Constantly disappearing global icon

Hi!

I have been a Windows Vista user for about 7 months and I have encountered a
problem when I start up my computer. When I log into my account, everything
runs normally except for the network center. At first, a red "X" would appear
which is normal, but then the global icon does not appear. I have been
experiencing this for a few days now and I have no idea what to do. I have
searched the Knowledge base for answers but one solution I found was to
download Windows Vista Service Pack 1. I have downloaded the Service Pack
when it first was released via Windows Update but sadly I experience this
problem.

This problem has never happened to me before until just a few days ago. When
I pace my cursor over the network center icon, it says, " Currently connected
to: Network Access: Local Only". When I open my browser and close it, the
global icon then appears as it should but sometimes it justs disappears again.

I have tried to diagnose the problem too but there seems to nothing wrong
with my connection except sometimes the internet might run a bit slowly than
usual.

What should I do to resolve this problem?
--
~Daisy ^_^

Does anyone know a solution for this problem?
--
~Daisy ^_^
~A Proud Windows User~

Does anyone know a solution for this problem?
--
~Daisy ^_^
~A Proud Windows User~


"Daisy" wrote:

> Hi!
>
> I have been a Windows Vista user for about 7 months and I have encountered a
> problem when I start up my computer. When I log into my account, everything
> runs normally except for the network center. At first, a red "X" would appear
> which is normal, but then the global icon does not appear. I have been
> experiencing this for a few days now and I have no idea what to do. I have
> searched the Knowledge base for answers but one solution I found was to
> download Windows Vista Service Pack 1. I have downloaded the Service Pack
> when it first was released via Windows Update but sadly I experience this
> problem.
>
> This problem has never happened to me before until just a few days ago. When
> I pace my cursor over the network center icon, it says, " Currently connected
> to: Network Access: Local Only". When I open my browser and close it, the
> global icon then appears as it should but sometimes it justs disappears again.
>
> I have tried to diagnose the problem too but there seems to nothing wrong
> with my connection except sometimes the internet might run a bit slowly than
> usual.
>
> What should I do to resolve this problem?
> --
> ~Daisy ^_^

how are you connected to the Internet? router? is it running the
latest firmware?

what Network card? do you have the latest drivers?

posting text results here as a reply of ipconfig /all may help
http://digitalmediaphile.wordpress.c...t-text-output/

On Thu, 7 Aug 2008 14:17:01 -0700, Daisy
<Daisy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Hi!
>
>I have been a Windows Vista user for about 7 months and I have encountered a
>problem when I start up my computer. When I log into my account, everything
>runs normally except for the network center. At first, a red "X" would appear
>which is normal, but then the global icon does not appear. I have been
>experiencing this for a few days now and I have no idea what to do. I have
>searched the Knowledge base for answers but one solution I found was to
>download Windows Vista Service Pack 1. I have downloaded the Service Pack
>when it first was released via Windows Update but sadly I experience this
>problem.
>
>This problem has never happened to me before until just a few days ago. When
>I pace my cursor over the network center icon, it says, " Currently connected
>to: Network Access: Local Only". When I open my browser and close it, the
>global icon then appears as it should but sometimes it justs disappears again.
>
>I have tried to diagnose the problem too but there seems to nothing wrong
>with my connection except sometimes the internet might run a bit slowly than
>usual.
>
>What should I do to resolve this problem?
--

Barb Bowman
MS-MVP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/bowman.mspx
http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/
http://digitalmediaphile.wordpress.com

Thank you for for your response! I think this is the information you may be
looking for:

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6001]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\Aaron>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Aaron-PC
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8101E Family PCI-E Fast
Ethern
et NIC (NDIS 6.0)
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1D-60-B5-DB-08
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::8e0:5d7a:d7c:cab1%8(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 69.124.206.57(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.252.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, August 09, 2008 2:49:16 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, August 13, 2008 2:49:15 AM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 69.124.204.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 167.206.251.7
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 167.206.251.130
167.206.251.129
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 6:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . :
isatap.{B61478BC-0BDC-4892-AA85-77D4BE05E
868}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 7:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : 6TO4 Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2002:457c:ce39::457c:ce39(Preferred)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 2002:c058:6301::c058:6301
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 167.206.251.130
167.206.251.129
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 9:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-00-54-55-4E-01
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

C:\Users\Aaron>
--
~Daisy ^_^
~A Proud Windows User~


"Barb Bowman" wrote:

