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Network Help - [Answered]Padlock on Network Connection Icons posted in the Web & Networking forums; I have a small yellow locked Padlock on every Icon in my Network Connection section in Win XP SP2. Does anyone know what does that mean? (Plus I have the ...

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I have a small yellow locked Padlock on every Icon in my Network Connection section in Win XP SP2. Does anyone know what does that mean?
(Plus I have the issue on the same PC, that Internet Explorer 7 is accessing normally to the WEB, and a freshly installed Firefox Mozilla is actin like there is no internet connection at all - cannot display page...)

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Hello and welcome to PC Help Forum

The symbol means it is encrypted,locked,passworded.It is a security feature to stop other unknown ppl connecting to your network free of charge and hacking into your computer


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