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Network Neighborhood Disappearance

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by whiter

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I have lost my network neighborhood icon sometime lately. I try to go add a client in network in the control panel and it locks up during building driver information database. Now I can't add anything requiring building driver information database. How can I restore the Network Neighborhood????

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by steve barrow

If you are running win95/98 try reloading the OS - this will fix any errors it finds and you may have a driver database error. Have you tried Safe Mode to make the changes?

by whiter

I really don't want to reload the OS. I have a lot of information on the computer. How and what do I need to do in safe mode? Anytime I try to build a driver database it justs hangs. And when I go to Network Settings it says.." Your network is not complete. Would you like to comtinue?" In a dialog box.

by jasonbis

Depending on how long it's been missing you may be able to retrieve it without reloading. Click start shut down and choose restart in ms-dos mode. Once at a command prompt type scanreg /restore and hit enter. From there you will be able to choose which date you would like to restore the registry to. I am not sure how many days your network neigborhood has been missing and I am not sure how far back in time you can go but give it a try. You will lose anything you have done or installed since that date so be sure to back up anything important to you.

by whiter

The scanreg /restore only went back a couple of days. I tried it and all it did was make me have to use my system recovery disks and I lost most of what I had. Thanks anyway.

by top_banana

Before resorting to reinstalling Windows, Boot into Safe Mode. This should allow you to remove all Network components without problems.
Reboot into normal mode and reinstall required drivers.

NB - If you have problems in Safe mode, its a good bet your OS would benefit from a reinstallation.

Let us know if this helps.

by whiter

Safe mode didn't help so I had to use my system recovery and lost most of my data. Thanks for your help.

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