Access Connections icon in taskbar

Can someone tell me how to retrieve my wireless icon signal bar in the taskbar. I think I turned off access connections being shown in the taskbar and cannot find how to turn it back on....help!

Open Access Connections, switch to Advanced view and click on the Tools tab.
Click on Global Settings, then the Notifications tab. The settings you want are there.

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A system restore will not do it, you would have to do a full system
REPAIR.
If you copy Just the keys above and past them into notepad and save them to your desktop as any name you want, just make sure they have a *.reg extension, then double click on them and the keys will be added to your regristry. There are two keys above
so make two *.reg files.
This will make one file:
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{7007ACCF-3202-11D1-AAD2-00805FC1270E}]
@="Network Connections Tray"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{7007ACCF-3202-11D1-AAD2-00805FC1270E}\DefaultIcon]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{7007ACCF-3202-11D1-AAD2-00805FC1270E}\InProcServer32]
@="C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\NETSHELL.dll"
"ThreadingModel"="Both"
This will make the other file:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{7007ACCF-3202-11D1-AAD2-00805FC1270E}]
@="Network Connections Tray"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{7007ACCF-3202-11D1-AAD2-00805FC1270E}\DefaultIcon]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{7007ACCF-3202-11D1-AAD2-00805FC1270E}\InProcServer32]
@="C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\NETSHELL.dll"
"ThreadingModel"="Both"
When the key's have been added to your registry you must reboot for them to take effect.
Remember, these keys are for XP, do not know about other OS's
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Access Connection messes up taskbar

Hello!
Have a problem/bug with access connection that i hope that you guys can help me with!
On my work we have Access Connection installed on all our Lenovo lapptops and this happends to all our models, t420, x220, t410, x220i etc.
It messes up the taskbar, its hard to explain but look on the pritnscreen linked further down in this post and you will hopefully understand. This happends to every profile on the computer and if you disable access connection in the taskbar och then put it there again everything is fine and its to the right beside lenovos "power saving" thing in the taskbar.
We are using version 5.85 of Access connection
Here is a link to the print screen http://tinypic.com/r/1jut7c/5
Regards
Erik

Exactly the same problem:
Also latest version of AC :/

Access Connections icon on the left side instead of the right side on taskbar

As stated in the title of this post the icon of Access Connection 5.72 is on the left side. The only way to have it correctly on the right side is to go to 'Toolbars' on the task bar -> uncheck Access Connections -> apply -> recheck Access Connections -> apply -> ok
Lenovo, please fix this

@kingskawn,
Could you let me know where can I obtain this SCCM software so I may try to replicate this bug?
Also do update the TVAC to the latest version.
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-73682
I understand you are using Update Retriver to download the software but there are some delays in the Update Retriver compared to the Lenovo Support site. Therefore try installing the latest TVAC and then install the SCCM software and see the bug still occur.
//JameZ
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Access connection icon won't allow shrinking of the Sidebar (thick wide icon)

this one is wierd but I can't get it fixed I just installed new HDD with everything fresh Win 7/64 sp1. This ACCESS CONNECTION (v. 5.97) icon won't allow me to shrink sidebar ,even thou in my old HDD I'm able to shrink it. Whole new install is same as on old HDD. I UNLOCK the side taskbar,remove the access connection,then LOCK the taskbar. Then I add ACCESS CON. and the sidebar widens again. helpppp pls :-) How can I fix that ugly wide icon? :-) seriously, its bad
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...never mind....downgraded Access Connection to 5.93 and could shrink the sidebar.....good example of how newer doesn't always mean better :-)

Can't remove Access Connections and ThinkVantage Toolbox icons from taskbar

I've just re-installed from my Lenovo system back-up disks.
The Lenovo Power Controls icon on the taskbar was easy enough to remove. There was a checkbox under Options.
The Access Controls options show a checkbox to remove that icon as well, but the entire screen is grayed out (inactive). I changed to my admin account and unchecked all the boxes (the screen even says it will affect all users). I also went into the Global settings and unchecked the box there as well (not sure why it's in two places). I rebooted. The icon is still in my non-admin account, although it is gone from the admin account.
On the admin account, all the boxes are unchecked. On the non-admin account, the "Show Accees Connections icon on taskbar" is still checked, but still grayed out. Not sure how to proceed. Definitely do not want this big, ugly icon on my taskbar.
Also, the ThinkVantage Toolbox icon suddenly appeared on this install (wasn't there before, haven't ever seen it). This one doesn't even have an options section with a checkbox to remove it from the taskbar. It also never showed up in the admin account from day one, only in the non-admin account.
Any information on removing these two icons from the taskbar would be greatly appreciated.

