LAN activity (blinking light) ... how to?

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  1. Posts : 83
    Windows 7 Pro (64bit).
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    LAN activity (blinking light) ... how to?


    What I miss with "7" is that the network icon does not show activity, even in the unscientific way that the old XP "two screens connected by a line" thing in the system tray used to do.

    There may be a way to get "7" to do that... if so, I have completely missed it!

    Not a deal breaker by any means, but there were times when something as basic and as visual as that would really help....
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  2. Posts : 833
    Windows 7 x64 HP, Windows 7 HP, Windows 7 Ult
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    This was discussed a while ago in a different thread, and one suggestion was to use Lan Lights which was originally developed for XP. In looking at the release notes, it has recently been updated to account for Windows 7 colors and to address large memory systems.

    I have it running on my Windows 7 systems (32 bit) - I missed the blinking tray icon also. :)

    A nice side benefit is that it shows a lot of other information as well, like totals, network activity, etc.
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  3. Posts : 167
    ,Windows 7-64.7600.16385 Ultimate
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    Good stuff eh

    Now if we could just get the start menu back to the classic
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  4. Posts : 83
    Windows 7 Pro (64bit).
    Thread Starter
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    TheSchaft said:
    This was discussed a while ago in a different thread, and one suggestion was to use Lan Lights
    Oh yes.. I remember that package from ages ago!!!

    Thanks for that. I'll dig it up and see what happens.

    :)
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  5. Posts : 83
    Windows 7 Pro (64bit).
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    Gazzasore said:
    Good stuff eh

    Now if we could just get the start menu back to the classic
    I used to LOVE Windows 3 style menus.... then I discovered DOS.... Well, at the time, we WERE migrating apps from CP/M
    Last edited by bjrichus; 07 Sep 2009 at 14:05.
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  6. Posts : 83
    Windows 7 Pro (64bit).
    Thread Starter
       #6

    No delete a message button (when you clicked the darn thing in error), huh?

    Sorry 'bout the double posting.
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  7. Posts : 83
    Windows 7 Pro (64bit).
    Thread Starter
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    TheSchaft said:
    This was discussed a while ago in a different thread, and one suggestion was to use Lan Lights which was originally developed for XP.
    The author has some problems with it on 64bit systems.

    Guess its not going to work for me then... Confirmed by the author - 32bit ONLY!

    Last edited by bjrichus; 07 Sep 2009 at 07:48.
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  8. Posts : 833
    Windows 7 x64 HP, Windows 7 HP, Windows 7 Ult
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    bjrichus -

    Sorry it doesn't work on 64 bit systems. Looks like the transition from 32 to 64 will be more difficult than the one from 16 to 31 was.

    (BTW, you can get rid of a double post by clicking "edit" on the one you want to dump and then "delete" in the edit box. Don't fill in a reason, and then hit delete and it should automagically disappear. Worked for me.)
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  9. Posts : 31,238
    Windows 11 Pro x64 [Latest Release and Release Preview]
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    One totally "off the wall" option - Comodo's free Firewall has an animated Tray icon that shows Upload & Download activity. Over the top for an activity indicator but if you want a good firewall and indication in x64
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  10. Posts : 37
    windows 7 7057
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    TheSchaft said:
    This was discussed a while ago in a different thread, and one suggestion was to use Lan Lights which was originally developed for XP. In looking at the release notes, it has recently been updated to account for Windows 7 colors and to address large memory systems.

    I have it running on my Windows 7 systems (32 bit) - I missed the blinking tray icon also. :)

    A nice side benefit is that it shows a lot of other information as well, like totals, network activity, etc.

    Thank you for the post up, it works well with my 32 bit
    Nice to have it back

    Cheers
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