Re: Unknown Folder in Network Places

From: Colin Nash [MVP] (x_at_x)
Date: 06/20/04 

Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2004 22:51:50 -0400

Neither of those things are things to worry about.

The Internet Gatway icon was probably just showing you your connection to
your router-- some models are detected by Windows and displayed in that way.

The ftp.microsoft.com icon was just a shortcut to one of Microsoft's
servers. I guess you had connected to it recently for some reason: it's
just putting an icon there to make it easy for you to find it again. When
you clicked on it, you were connecting to that server and viewing the
information that was available on it. (It's all public info.)

This is just the normal way that the "My Network Places" area works: it
shows you links to resources on your network or other resources that you
have recently used. 

-- 
Colin Nash
Microsoft MVP
Windows Printing/Imaging/Hardware
"DeeAitch" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:1f08001c4566a$e9166e60$a001280a@phx.gbl...
>I have found 2 unknown folders in Network Places on
> Windows XP while going in to troubleshoot a slow
> connection (Local Area Connection)
>
> The first one I found was called Internet Gateway. When I
> double-clicked it to view send/receive it was active and
> in its 39th day!!! I could not delete it or remove it by
> any means. I shut down the computer and pulled the DSL
> cable and the next day this mysterious icon was gone.
>
> After downloading extensive security patches today -
> which was odd, because I thought I was up to date - and
> restarting my computer, I found another unknown
> folder/icon in Network Places: ftp.microsoft.com. This
> folder contained many sub folders including ReadMe's and
> one called DevCast and was talking in references to
> microsoft release information from 1994 and 1995.
>
> There was an e mail address in one of the ReadMe's which
> was ftp@microsoft.com. I sent them - "it" - an e mail
> asking for clarification. This was 30 minutes ago, so I
> assume it won't be kicked back, but WHAT IS THIS STUFF?
>
> Does anyone out there have an idea for me? I believe I
> have more than adequate protection on this computer but
> hings are happeneing that are weird. Thanks in advance.
>
> DeeAitch

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