> how are you connected to the Internet? router? is it running the
> latest firmware?
>
> what Network card? do you have the latest drivers?
>
> posting text results here as a reply of ipconfig /all may help
> http://digitalmediaphile.wordpress.c...t-text-output/
>
> On Thu, 7 Aug 2008 14:17:01 -0700, Daisy
> <Daisy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >Hi!
> >
> >I have been a Windows Vista user for about 7 months and I have encountered a
> >problem when I start up my computer. When I log into my account, everything
> >runs normally except for the network center. At first, a red "X" would appear
> >which is normal, but then the global icon does not appear. I have been
> >experiencing this for a few days now and I have no idea what to do. I have
> >searched the Knowledge base for answers but one solution I found was to
> >download Windows Vista Service Pack 1. I have downloaded the Service Pack
> >when it first was released via Windows Update but sadly I experience this
> >problem.
> >
> >This problem has never happened to me before until just a few days ago. When
> >I pace my cursor over the network center icon, it says, " Currently connected
> >to: Network Access: Local Only". When I open my browser and close it, the
> >global icon then appears as it should but sometimes it justs disappears again.
> >
> >I have tried to diagnose the problem too but there seems to nothing wrong
> >with my connection except sometimes the internet might run a bit slowly than
> >usual.
> >
> >What should I do to resolve this problem?
> --
>
> Barb Bowman
> MS-MVP
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/bowman.mspx
> http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/
> http://digitalmediaphile.wordpress.com
>

Does anyone know a solution for this problem?
--
~Daisy ^_^
~A Proud Windows User~

try unbinding IPv6. see
http://digitalmediaphile.wordpress.c...windows-vista/
for instructions.

I strongly recommend that you get a router to use between your
computer and your broadband modem.

On Sat, 9 Aug 2008 12:01:01 -0700, Daisy
<Daisy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Thank you for for your response! I think this is the information you may be
>looking for:
>
>Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6001]
>Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
>
>C:\Users\Aaron>ipconfig /all
>
>Windows IP Configuration
>
> Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Aaron-PC
> Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
> Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
> IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
> WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
>
>Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
>
> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8101E Family PCI-E Fast
>Ethern
>et NIC (NDIS 6.0)
> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1D-60-B5-DB-08
> DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
> Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::8e0:5d7a:d7c:cab1%8(Preferred)
> IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 69.124.206.57(Preferred)
> Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.252.0
> Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, August 09, 2008 2:49:16 PM
> Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, August 13, 2008 2:49:15 AM
> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 69.124.204.1
> DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 167.206.251.7
> DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 167.206.251.130
> 167.206.251.129
> NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
>
>Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 6:
>
> Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
> Description . . . . . . . . . . . :
>isatap.{B61478BC-0BDC-4892-AA85-77D4BE05E
>868}
> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
> DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
>
>Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 7:
>
> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : 6TO4 Adapter
> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
> DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
> IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2002:457c:ce39::457c:ce39(Preferred)
> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 2002:c058:6301::c058:6301
> DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 167.206.251.130
> 167.206.251.129
> NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled
>
>Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 9:
>
> Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-00-54-55-4E-01
> DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
>
>C:\Users\Aaron>
--

Barb Bowman
MS-MVP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/bowman.mspx
http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/
http://digitalmediaphile.wordpress.com

Thank you for your response! It seems that may have done the trick so far,
since the global icon is not disappearing yet. If the problem persists, I
will post here again for further assistance.

Thank you for your help!
--
~Daisy ^_^
~A Proud Windows User~


"Barb Bowman" wrote:

> try unbinding IPv6. see
> http://digitalmediaphile.wordpress.c...windows-vista/
> for instructions.
>
> I strongly recommend that you get a router to use between your
> computer and your broadband modem.
>
> On Sat, 9 Aug 2008 12:01:01 -0700, Daisy
> <Daisy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >Thank you for for your response! I think this is the information you may be
> >looking for:
> >
> >Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6001]
> >Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
> >
> >C:\Users\Aaron>ipconfig /all
> >
> >Windows IP Configuration
> >
> > Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Aaron-PC
> > Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
> > Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
> > IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
> > WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
> >
> >Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
> >
> > Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
> > Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8101E Family PCI-E Fast
> >Ethern
> >et NIC (NDIS 6.0)
> > Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1D-60-B5-DB-08
> > DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
> > Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
> > Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::8e0:5d7a:d7c:cab1%8(Preferred)
> > IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 69.124.206.57(Preferred)
> > Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.252.0
> > Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, August 09, 2008 2:49:16 PM
> > Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, August 13, 2008 2:49:15 AM
> > Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 69.124.204.1
> > DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 167.206.251.7
> > DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 167.206.251.130
> > 167.206.251.129
> > NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
> >
> >Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 6:
> >
> > Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
> > Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
> > Description . . . . . . . . . . . :
> >isatap.{B61478BC-0BDC-4892-AA85-77D4BE05E
> >868}
> > Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
> > DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
> > Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
> >
> >Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 7:
> >
> > Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
> > Description . . . . . . . . . . . : 6TO4 Adapter
> > Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
> > DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
> > Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
> > IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2002:457c:ce39::457c:ce39(Preferred)
> > Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 2002:c058:6301::c058:6301
> > DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 167.206.251.130
> > 167.206.251.129
> > NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled
> >
> >Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 9:
> >
> > Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
> > Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
> > Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
> > Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-00-54-55-4E-01
> > DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
> > Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
> >
> >C:\Users\Aaron>
> --
>
> Barb Bowman
> MS-MVP
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/bowman.mspx
> http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/
> http://digitalmediaphile.wordpress.com
>