Adaptor missing from Network & Sharing Center, but working fine and found in "Network Connections".
I am using the internet fine right now, but the adapters are missing from "Network & Sharing Center". Adaptors are working and in Device Manager, Network Connections, without errors. I have uninstalled and reinstalled the device and drivers. Netman service is running. Connection is fine and I am using to post this. Windows 7 Pro 64bit Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller (Driver from MS) Built in to EVGA X58 MOBO. Help thanks!
April 8th, 2010 12:27am

Hi, Try the below steps to find network adaptor: 1. Click on start button and select Control Panel.2. Click on Network and Sharing Center.3. In Network and Sharing Center window, click on change adapter settings on the right-hand side panel. Hope this information is helpful. Umesh P - Microsoft Support
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April 8th, 2010 7:00pm

They are there, but that is not the problem. Network and Sharing Center says I am not connected to the internet. Even though I am. Because of this, I cannot connect to other things that require this be populated, like my VPN. I cannot "Create a connection" because there are no adapters present in "Network and Sharing Center", even though the adapters work and are in Device Manager.
April 9th, 2010 12:32pm

Hi, Please also completely remove the current drive and try the NIC driver which is from EVGA or Realtek: EVGA Download Drivers Realtek Drivers & Utilities Please Note: Since the website is not hosted by Microsoft, the link may change without notice. Microsoft does not guarantee the accuracy of this information. Hope this helps. Thanks.Nicholas Li - MSFT
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April 12th, 2010 6:26am

Sorry but is this a joke? I mean marking your reply by yourself as the answer, where I see no response from the question owner that it answered his/her question, or solved the problem. I have the same problem by the way. I tried different thing, trying to reinstall drivers etc, nothing worked. Actually at some point it became even worse when I was trying to remove and install network adapter drivers, I lost my VPN completely. I had to go back on system recovery. Now the VPN software from my company has a new version they are forcing, which installation fails all the time, because as mentioned here, Windows 7 "thinks" I don't have connection and adapters are missing, or I don't know what. I have seen other people complaining about this issue. It is strange that the adapters are listed in the device manager, and I have internet connection working but it reports as if I don't have any connection.
January 21st, 2012 7:47pm

Just to give update, I tried pretty much everything I found that could fix this, uninsall drivers, reinstall drivers, set access control, etc etc. Nothing worked. I bit the bullet, and reinstalled windows 7 from scratch, fixed it! So it appears some sequence of installation/uninstallation or badly written driver installation/uninstallation package(s) can leave the drivers setup in a bad state, and windows 7 network adapters UI is not robust enough to handle this.
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July 4th, 2012 12:33pm

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