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)?