Unable to disable connection

mexicano · 04-07-2005, 21:04

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?

Paul K · 04-07-2005, 21:11

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

mexicano · 04-07-2005, 21:17

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Originally Posted by Paul

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

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.

nffc · 04-07-2005, 21:17

Pull the wire out...

Raistlin · 04-07-2005, 21:20

You're not using a router by any chance?

Tezcatlipoca · 04-07-2005, 21:20

Why do you want to disable it?

mexicano · 04-07-2005, 21:21

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Originally Posted by nffc

Pull the wire out...

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

Tezcatlipoca · 04-07-2005, 21:23

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).

Raistlin · 04-07-2005, 21:23

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

nffc · 04-07-2005, 21:24

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Originally Posted by mexicano

Quote:

Originally Posted by nffc

Pull the wire out...

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

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

Roy MM · 04-07-2005, 21:29

I pull the connection when my son hogs the it.

mexicano · 04-07-2005, 21:39

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Originally Posted by nffc

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

I got it

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

Raistlin · 04-07-2005, 21:41

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.

Florence · 04-07-2005, 21:42

Quote:

Originally Posted by mexicano

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?

Is there more than one user account?

have you tried to repair the local area netrwork?

Raistlin · 04-07-2005, 21:42

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)?