corona2172
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Hi guys,
Today I went out and purchased a brand new modem and router. I set it all up no problem, and I gave the router (dual band) networks the same names as the old ones. However, they had a "2" behind them. Ie - "Network name 2" . This wasn't a huge problem, as it showed up correctly in the network viewing area, etc. However, it only showed up when I moused over the internet symbol in the bottom right of the task bar. Being slightly OCD, I decided to change it (even if the network names showed fine everywhere else). I used the information from this link -- windows 8 - Remove the extra number after the name of Ethernet connection - Super User
The steps I followed are those below:
Sooooo.... I deleted the registry keys for all the networks with my network's names. (so both of them). The problem is that now when I mouse over the internet symbol, it either says "Identifying...no internet access" or similar. The funny thing is that I am actually connected. If I click the symbol to bring up networks, I can see that I am connected to one of my two named networks just fine...
So please, someone help my poor OCD. I hate seeing "identifying" constantly, etc. I tried system restore but it keeps failing when it reaches the restore registry point. I dislike seeing that I don't have internet access when I actually do. Can anyone help me?
Today I went out and purchased a brand new modem and router. I set it all up no problem, and I gave the router (dual band) networks the same names as the old ones. However, they had a "2" behind them. Ie - "Network name 2" . This wasn't a huge problem, as it showed up correctly in the network viewing area, etc. However, it only showed up when I moused over the internet symbol in the bottom right of the task bar. Being slightly OCD, I decided to change it (even if the network names showed fine everywhere else). I used the information from this link -- windows 8 - Remove the extra number after the name of Ethernet connection - Super User
The steps I followed are those below:
3down voteaccepted | "I've finally solved this problem by deleting network profiles from regedit. Source: Windows 8 Rename Network - Internet, Network & Security - Neowin Forums The network profiles are stored under: HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\NetworkList\Profiles\
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Sooooo.... I deleted the registry keys for all the networks with my network's names. (so both of them). The problem is that now when I mouse over the internet symbol, it either says "Identifying...no internet access" or similar. The funny thing is that I am actually connected. If I click the symbol to bring up networks, I can see that I am connected to one of my two named networks just fine...
So please, someone help my poor OCD. I hate seeing "identifying" constantly, etc. I tried system restore but it keeps failing when it reaches the restore registry point. I dislike seeing that I don't have internet access when I actually do. Can anyone help me?
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