[fyrffytr1]

I didn't want to hijack 78savette's thread but I read something in it about the two monitor icon with the red x and I have that on my computer.
When I put the mouse on it it says"Local Area Connection. A network cable is unplugged"
I don't think I have a network. I only have one computer. How do I get rid of this?

[bastard]

It sounds like you just want to get rid of the icon and you are able to get online. If so, read on.
If not, and you need help with the actual network being disconnected, or are unable to access the internet, please clarify.

The area at the right of the taskbar is called the notification area.

To hide icons in the notification area:
Right click on an empty spot on the task bar (the bar across the bottom) >
select "properties" in the drop menu.

I believe you use Vista?
Select the "notification area" tab > check the box next to "hide inactive icons" > next to that click on the "customize" button > there you can set the default action for each icon individually.
Personally, the only things I like to see down there are the clock and the volume control, everything else I set to always hide. That way they will still be there if you click on the "<" to the left of the notification area.

For XP it is the same thing, only different.

[fyrffytr1]

Thanks, I am running Windows XP but the info still helped.
I am not very computer literate so what is a LAN.

[bastard]

LAN = Local Area Network.

Way back when dial-up was the way most computers connected to the internet(if at all), the ethernet connection was mainly used between computers (called ad-hoc) within the same office or the same building. Wireless (WI-FI) wasn't in common use at the time either, so the ethernet connection was therefore commonly called a LAN connection. But it's true meaning refers to any localized network of two or more computers connected together.

There's a fun little history lesson here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_area_network

also see LAN party:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LAN_party