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There is an icon on the taskbar that shows when you are connected to external power; on my machine that icon has a red x in it and now serves the same function as the network icon, clicking on it opens the network connection screen. My network adapters show that they are working properly and...

There is no network icon on the taskbar, the icon shown with the red cross is the power plug-in icon but when you click on it the Wireless Connection box pops up. I feel that the taskbar corruption and my inability to access files and certain emails are all of a piece and something has altered...

I don't have a problem connecting but with the indications on my toolbar. Somehow the toolbar has been altered and corrupted. My bigger concern is the inability to open files and certain emails.

I downloaded and ran procman and attempted to follow your cryptic instructions. A few questions: How do I find the operations I am interested in given the mass of info generated. Also I tried to access all of the files that appear after clicking on the Start button and than stopped procman from...

Will give it a try. As stated in my original post, I am connected to the internet but have error indications in the tool bar that show a problem. Any thoughts in re my file access problem?

Ran as admin.

Disregard my last. Here is the file.

Unzipped and ran the .bat file, something flashed briefly on my screen and disappeared. Did a search for the network txt file mentioned but then got the diagnostic error message noted in my post: Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file. Etc. Couldn't find the txt file in my...

As stated I am connected now but Windows doesn't seem to know it. I also connect with an android phone, an ipad, and a PC laptop.

In lower rh corner the internet connection icon has been replaced by small square with red 'x' in it and a plug that looks like the power icon, placing the arrow on it brings up a box saying 'not connected-connections are available'. Clicking on the icon brings up the connection screen that says...

Gavin: Thanks for the article. The good news is that hitting the reset button eliminated the annoying "Stopped working" error box; the bad news is that IE still didn't open, just a white page with a little blue rotating circle. I guess that could be labeled as progress.

when I attempt to open IE I get the box stating "Internet Explorer has stopped working" and the following problem details: Problem signature: Problem Event Name: APPCRASH Application Name: iexplore.exe Application Version: 11.0.9600.17126 Application Timestamp: 53882d40 Fault...