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From: Sue on 29 May 2008 13:07
yesterday, an extra connectivity icon appeared in my system tray. It doesn't
light up indicating activity and I have checked my network connections in
control panel and no new ones are reported. I thought it was a fluke that
happened when everything loaded, but after rebooting, it is still there
today. When I mouse over it, it doesn't provide a bubble explaining what it
is, and if I go into taskbar properties, it isn't presenting there. I
haven't installed any new software.

How do I fix this?
Thanks,
Sue
From: Barb Bowman on 29 May 2008 13:48
do you have a router? if you click it/open it, what happens?

On Thu, 29 May 2008 10:07:02 -0700, Sue
<Sue(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>yesterday, an extra connectivity icon appeared in my system tray. It doesn't
>light up indicating activity and I have checked my network connections in
>control panel and no new ones are reported. I thought it was a fluke that
>happened when everything loaded, but after rebooting, it is still there
>today. When I mouse over it, it doesn't provide a bubble explaining what it
>is, and if I go into taskbar properties, it isn't presenting there. I
>haven't installed any new software.
>
>How do I fix this?
>Thanks,
>Sue
--

Barb Bowman
MS-MVP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/meetexperts/bowman.mspx
http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/
From: Sue on 29 May 2008 17:13
Hi Barb,
I do have a router - for VOIP. When I click on it, it shows very little
activity occurred. I tried closing everything then I loaded "What's Running"
and it showed me that it is a svchost item. After going through all that, I
rebooted and it is gone. I also checked my users and there was only my one.
Very bizarre. I checked Windows Services also, and nothing unexpected was
there, or loading in MSConfig.

If you have an idea of what may have caused it, that will help, in case it
happens again.
many thanks,
Sue

"Barb Bowman" wrote:

> do you have a router? if you click it/open it, what happens?
>
> On Thu, 29 May 2008 10:07:02 -0700, Sue
> <Sue(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >yesterday, an extra connectivity icon appeared in my system tray. It doesn't
> >light up indicating activity and I have checked my network connections in
> >control panel and no new ones are reported. I thought it was a fluke that
> >happened when everything loaded, but after rebooting, it is still there
> >today. When I mouse over it, it doesn't provide a bubble explaining what it
> >is, and if I go into taskbar properties, it isn't presenting there. I
> >haven't installed any new software.
> >
> >How do I fix this?
> >Thanks,
> >Sue
> --
>
> Barb Bowman
> MS-MVP
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/meetexperts/bowman.mspx
> http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/
>
From: Barb Bowman on 30 May 2008 04:57
it is likely a UPnP discovered Internet Gateway Connection. If you
see it again, open the Network window. Does it show there? On the
left pane, does it read Show UPnP icons or Hide... (this is from
memory on XP).

On Thu, 29 May 2008 14:13:01 -0700, Sue
<Sue(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Hi Barb,
>I do have a router - for VOIP. When I click on it, it shows very little
>activity occurred. I tried closing everything then I loaded "What's Running"
>and it showed me that it is a svchost item. After going through all that, I
>rebooted and it is gone. I also checked my users and there was only my one.
>Very bizarre. I checked Windows Services also, and nothing unexpected was
>there, or loading in MSConfig.
>
>If you have an idea of what may have caused it, that will help, in case it
>happens again.
>many thanks,
>Sue
>
>"Barb Bowman" wrote:
>
>> do you have a router? if you click it/open it, what happens?
>>
>> On Thu, 29 May 2008 10:07:02 -0700, Sue
>> <Sue(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>
>> >yesterday, an extra connectivity icon appeared in my system tray. It doesn't
>> >light up indicating activity and I have checked my network connections in
>> >control panel and no new ones are reported. I thought it was a fluke that
>> >happened when everything loaded, but after rebooting, it is still there
>> >today. When I mouse over it, it doesn't provide a bubble explaining what it
>> >is, and if I go into taskbar properties, it isn't presenting there. I
>> >haven't installed any new software.
>> >
>> >How do I fix this?
>> >Thanks,
>> >Sue
>> --
>>
>> Barb Bowman
>> MS-MVP
>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/meetexperts/bowman.mspx
>> http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/
>>
--

Barb Bowman
MS-MVP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/meetexperts/bowman.mspx
http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/
From: Barb Bowman on 30 May 2008 04:58
One more thing, do you have a firewire port on this XP machine?

On Thu, 29 May 2008 14:13:01 -0700, Sue
<Sue(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Hi Barb,
>I do have a router - for VOIP. When I click on it, it shows very little
>activity occurred. I tried closing everything then I loaded "What's Running"
>and it showed me that it is a svchost item. After going through all that, I
>rebooted and it is gone. I also checked my users and there was only my one.
>Very bizarre. I checked Windows Services also, and nothing unexpected was
>there, or loading in MSConfig.
>
>If you have an idea of what may have caused it, that will help, in case it
>happens again.
>many thanks,
>Sue
>
>"Barb Bowman" wrote:
>
>> do you have a router? if you click it/open it, what happens?
>>
>> On Thu, 29 May 2008 10:07:02 -0700, Sue
>> <Sue(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>
>> >yesterday, an extra connectivity icon appeared in my system tray. It doesn't
>> >light up indicating activity and I have checked my network connections in
>> >control panel and no new ones are reported. I thought it was a fluke that
>> >happened when everything loaded, but after rebooting, it is still there
>> >today. When I mouse over it, it doesn't provide a bubble explaining what it
>> >is, and if I go into taskbar properties, it isn't presenting there. I
>> >haven't installed any new software.
>> >
>> >How do I fix this?
>> >Thanks,
>> >Sue
>> --
>>
>> Barb Bowman
>> MS-MVP
>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/meetexperts/bowman.mspx
>> http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/
>>
--

Barb Bowman
MS-MVP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/meetexperts/bowman.mspx
http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/
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