How to selectively hide Wireless Network Connection icon

Hi,

Does anyone know of a way I can selectively hide the Wireless Network
Connection icon in Control Panel > Network Connections folder?

My home-based users need access to the folder to configure their dial-up and
LAN connections, but I do not want to give users the ability to enable the
Wireless Network Connection for security reasons.

I found a registry entry called "ShowIcon" in
HKLM\system\CurrentControlSet\Control\Network\{xxx x}\{xxxx}\Connection but
when I set the value to zero (from 1) the icon is still visible.

Regards,

James

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START > RUN > type NCPA.CPL
this will open the network connections folder
RIGHT-CLICK and select properties on your wireless adapter
this will opent the property sheet for your wireless network connection
Near the bottom of the property sheet, there is a check box for "Show icon
in notification area when connected".
Uncheck the box and click "OK" to save your settings.

Uncheck that box, and the icon will no longer appear in the system tray.

MASSIVE CAVEAT: Unless the wireless network connections settings are cached,
you will be unable to connect to wireless networks. You will need to first
connect to the network, and then manually disable this setting after
successful connection.

--
Jerry Peterson
Windows Network Services - Wireless

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"James" <> wrote in message
news:1AA17705-8B89-43ED-9925-...
> Hi,
>
> Does anyone know of a way I can selectively hide the Wireless Network
> Connection icon in Control Panel > Network Connections folder?
>
> My home-based users need access to the folder to configure their dial-up
> and
> LAN connections, but I do not want to give users the ability to enable the
> Wireless Network Connection for security reasons.
>
> I found a registry entry called "ShowIcon" in
> HKLM\system\CurrentControlSet\Control\Network\{xxx x}\{xxxx}\Connection but
> when I set the value to zero (from 1) the icon is still visible.
>
> Regards,
>
> James

Jerry Peterson[MSFT]