Network and Dial-up Connections

Change the network settings in Windows 2000:

When carrying out the following to change the network settings…

Click Start , point to Settings , and then click Control Panel.

Double-click Network and Dial-up Connections.

The icon forthe “Local Area Connection” is missing…!!!

How can this be rectified as I have found no information on how to restore this..???

Any suggestions welcome…..

Thanks.