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A free utility: NetWorx from SoftPerfect . . .
I know that cross-posting is frowned upon and I don't usually do it; however, since this thread is about great free software and the other is complaining about the disappearance of functionality of the network system tray icon, I'll make an exception. If I'm out of line, please tell me and I won't do it again.
Check out NetWorx from http://www.softperfect.com/products/networx/. It's not exactly a replacement for the XP network activity icon; but it serves almost the same function and gives a lot of additional information as well. There are lots of configuration settings. Seems to work perfectly with Win 7 x64 (both 7000 and 7077). I have it monitoring all ethernet activity and set the graph to display as the system system tray icon. I also changed the colors to green for iincoming, red for outgoing and yellow for both. That way, should the icon suddenly start displaying a lot of red when I'm not sending data, I'll know something is wrong.