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Help Please.

I keep getting a pop up saying some thing like "a local area network cable is unplugged".whats all that about?!I`m not on a network just a stand alone pc on aol 8mb broad band.could anyone advise please?
A shadowy flight into the dangerous world of a man who does not exist.

A young loner on a crusade to champion the cause of the innocent,
the helpless, the powerless, in a world of criminals who operate above the law.

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  • wonderfullife_2
    wonderfullife_2 Posts: 1,126 Forumite
    Hi
    How do you connect to broadband? Do you have a modem/router.
    All the message is saying is that you have an ethernet network card, and its not being used. If you go into Control Panel, System, Device Manager and look down until you see "Network Adapter" and you should have a card listed there.
    If you don't use your network card, you can disable it in the BIOS.
    Its nothing to worry about.
  • lee634
    lee634 Posts: 1,030 Forumite
    I wouldn't disable it in the bios
    just go to network connections from either the start button or control panel
    find the Local Area Connection right click and disable from there
    that way you won't forget if it were disabled in the bios
  • ajbrynoffa
    ajbrynoffa Posts: 418 Forumite
    Hi thanks for your help.i just use an adsl modem to connect so i`ll try and disable the LAN connection.thanks again.
    A shadowy flight into the dangerous world of a man who does not exist.

    A young loner on a crusade to champion the cause of the innocent,
    the helpless, the powerless, in a world of criminals who operate above the law.
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