Jon wrote:
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> "Pipboy" <no@email.invalid> wrote in message
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>> OK, what's Microsoft's game here? In XP I could easily disable/enable my
>> internet connection by using the system tray icon to disable the
>> connection
>> and by putting a shortcut to the connection on my quick launch bar I
>> could
>> quickly enable it again. Apart from the fact it takes my hardware five
>> minutes to get an internet connection in Vista after first booting up,
>> where is my simple method to enable/disable the connection go? The icon
>> Microsoft put there now has no option to disable the connection. Yes, I
>> could use the long method and go to device manager and disaable the
>> network
>> card but it worked perfectly in XP the other way. The only logical
>> reason
>> I can see for Microsoft doing away with this method is because they don't
>> want us to easily disable our connection so they can keep us updated all
>> the time. I don't need those features though and want a quaick and easy
>> method to disable/enable my connection as I please. By chance is there a
>> new method to do this in Vista?
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> Can disconnect easily via systray here.
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> Right-click systray network icon > Disconnect from > <name of connection>
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> Mind you that's with a direct usb connection. When I'm connected via
> network that's not available.
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When I'm connected via network that _is_ available.
Roy