Connections not showing in Network and Sharing Center

[AdamPC]

Hi,

So for a little background I think this started when I connected my PC to my laptop with an Ethernet cable to attempt to use my laptop as a network adapter because my PC adapter wasn't working (fixed now). Anyway ever since then something has obviously messed up and now in the Network and Sharing Center it no longer shows anything next to "Connections", also in the task tray the icon for my internet has changed to this (see picture below), it still connects to the internet fine but for some reason shows that icon. I'd really appreciate any help I could get as I keep running into problems which I can't solve because of this.

Thanks, Adam.

 

[chev65]

That red X indicates that you have an Ethernet adaptor that isn't plugged in. If you don't need that connection then you can disable the Ethernet connection in Device Manager, reboot the machine after disabling and check to see that the red X is gone.

 

[AdamPC]

Thanks for the reply, I tried disabling "Realtek PCIe Family Controller" and restarted my machine however nothing has changed, any other suggestions?

 

[chev65]

Thanks for the reply, I tried disabling "Realtek PCIe Family Controller" and restarted my machine however nothing has changed, any other suggestions?

Maybe if you can show me the missing connection stuff you were referring too.

 

[AdamPC]

You see next to "Connections" there is nothing there, as opposed to my laptop which says "Wireless Network Connection (home)" and you can then click that which takes you to the Wireless Network Connection Status so you can look at your properties and what not.

 

[AdamPC]

Screen shot

Heres the picture in case it didn't show in the last reply as it didn't on my screen.

 

[chev65]

Yes I see the problem now. I'm not sure what caused this but try saving the file below, unzip and run the file, your machine will reboot automatically. This will reset everything related to winsock and the network stack.

After the automatic reboot please post a screen shot of your ipconfig/all from this machine.

 

[AdamPC]

Hi, thanks for the reply, I ran the IPResetALL program, here is a screenshot with the info from ipconfig/all .

 

[chev65]

Hi, thanks for the reply, I ran the IPResetALL program, here is a screenshot with the info from ipconfig/all .

Everything looks good with the ipconfig.

Someone else had a similar problem the other day with the red X showing up for no apparent reason, in his case it went away after disabling the Ethernet connection and several reboots.

If you can get a screen shot of Device Manager with network adaptors expanded and with the View Tab choose "show hidden devices" it may help me to stop what is causing this problem.

 

[AdamPC]

Yeah I know it's a real annoying issue and not a very common one either so it's bugging me, here is my device manager, not sure if you wanted to see more of the plug and play stuff, I can screenshot the rest if you like, thanks.

 

[chev65]

Is the easy tether network adaptor the one you disabled earlier?

McAfee is so problematic that I might even suspect it was caused by something it installed.

 

[AdamPC]

No I've had the easy tether one disabled for a while, it was the Realtek one which I disabled earlier. Yeah tell me about it, I've had many problems with McAfee in the past however this problem came along when connecting an Ethernet cable so it's like for some reason its stuck, beginning to think there is no fix, don't want to do an os reinstall.

 

[chev65]

No I've had the easy tether one disabled for a while, it was the Realtek one which I disabled earlier. Yeah tell me about it, I've had many problems with McAfee in the past however this problem came along when connecting an Ethernet cable so it's like for some reason its stuck, beginning to think there is no fix, don't want to do an os reinstall.

I would try uninstalling those network adaptors and reboot the machine and see if it changes anything.

 

[AdamPC]

Just to be sure, do you mean all that appears under Network adapters or just the ones that aren't hidden?

 

[chev65]

Just to be sure, do you mean all that appears under Network adapters or just the ones that aren't hidden?

Just the Realtek and the Easy tether. After that, unplug the machine, push the off button. Leave off for a minute then plug back in and reboot.