After all the looking... 825826 - Missing network connections icons in Windows Server 2003

Wow, what a day!!! Today I had the day off work but went in for a short time and when I did I decided to do some updates on several of the servers. Kind of a good thing I did, who knows how long my Network Connection icons have been gone from Windows 2003.

Anyway, after about 2 hours of searching, playing around and trying different suggestions, I finally put the words together enough on the Microsoft Support Site to get the answer I was looking for. Man you want to talk about a major pain in the ass, it is not a big deal if you are using DHCP, because you don't need access to the network connection properties, but with static IP's it is a whole different story. 825826 - Missing network connections icons in Windows Server 2003 was the KB article that spelled out the problem that I was experiencing, but you have to read to item number thirteen (that's 13) before you see anything that relates to my problem, and it nails it right on the head. So, 4 reboots later, I finally get to address my specific issue and first server worked like a champ!! Now on to the next server, 4th reboot and still no dice, didn't make a difference, it told me that the "uninstall is already in progress" but alas, it was not. Three more reboots later two of the four icons show up, the other two are still not visible, makes it kind of hard to do a "bridge" of the adapters if you can only see 2/4 of them!!

Anyway, I guess I will be staying at work late tomorrow to try to get that done after everyone is gone!!! Wish me luck.

Till next time, keep your feet to the coals so your ass doesn't touch them!