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      09-20-2011
hi, i am connect to internet by LAN network correctly but the network icon show disconnect!

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i try dial-up and wireless internet connection, and have same problem with them.

please help me...
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      09-20-2011
There's times where I don't have internet connection and it still shows the "monitor" without the red "X" sometimes. It should go away, it's a cached version of the image that you're seeing from when you didn't have internet connection and it was trying to find one I believe. How long has this been like that?

Try rebooting and it should go back to normal if it really bothers you.
 
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      09-20-2011
no!
i have internet and i can surf internet. every thing is ok except the icon near the clock. (see image)

8 month ago i install this win7.
last week until now, have this problem.
 
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      09-20-2011
Do you have two NIC's on the PC? It's possible that Windows 7 is showing the disconnected status for another NIC not currently in use.
 
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      09-20-2011
I dont know what is NIC !

How can I know the number of them?

 
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      09-20-2011
I'd be tempted to re-set the system tray icons, see if that clears it up.

Save this code as a .reg file
Code:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\TrayNotify]
"IconStream"=-
"PastIconsStream"=-
Run the reg file then re-start your PC. Note that this will re-set all the System Tray icons display settings, so any you have set (to hide for example) will need re-setting.
 
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      09-21-2011
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Originally Posted by EmRa228 View Post
no!
i have internet and i can surf internet. every thing is ok except the icon near the clock. (see image)

8 month ago i install this win7.
last week until now, have this problem.
That's what I meant, but all I needed was the time that you've been dealing with the problem. Elmer BeFuddled has a good solution, sometimes notification icons disappear and that solution does solve the issue half of the time.
 
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      09-21-2011
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Originally Posted by Elmer BeFuddled View Post
I'd be tempted to re-set the system tray icons, see if that clears it up.

Save this code as a .reg file
Code:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\TrayNotify]
"IconStream"=-
"PastIconsStream"=-
Run the reg file then re-start your PC. Note that this will re-set all the System Tray icons display settings, so any you have set (to hide for example) will need re-setting.
Unfortunately, this solution did not solve my problem.
 
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      09-21-2011
Try running this as a .cmd file:
Note: Requires Reboot

Code:
@echo off
cls
set regPath=HKCU\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\TrayNotify
set regKey1=IconStreams
set regKey2=PastIconsStream

echo The Explorer process must be killed to reset the Notification Area Icons Cache. 
echo Please SAVE ALL OPEN WORK before continuing
echo.
pause

echo.
taskkill /IM explorer.exe /F
echo.
FOR /F "tokens=*" %%a in ('Reg Query "%regpath%" /v %regkey1% ^| find /i "%regkey1%"') do goto iconstreams
echo Registry key "IconStreams" already deleted.
echo.

:verify-PastIconsStream
FOR /F "tokens=*" %%a in ('Reg Query "%regpath%" /v %regkey2% ^| find /i "%regkey2%"') do goto PastIconsStream
echo Registry key "PastIconsStream" already deleted.
echo.
goto confirm-restart

:iconstreams
reg delete "%regpath%" /f /v "%regkey1%"
goto verify-PastIconsStream

:PastIconsStream
reg delete "%regpath%" /f /v "%regkey2%"

:confirm-restart
echo.
echo Windows must be restarted to finish resetting the Notification Area Icons. 
echo.
echo Restart now? (Y/N) and press Enter: 
set /p choice=
If %choice% == y goto restart
echo.
echo Restart aborted...please close this window 
explorer.exe

:restart
shutdown /r /t 0
exit
 
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      09-21-2011
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