"Acquiring network address" icon displayed forever

[Guest Andrey Tarasevich]

Hello

 

(This issue has been widely reported for a while already, but I don't

seem to be able to find any real solution.)

 

There's what appears to be a user-interface-level glitch in Windows XP.

When the computer goes out of standby mode, it reacquires its the

network connections, both wireless and Ethernet. The connections get

reacquired successfully, but the animated "Acquiring network address"

icons remain in the tray bar forever. The only way to get rid of them is

to open the "Network Connections" window and do a "Refresh", which makes

the icons disappear.

 

Is there any way to get rid of those annoying animated icons without

jumping through all these hoops with opening the "Network Connections" etc.?

 

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Best regards,

Andrey Tarasevich

[Guest Kelly]

Re: "Acquiring network address" icon displayed forever

 

See if this helps:

 

Disable Tool Tips - Start/Run/Regedit

 

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced.

Modify or create, "ShowInfoTip" and set the Value to 0. To restore set the

Value to 1. This edit excludes the Start Button.

 

Disable Balloon Tips - Start/Run/Regedit

 

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced.

Modify or create, "EnableBalloonTips" and set the Value to 0. To restore set

the Value to 1.

 

Customize Windows XP

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_reg_edits.htm

~~~

 

Show Pop-up Descriptions for Explorer and Desktop Items

 

This setting controls whether pop-up tool tip information and descriptions

are shown when the mouse is hovered over desktop and explorer items. This

edit excludes the Start Button.

 

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\

Advanced

 

Create a new DWORD value, or modify the existing value, called 'ShowInfoTip'

and edit the value according to (0 = Disabled, 1 = Show Tool Tips).

 

 

Exit your registry, you may need to restart or log out of Windows for the

change to take effect.

 

 

 

 

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All the Best,

Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP)

 

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"Andrey Tarasevich" <andreytarasevich@hotmail.com> wrote in message

news:g4dv1s$qph$1@aioe.org...

> Hello

>

> (This issue has been widely reported for a while already, but I don't seem

> to be able to find any real solution.)

>

> There's what appears to be a user-interface-level glitch in Windows XP.

> When the computer goes out of standby mode, it reacquires its the network

> connections, both wireless and Ethernet. The connections get reacquired

> successfully, but the animated "Acquiring network address" icons remain in

> the tray bar forever. The only way to get rid of them is to open the

> "Network Connections" window and do a "Refresh", which makes the icons

> disappear.

>

> Is there any way to get rid of those annoying animated icons without

> jumping through all these hoops with opening the "Network Connections"

> etc.?

>

> --

> Best regards,

> Andrey Tarasevich

[Guest Andrey Tarasevich]

Re: "Acquiring network address" icon displayed forever

 

Kelly wrote:

> See if this helps:

>

> Disable Tool Tips - Start/Run/Regedit

>

> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced.

> Modify or create, "ShowInfoTip" and set the Value to 0. To restore set

> the Value to 1. This edit excludes the Start Button.

>

> Disable Balloon Tips - Start/Run/Regedit

>

> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced.

> Modify or create, "EnableBalloonTips" and set the Value to 0. To restore

> set the Value to 1.

>

> Customize Windows XP

> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_reg_edits.htm

> ~~~

>

 

No, unfortunately, it doesn't change anything with regard to the

original problem.