Solved Deleting my own network connections listings (sys tray network icon)

highstream

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I'm preparing a laptop for transfer to someone else and have deleted all my network accounts (wireless) in the Control Panel. But over in the Sys Tray, when I click on the network icon, my two connections are still listed (name and name-guest). How do I delete those? Win 7x64. Thanks,
 

My Computer

OS
Win 7 Home Premium and Win XP/SP3 Home 32 bit (desktop); Win 7 x64 Home Premium (laptop)
CPU
AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition (unlocked)
Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-MA790X-UD4P (rev. 1.0) - version F9 BIOS
Memory
6 GB
Graphics Card(s)
XFX Radeon HD 5670
Monitor(s) Displays
Dell U2412M
Hard Drives
Corsair Force 3 SSD 60 GB
Seagate ST31000528AS - 1T
WD7500AAKS - 750GB
WD1600JBRTL - 160 GB
PSU
Corsair VX450
Case
Cooler Master
Cooling
front/back fans, CPU/PSU stock
When you click on the network icon in the System Tray, it will always list all of the Available Wireless Networks in the area, including those of your neighbours if their signal is strong enough. However, if you've already deleted your own networks in Control Panel, the computer won't be able to connect to them again until the encryption key is re-entered.
 

My Computer

OS
Windows 7 & 8 64-bit, Mac OSX 10.8.2
So, if the computer is used elsewhere, it won't inlcude my two network items in the list? Isn't the encryption key specific to the router, not the computer? I uninstalled the Cisco router.
 

My Computer

OS
Win 7 Home Premium and Win XP/SP3 Home 32 bit (desktop); Win 7 x64 Home Premium (laptop)
CPU
AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition (unlocked)
Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-MA790X-UD4P (rev. 1.0) - version F9 BIOS
Memory
6 GB
Graphics Card(s)
XFX Radeon HD 5670
Monitor(s) Displays
Dell U2412M
Hard Drives
Corsair Force 3 SSD 60 GB
Seagate ST31000528AS - 1T
WD7500AAKS - 750GB
WD1600JBRTL - 160 GB
PSU
Corsair VX450
Case
Cooler Master
Cooling
front/back fans, CPU/PSU stock
So, if the computer is used elsewhere, it won't inlcude my two network items in the list?
That's correct. It will list all "Available Wireless Networks" in whichever area it's in.
Isn't the encryption key specific to the router, not the computer?
Yes it is, but every Wireless Network Adapter (computer) that wants to connect to the router has to enter its (the router's) encryption key before access is possible.
 

My Computer

OS
Windows 7 & 8 64-bit, Mac OSX 10.8.2
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