Can anyone help??? My system tells me that my network connection is corrupted; I ran malwarebytes & it came back negative. I went to pull up my Network Connections in the Control Panel, and it came up blank , nothing at all , no icons , nothing. Sincerely , Merlin1 person got this answerI do too

Good-day Ben , Yes & No current back up. What the hay, I will just have to do a ground up restoration & see if I can wipe the system clean, reformat & reinstall the OS. I still may be intouch w/ TLGtMS(www.officeforlawyers.com) , still I Thank You , and Good-day , Merlin

HiTry this first.SFC Scan Now Open an elevated command prompt, type in sfc /scannow and press Enter.It should scan the system files and replaces incorrect versions with correct Microsoft versions. More Information about SFC scan can be found in this document: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929833 ***Note, if this process shows too much mistakes and cannot correct them, you will have to reinstall Windows 7.-------------------To check the Network components.Check the Device Manager for valid Wire card entry.http://www.ezlan.net/Win7/net_dm.jpgIf there is No valid entry, delete any Bogus Entry, and re-install the Wire card's Drivers.----------------------------------Try to install the latest drivers of the card from the support page of the manufacturer.Download the drivers and unpack them to a folder of your choice.In the Device manger, right click on the adapter.Click on Update Drivers, and choose the Browse my computer for drivers, Choose let me pick from a list, Click on Have a Disk and point to the folder with the Drivers.-------------------------------------Check the Network connections to make sure that you have a Local Area Connection Icon/Entry, and that the Properties of the Icon (right click on the Icon) are correctly configured with TCP/IPv4 protocol in the Network Connections Properties.http://www.ezlan.net/Win7/net_connection_tcp.jpgLog to the Router's menu from a working computer and make sure that the DHCP is On and it is configured to assign IPs that can cover the number of computer that are connected (few more will be even better).Switch Off the computer and the Router, Reboot the Router, and the computer.Right click on the Wire card Network Connection, choose Status, Details, and see if it got an IP and the rest of the settings.On IP status. TCP/IP and its variables typically look like this.Right click on the Wire card Network Connection, choose Status, Details, and see if it got an IP and the rest of the settings.Typical TCP/IP status looks like this.http://www.ezlan.net/Win7/status-nic.jpgDescription is the card manufacturing data.Physical address is the card's MAC number.The xx should be a number from 0 to 255 (all xx same number).yy should be from 0 to 255zz should be from 0 to 255 (all zz the same number.The lease date should be valid to the current time.*Note 1. IP that starts with 169.xxx.xxx.xxx is not valid functional IP.*Note 2. There might be an IPv6 entries too. However, they are not functional for Internet traffic or LAN. They are needed for Win 7 special HomeGroup configuration.------------------------Also Make sure that the Software Firewall on each computer allows free local traffic. If you use 3rd party Firewall On, Vista/XP Native Firewall should be Off, and the active Firewall has to adjusted to your Network IP numbers on what is some time called the Trusted Zone (consult your 3rd Party Firewall instructionsGeneral example, http://www.ezlan.net/faq.html#trustedPlease Note that some 3rd party Software Firewalls keep blocking aspects of Local Traffic even it they are turned Off (disabled) . If possible configure the Firewall correctly, or totally uninstall it to allow clean flow of local network traffic. If the 3rd party software is uninstalled or disables, make sure that Windows native Firewall is On . Jack - Microsoft MVP, Windows Networking. WWW.EZLAN.NET