Unable to disable connection
 

Up until this morning I was able to right click on the local area connection in the control panel/network connection and disable it.
Then I started getting this pop-up box:
" It is not possible to disable the connection at this time.This connection may be using one or more protocols that do not support Plug-and-Play, or it may have been initiated by another user or the system account. "
Does anybody know what this is and how can I get rid of it?
What have I done wrong?:confused:

Re: Unable to disable connection
 

Have you got a firewall running which may be interfering with it?

Re: Unable to disable connection
 

Yeah, I got Sygate personal firewall. But it was on before and I was able to disable without any probs. Anyway, I just disabled it and tried to disconnect again but I stil got the same message.

Re: Unable to disable connection
 

Pull the wire out... ;)

Re: Unable to disable connection
 

You're not using a router by any chance?

Re: Unable to disable connection
 

Why do you want to disable it?

Re: Unable to disable connection
 

Which wire? The coax or the power or the ethernet cable? And then what?:dozey:

Re: Unable to disable connection
 

As I said here: http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/sh...ad.php?t=31312

Don't disconnect the coax.

Also, why bother disabling the connection? There's no need.

(& no need to unplug the modem either).

Re: Unable to disable connection
 

The ethernet cable....that way your computer is no longer connected to the net.....accomplishes the same thing as disabling the adaptor.....

Re: Unable to disable connection
 

The ethernet cable will stop your PC connecting- but I was being sarcastic! Doesn't solve the underlying problem...

Re: Unable to disable connection
 

I pull the connection when my son hogs the it. ;)

Re: Unable to disable connection
 

I got it;)

I've tried googling but nothing. Can any of you guys figure it out?

Re: Unable to disable connection
 

It sounds (and reads from what I've found on the internet) like something else is hogging the connection.

Prime candidates are usually P2P programs, Firewalls, AV programs, other users, your router (exceptionally).

Do you get the same symptoms if you try to do it from safe mode?

If you don't then it is likely to be one of the programs that runs when you first start your PC.

Re: Unable to disable connection
 

Is there more than one user account?

have you tried to repair the local area netrwork?

Re: Unable to disable connection
 

Also, it's probably worth asking yourself what has changed over night:

Did you install any new software yesterday?
Have any of your programs performed an auto update (either last night or this morning)?

Re: Unable to disable connection
 

If there is more than one account uisingt he pc try making sure teh others are logged off

Re: Unable to disable connection
 

Nope, can't do repair." Action cannot be completed: Renewing your IP address."
What does that mean?
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Nope only me on the pc

Re: Unable to disable connection
 

Re: Unable to disable connection
 

The reason I asked was this
http://www.mytechsupport.ca/support/...?TOPIC_ID=5292
where Sygate had fouled up and was causing the problem. Can you uninstall Sygate to check if it resolves the problem?

Re: Unable to disable connection
 

Thanks guys, again, but I did the cowardly thing and did a ghost restore. Lucky for me I did a full back up last week so i haven't lost much. I did have to re-install all the BB as I only joined in Friday. But that was no problem, this time. I can now right click and disable from the control panel.

I now notice that NTL email is out. Some sort of maintenance. I will have to wait until the morning to test my outlook express.
Thx again.
Great forum :D