No Local Area Network Connection Showing?

[paulyjames]

I had lot of problems with my laptop earlier when my wired connection didn't work at all... wifi did. However yesterday i got the wired connection to work. I use an ethernet cable very long one to connect to router.

Today i cannot connect wired. Not only that, i went to local area network and i dont even see local area connection icon. All i see is the wifi connection.

Does anyone know how i can fix this issue?

 

[paulyjames]

Im checking out other threads i found online and someone mentioned to check to see if its disabled under BIOs and that person said yes that fixed the issue. Can someone tell me how to do this if this might be the reason?

 

[paulyjames]

Okay this is very strange. I just decided to use spybot search and destroy then restarted laptop.

Then used microsoft security essentials to do a quick scan. Essentials showed my computer was at risk did show a trojan.

After that however, i went back to network settings and i see local area connection. I went and disconnected my wifi... and now i see the computer with the wired connection.

I assume this has something to do with spybot or microsoft security essentials then? I had did a restart of my computer earlier... but still no Local Area Connection. It was just after i did this... that the lan showed up...