Home Network - crossover cable setup - 2 LAN icons PROBLEM!

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hi there,

I am trying to set up a home network between my 2 computers to share
files.This computer has the right settings as it is able to share files with
someone else's pc and i was trying to set it to to share files with my pc.I
was having a look at the options that i was told to press at the time is was
setup so that i could use the same settings on my other pc so,my 2 pc's will
files share,but i went too far and landed up setting up the connection again
with the same settings.===>>>> NOW i have TWO LAN icons in my taskbar
permanently ! I have uninstalled the ether net card,tried to disable one of
them(but it simply disables the LAN) I have also uninstalled networking from
the add/remove windows components in the control panel.

So in short,my pc is trying to connect 2 LAN CONNECTIONS with my one
ethernet card.*

HOW do i get rid of the 2 connections ?!??? I have reinstalled XP and it
still wont go away

HELP!

I am also considering another option - to use the boot disk that i created
from Window Washer that wipes all files from the HDD permanently,if it
really does that.Then i have another problem.I tried to obtain a win98 boot
disk that has fdisk as i want to also change my partitions, from the web but
they will not write to cd as i do not have a fdd.Does anyone know where i
can get a copy that will write to CD??


Thanks for any help

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hmm... i did have internet connection sharing on...now that i have turned
the ICS off i have 1 lan icon in the taskbar (previously2) when i am
offline
and when i am online(adsl) i have 1 LAN icon showing an ip and 1 icon
showing my adsl rather than a LAN icon with an exclamation mark and message
saying "limited or no connectivity..."

Is this how it is supposed to be??? ==>>> that the LAN icon does not
dissapear even when on adsl.

Thanks for a good point!

"Traveler" <traveler777x@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:%u34e.13916$S46.9399@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net...
> Do you show an extra network card in Device Manager? If you show 2 try
> deleting one of them.
>
> Also, do you have Internet Connection Sharing on? I don't know if that
> causes 2 icons, but it might.
>
> T
>
> pchelpneeded wrote:
>
>> hi there,
>>
>> I am trying to set up a home network between my 2 computers to share
>> files.This computer has the right settings as it is able to share files
>> with someone else's pc and i was trying to set it to to share files with
>> my pc.I was having a look at the options that i was told to press at the
>> time is was setup so that i could use the same settings on my other pc
>> so,my 2 pc's will files share,but i went too far and landed up setting up
>> the connection again with the same settings.===>>>> NOW i have TWO LAN
>> icons in my taskbar permanently ! I have uninstalled the ether net
>> card,tried to disable one of them(but it simply disables the LAN) I have
>> also uninstalled networking from the add/remove windows components in the
>> control panel.
>>
>> So in short,my pc is trying to connect 2 LAN CONNECTIONS with my one
>> ethernet card.*
>>
>> HOW do i get rid of the 2 connections ?!??? I have reinstalled XP and it
>> still wont go away
>>
>> HELP!
>>
>> I am also considering another option - to use the boot disk that i
>> created from Window Washer that wipes all files from the HDD
>> permanently,if it really does that.Then i have another problem.I tried to
>> obtain a win98 boot disk that has fdisk as i want to also change my
>> partitions, from the web but they will not write to cd as i do not have a
>> fdd.Does anyone know where i can get a copy that will write to CD??
>>
>>
>> Thanks for any help