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In XP, in Control Panel > Network, (I have DSL) it lists LAN and 1394 Adapter. I've read that the 1394 here has nothing to do with the LAN at all. It has to do with Firewire (1394) devices like video cameras.
By the way, today when we booted, there were briefly TWO network icons in the system tray! But then it went back to one, which is normal. I didn't even have time to hover over them to see a tooltip. It's only happened once in all these weeks. The thing is working normally.
The Lan is the only network device that is checked to show the network icon in the tray.
I've noticed that Windows system tray icons don't always behave the same way, especially when you start up.
Highly recommend you move up to Windows 7. XP is deprecated and while it may "work", 7 is so much better and offers better support for about everything, including networking. Recommend a full reinstall over an upgrade, because even if you do an upgrade, which is not recommended, you lose all of your installed software, but keep your data. You don't want to incur any possibility of "bit rot" -- junk registry entries and other detritus that builds up over time in Windows systems. A virgin install is always the best way to go. If your computer is capable of running Windows 7, I would do it. You can run the Windows Upgrade Advisor, a free tool, to see if your computer is capable of running 7.
By the way, today when we booted, there were briefly TWO network icons in the system tray! But then it went back to one, which is normal. I didn't even have time to hover over them to see a tooltip. It's only happened once in all these weeks. The thing is working normally.
The Lan is the only network device that is checked to show the network icon in the tray.
I've noticed that Windows system tray icons don't always behave the same way, especially when you start up.
The thing is working normally.
The problem is?
If XP is working don't move to 7 unless you have a reason to. Just doing it for the sake of doing it is not a good reason.
Highly recommend you move up to Windows 7. XP is deprecated and while it may "work", 7 is so much better and offers better support for about everything
Windows XP is going to be supported until April, 2014. The XP UI is much faster than Win7, even with all the eye candy in 7 turned off. Win7 is a resource hog, plain and simple.
There are also compatibility issues - not everything will run on 7, and if you need an app that won't run on 7, then you need that app. Don't even mention "XP mode" - it's a joke. Sure, most things may run under it, but the performance hit is insane.
If Win7 was so great, then businesses would have determined that it would be worth the money to upgrade their XP machines, but they haven't.
In other words, if it ain't broke, don't fix it. XP will be supported for almost three more years - there's no reason to suggest that the OP move to Win7, especially considering that they're not even having an actual problem with it...
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