How can I get my Local Area Connection icon on the system tray to not be present until I connect a cable to it?

I am not referring to the property which allows you to hide inactive icons. Also, I know I can disable the Local Area Connection and it will disappear from the system tray. But is there a setting which will allow it to appear only when a cable is plugged into the Ethernet port?

Within the Local Area Connection Properties, there is a box called "Show icon in notification area when connected. " One would think that if this box is unchecked, the icon would be disabled from appearing on the system tray. Even if the box was checked, and the device was not being used ("when connected"), you would think the icon would still not be present.

(When I uncheck the box for my 1394 connection Windows immediately removes the icon from the system tray). The box remains on the system tray no matter what state the check box is in, and no matter if a cable is plugged in or not. Does anyone know how to get the icon to only appear when the device is being used, IE a cable is inserted besides disabling Asked by dwdrums 46 months ago Similar questions: Local Area Connection icon system tray present connect cable Computers > Software.

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You'll have to edit your registry to do this Unfortunately this isn't a supported function in Windows...no idea why. But Microsoft has given instructions on how to edit your registry to allow you to do this. I recommend backing up the registry before making these changes: Start -> Run -> Regedit 1.

Start Registry Editor. 2. Locate the following registry subkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters 3.

Add the following registry entry to the Parameters subkey: Name: DisableDHCPMediaSense Data type: REG_DWORD (Boolean) Value: 1 Sources: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=239924 .

1 andersc7, regarding your answer "You'll have to edit your registry to do this":I tried creating that registry key as suggested and my computers been acting very strange ever since. I rebooted after creating the key, and my system froze right after I logged into Windows. After restarting, my computer was hung at the BIOS splash screen that appears.

I shut it off for 30 seconds and tried again, same problem. Next I reset my CMOS. I was able to boot back up but before Windows loaded I got a CMOS checksum error and had to press F1 to continue.

I was able to log back into Windows but I couldn't restore my Registry from the backup as it said it cannot import. I deleted the key I added and rebooted. I'm still getting the checksum error now.

I don't see why all this would happen just because I added a registry key. The thing that scares me is the whole not being able to even post at first. Any idea what happened?

Andersc7, regarding your answer "You'll have to edit your registry to do this":I tried creating that registry key as suggested and my computers been acting very strange ever since. I rebooted after creating the key, and my system froze right after I logged into Windows. After restarting, my computer was hung at the BIOS splash screen that appears.

I shut it off for 30 seconds and tried again, same problem. Next I reset my CMOS. I was able to boot back up but before Windows loaded I got a CMOS checksum error and had to press F1 to continue.

I was able to log back into Windows but I couldn't restore my Registry from the backup as it said it cannot import. I deleted the key I added and rebooted. I'm still getting the checksum error now.

I don't see why all this would happen just because I added a registry key. The thing that scares me is the whole not being able to even post at first. Any idea what happened?

2 Another strange thing is when I restart windows, it doesn't restart, it just shuts down and the power remains on. I'm forced to reset CMOS every time I restart.

Another strange thing is when I restart windows, it doesn't restart, it just shuts down and the power remains on. I'm forced to reset CMOS every time I restart.

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