Network Neighborhood Icon is Missing

I think if you just rename (or delete if you prefer) the pwl files on the system and get the person to reidentify themselves by logging back into the station, the network neighborhood should come back.

The other thing you can check for, is if there was a policy put in place. Open up poledit and check to see if the hide network neighborhood is checked.

Good luck to you

Mark

Usually you can get to the network properties through Control Panel. Windows only displays the icon if you have a networking client installed (i.e. Netware or Microsoft) Dialup networking and Windows family login do not ccount as a network so it does not bother to display the icon. Another possiblity is that your user used a tool like tweak UI or others to hack the registry into not displaying it. Which ever tool they used TWEAKUI from MS may bring it back? Good Luck!

I have had to do this myself, go to another machine ( that has what you need) and copy the control file and the control.ini and Paste them under c:windows and then copy control.inf and paste it under c:windows\system

I have had to do this myself, go to another machine ( that has what you need) and copy the control file and the control.ini and Paste them under c:windows and then copy control.inf and paste it under c:windows\system

I have had to do this myself, go to another machine ( that has what you need) and copy the control file and the control.ini and Paste them under c:windows and then copy control.inf and paste it under c:windows\system

Be sure your network card is working and that it is properly connected (no bad cable or failed ports on a hub). Network Neighborhood will fail to appear if the network card & drivers are not properly initialized during bootup.

The icon itself isprobably referenced in the registry as a namespace SID, not as a .ico file in memory. Maybe someone knows (or can find) the exact Value and Data to recreate it if the Icon is truly gone.

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