"Char Jackson" <none@none.invalid> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 3 Feb 2010 17:25:01 -0000, "Grenou"
> <Iamhere@someofthetime.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>"Char Jackson" <none@none.invalid> wrote in message
>>news:63bjm5l2o33m109dpehibh1t9hr6osli6j@4ax.com...
>>> On Wed, 3 Feb 2010 10:02:20 -0000, "Grenou"
>>> <Iamhere@someofthetime.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>><Jeff@couldbeinvalid.com> wrote in message
>>>>news:8G1an.21148$Fe4.5568@newsfe21.iad...
>>>>> Hi
>>>>>
>>>>> In XP when I right clicked on the taskbar's internet connection icon
>>>>> there
>>>>> was an option to "repair" the connection. This essentially
>>>>> disconnected,
>>>>> flushed the various caches, and then reconnected.
>>>>>
>>>>> This option is not available in my W 7 taskbar. Is there a way to
>>>>> bring
>>>>> it back?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks, Jeff
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Right-click on the Connection icon>select Troubleshoot Problems.
>>>>The process takes much longer in Windows 7 than the equivalent Repair
>>>>did
>>>>in
>>>>XP. Not an improvement at all.
>>>
>>> It probably got buried because they figured it was rarely used. Case
>>> in point, I've been using XP since it came out and have never needed
>>> to use the Repair function. (All of the IP info is statically
>>> configured throughout my home network.)
>>>
>>
>>On my previous computer, I used it quite a bit.
>>So I am very familiar with it
>
> Just curious, what problem were you using it to solve? Did you have
> some failing hardware, for example?
>
My previous computer was a little temperamental. ..
The router is in my husband's office.
I mostly use the desktop computer and the laptop was next to it, ready to
use when the desktop decided not to work, but not switched on all the time,
thank goodness.
Both using XP.
The connection would fail on the desktop, but not on the laptop.
The desktop had a dongle attached (same one I use now) and the laptop has
everything built-in.
I am sure there is an explanation, but we never discovered what it was!
Grenou