http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ How-To Geek Forums Topic: why the Vista globe icon is missing en Fri, 09 Jan 2009 01:07:29 +0000 http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/why-the-vista-globe-icon-is-missing#post-44115 Sun, 24 Aug 2008 16:39:23 +0000 Bartman 44115@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Hi fwpsych. Welcome to HTG fellow Fort Wayneian!</p> <p>The same thing happened to me. Seemed to have fixed it by right clicking network icon &gt;<br /> Network and Sharing &gt; Customize &gt; click Public &gt; next &gt; close &gt; restart computer.</p> <p>Don't really know what caused this ( just started recently ). Mine was set to Private which<br /> seems to be what caused it, but I'm not sure. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/why-the-vista-globe-icon-is-missing#post-44113 Sun, 24 Aug 2008 16:12:02 +0000 fwpsych 44113@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>My Vista globe icon has toatally disappeared even when I am connected to the internet. It is true of all computers connected to my home router wired ar wireless. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/why-the-vista-globe-icon-is-missing#post-35564 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:42:24 +0000 whs 35564@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>If you are on a router (tethered or WiFi), it might be the "idle time out" of the router that does it. You have to set it to zero in the router. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/why-the-vista-globe-icon-is-missing#post-35537 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:37:59 +0000 JadeEmperor 35537@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>for some reason, the globe icon in Vista's network icon disappears from time to time. it was mentioned elsewhere that the appearance of this globe icon suggest a connection to the Internet exists. well i'm on the internet yet the globe icon is missing. and hovering the mouse over the network neighborhood icons says "Access: Local Only".</p> <p>is there a fix for this or is this some kind of feature with Vista? </p>