Re: Unknown Folder in Network Places

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

Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2004 14:44:02 -0700

Thanks Colin,

I don't know . . . I read, or rather, stepped slowly
through, the article about UPnP and IGD's but, I still
think my situation is different. My D-Link router is not
wireless - it's a hard-wired set up: DSL service into the
speedstream modem, into the D-Link router, connection
from my computer to the router and from the router to the
computer upstairs.

The connection is always on and there is no change in
status. If I turn off the modem or the router, or pull
the plug, When I turn it back on does Windows recognize
the connection with an IGD icon? No. I just tried this
last night and again today.

As I said, I've never seen this icon before, nor have I
since. Also, there were no controls available for this
connection - it was just there; unmoveable and
unchangeable.

Anyway, I really appreciate your taking the time to send
me this article. Now, I have to figure out why every time
I reboot the computer Windows tells me a serious error
just occured but the computer did not hang or shut down.
Ghosts in the machine? Thanks again.

Dave Hill

>-----Original Message-----
>Here's the info about the automatic detection
of "Internet Gateway" devices.
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>http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=821371
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>"DeeAitch" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
in message
>news:1f0b201c45676$0ec09bd0$a001280a@phx.gbl...
>> 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
>>
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>>
>> >-----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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