Internet connection disabled

Windows XP home
The internet connection shows disable even though after right click to
select enable. The Status is grey out. I can access to internet and other
computers. How to make the internet connection shows enable so that the
Status can be accessed?

On Aug 19, 5:53*pm, kenlo <ke...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> Windows XP home
> The internet connection shows disable even though after right click to
> select enable. *The Status is grey out. *I can access to internet andother
> computers. *How to make the internet connection shows enable so that the
> Status can be accessed?

Do you means the Internet Connection icon that shows up in the System
tray? This is an icon that is "generated" from the UPNP "service"
from the router and does not seem to be important. You can access the
router's configuration web pages and turn off the UPNP service. UPNP
service was originally recommended to be turned off.

This is not the icon from the system tray. This is the icon opened from My
network connection where it is supposed to show the internet connection and
the LAN.

"smlunatick" wrote:

> On Aug 19, 5:53 pm, kenlo <ke...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> > Windows XP home
> > The internet connection shows disable even though after right click to
> > select enable. The Status is grey out. I can access to internet and other
> > computers. How to make the internet connection shows enable so that the
> > Status can be accessed?
>
> Do you means the Internet Connection icon that shows up in the System
> tray? This is an icon that is "generated" from the UPNP "service"
> from the router and does not seem to be important. You can access the
> router's configuration web pages and turn off the UPNP service. UPNP
> service was originally recommended to be turned off.
>

On Aug 19, 7:22*pm, kenlo <ke...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> This is not the icon from the system tray. *This is the icon opened from My
> network connection where it is supposed to show the internet connection and
> the LAN.
>
> "smlunatick" wrote:
> > On Aug 19, 5:53 pm, kenlo <ke...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> > > Windows XP home
> > > The internet connection shows disable even though after right click to
> > > select enable. *The Status is grey out. *I can access to internetand other
> > > computers. *How to make the internet connection shows enable so that the
> > > Status can be accessed?
>
> > Do you means the Internet Connection icon that shows up in the System
> > tray? * This is an icon that is "generated" from the UPNP "service"
> > from the router and does not seem to be important. *You can access the
> > router's configuration web pages and turn off the UPNP service. *UPNP
> > service was originally recommended to be turned off.

This icon is also coming from the UPNP feature from the router. I
disabled it on mine since I never got it to work correctly.