the screen when
something happens. They always ignore the system tray because of it's
constantly changing contents. When I deliver a machine, it ALWAYS has
the "Hide Incactive Icons" mis-feature disabled. Nobody has
complained or turned it back.

Incidentally, I also turn off the "Audo Hide" feature that provides
yet another moving target.


[1] Move mouse to lower right of screen on top of the time in the task
bar. Press and hold the left mouse button. Move mouse toward right
of screen. Release.

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