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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span>Solution: </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span>two possible solutions</span></span><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span>A) To resolve this problem, uninstall the ghosted network adapter from the registry: </span></span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span>1. Click Start, click Run, type cmd.exe, and then press ENTER. </span></span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span>2. Type set devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices=1, and then press ENTER. </span></span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span>3. Type Start DEVMGMT.MSC, and then press ENTER. </span></span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span>4. Click View, and then click Show Hidden Devices. </span></span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span>5. Expand the Network Adapters tree. </span></span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span>6. Right-click the dimmed network adapter, and then click Uninstall</span></span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span>B)</span></span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span> </span></span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span>The DevCon utility is a command-line utility that acts as an alternative to Device Manager. When you use DevCon, you can enable, disable, restart, update, remove, and query individual devices or groups of devices. To use DevCon, follow these steps:1. Download the DevCon tool by clicking the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: </span></span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span>311272 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/311272/) The DevCon command-line utility functions as an alternative to Device Manager ; </span></span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span>2. Unpack the 32-bit or 64-bit DevCon tool binary to a local folder. ; </span></span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span>3. Click Start, click Run, then type cmd and press ENTER. ; </span></span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span>4. Type CD:path_to_binaries to navigate to the devcon.exe is located. </span></span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span>5. Use the following syntax to find installed network adapters: </span></span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span>devcon findall =net or </span></span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span>devcon listclass net </span></span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span>Note In the output of the previous commands, there is a line for the ghosted network adapter that is similar to the following: </span></span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span>PCIVEN_10B7&;DEV_9200&;SUBSYS_00D81028&;REV_784&;19FD8D60&;0&;58F0: 3Com 3C920 Integrated Fast Ethernet Controller (3C905C-TX Compatible) ; </span></span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span>6. Remove the ghosted device by typing the following syntax: </span></span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span>devcon -r remove &#8220;@PCIVEN_10B7&;DEV_9200&;SUBSYS_00D81028&;REV_784&;19FD8D60&;0&;58F0&#8221;</span></span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span>Error Message:</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span> </span></span><b><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span>No or Limited Conectivity, Network Connection Message</span></span></b><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span>Solution: </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span>caused by</span></span><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span>Bad DNS or TCP/IP Stack</span></span><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span>A)type &#8220;netsh winsock reset&#8221; in command prompt, which will flush the TCP/IP stack, Reboot system</span></span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span>B)Download and Run (KB884020) Patch from Microsoft, Fix Registry and Reboot System ; ; ; ; [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesIPSec]</span></span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span>&#8220;AssumeUDPEncapsulationContextOnSendRule&#8221;=dword:00000002</span></span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span>Error:</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span> </span></span><b><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span>Compile error in hidden module: AutoExec ,Compile error in hidden module: AutoExecNew </span></span></b><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span>Compile error in hidden module: DistMon</span></span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span>Solution:</span></span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span>A)Open Tool->;Option->;Addins from Word/Excel Menu, uncheck and Write down unfamilier ; or pdf maker addins, Close application, Open C:DocumentandSettings</span></span><username><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span> ApplicationDatStartup for Word and .XlStart for Excel ::Remove files</span></span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></username></div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span>B)</span></span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span> </span></span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span>Open VBA-Editor of any app that&#8217;s causing the error (Press Alt + F11), At the project-explorer (Ctrl + R).Check all projects that are listed there, whether some have a module with an AutoExceNew-Sub. If u cant open that project , check out and Remove</span></span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span>Open Explorer and go to the Windowsinf folder. Locate the srchasst.inf file. Right click it and select Install. You&#8217;ll need your XP CD or the files from the i386 folder. (This fix will require you to have your Win XP CD). </span></span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span>The Windowsinf folder is a hidden folder. You can adjust your Explorer Folder Options (View tab) to Show hidden files and folders. You can also click Start, Run and enter %SystemRoot%inf to open directly to the inf folder</span></span><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span>.</span></span></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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