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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Jack Schofield

Missing traffic lights

I've lost the icon displayed on the Taskbar as two computer screens communicating. As this was the icon I use to disconnect, I am now forced to close down the PC to go offline. Owen Staley

Go to the Control Panel and select the item for network connections. Right-click the icon for your connection, select Properties and, under the General tab, put a tick in the box where it says: "Show icon in notification area when connected". Searching for this phrase will provide links to Microsoft help files and various illustrated guides. Also, if you have a desktop icon for your network connection, right-clicking that will give you the option to disconnect, while the Windows Task Manager (press Ctrl-Alt-Del) will close any application.

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