Re: Unknown Folder in Network Places

From: DeeAitch (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 06/20/04 

Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2004 20:24:12 -0700

Thanks for the quick response. I know who you are from a
help page that I discovered, which included yourself and
other MVP's, while researching this unusual file.

The 39 day duration thing in the properties of the
Internet Gateway icon, and the fact that I couldn't
delete it, really throws me. I reiterate, there were 2
connections running at the same time. One, my normal
connection (LAN) icon and this "other" one. I have
checked all my XP systems at work for this and none of
them displays an icon like I've described.

I checked with D-Link and they said aboslutely: NO icons
in Network settings from their product. The same with
SBC/DSL service - "you should only see your Local Area
Network Connection icon (realTech, enabled, Firewall etc)
in the View Network Connections folder" Hmmm . . .

The microsoft one seems odd to me but I was checking the
compatibility info on MS.com the other night because of a
scary install of an Audigy sound card which has turned my
computer into a mess of RUN.dll errors and crashes over
the last 7 days. That's a nightmare issue by itself and,
one which I need some other help with . . .

Anyway, thanks for the reply. I will defer to your
experience. Still doesn't seem right to me.

DeeAitch

>-----Original Message-----
>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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