As far as the Lenovo Thinkvantage Toolbox icon, this is probably PC-Doctor.
Launch PC-Doctor. Click the settings button. You can then uncheck the show icon in taskbar item.

Access Connection Issues

Hello;
I have read about many issues here with Access Connections software. I have yet to put my new system on the Wi-Fi so I don't know if I will have those issues or not. I will be doing that tomorrow. The reason for the delay is I have a managed system where visitors get a coupon and have to create an account and log in with there coupon code. As an administrator of the system for me I just need to have them put my MAC on the preferred list and not log in required ever.
Anyway what I am here for is I noticed that most of the time when I boot my computer the access connection icons in the notification area (sys tray) do not appear. They are set to appear but do not about 80% of the time.
If you open access manager and go to global settings and untic to show the icons then tic them back on they appear.
Anyone ever seen this?
Also if I should decide to remove Access manager from my system will it harm any of the other Lenovo software?
I am very well aware how to disable file and printer sharing when I connect to certain networks.
Thanks
Vince

Welcome to the forum!
You're probably not getting many answers to your questions because much of this has been hashed over many times already not only here but also at TPF and NBR .
Have you tried doing a clean install picking and choosing which of the preloaded apps you need? I believe the recovery disks have the option to choose what gets re-installed. Or there's the XP Clean Install Guide from NBR There's a similar one at TPF although I can't seem to find the link right now. Use the ThinkVantage Software Guide to help you decide what you want to reinstall.
Hope this helps!
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R51 - Access Connections vs win xp wireless

Hi!
I've been using ThinkPads for years but this is the first time I have posted to the Lenovo forum.
I just installed ThinkVantage Access Connections on my very old R51 (2004 but still going strong!) using the new and improved SystemUpdate. After re-booting I was unable to make the wireless connection to my home network. Strange, as it was working just fine before using the old IBM Access Connection. After muddling around some I tried uninstalling my wireless card and letting win xp do an auto-reinstall after re-booting. Well that did the trick - I can now connect wirelessly to my home network and the internet.
However, Access Connections thinks that my wireless drivers are still improperly installed. My systray wireless icon shows a strong connection but the Access Connection icon indicates I am not connected. I've decided to ignore Access Connections (removed it from my systray) and just let win xp manage my wireless connections. But if there is a way to fix this I would like to go back to using Access Connections. The old version was working just fine in managing my different wireless connection profiles.
Browsing the forums it looks as if a number of others are having similar issues with Access Connections and their wireless network connections. I wonder if Lenovo needs to put out a fix via System update.
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Hello Aras, welcome to Lenovo Forums!
Please download the newest versions of power manager, hot key driver, wlan, lan driver and Access Connections.
Then uninstall first AC, wlan driver, hotkey driver and power management driver.
Reboot.
Then reinstall, using the following installation sequence:
powerManagement driver
hotkey-driver
wlan-driver
Access Connection.
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Loosing T530 AC (Access Connections) + PM (Power Manager) Icons after Sysprep

Lenovo T530 (Windows 7, x64 SP1) Sysprep OOTB generalized
After the Sysprep, the system looses the Icons from the Access Connections (Version 5.85) and the Power Manager (Version 6.32) in the Taskbar. I can get them back, if i'll do a right click at the task bar and choose the AC and PM manually.
Is there a possibility that the symbols retained after the sysprep?
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Probably because the tools aren't added to the taskbar in "Default" user. Did you added the tools to the taskbar in Audit mode?
Though sysprep will not keep some settings. You may need to use `unattended.xml` to configure scripts to add those tools to the taskbar.
Just another question: does the PM tool appears in its factory state?

Access Connection Tray Icon disappear

Hi, I got a problem on a T61p model 8889-AB5 owned by my boss. The ThinkVantage Access Connections tray icon was disappeared occasionally. It is noticed that below registry keys were missed and I needed to add them back to get the tray icon displayed.ACTray=C:\\Program Files\\ThinkPad\\ConnectUtilities\\ACTray.exeACWLIcon="C:\\Program Files\\ThinkPad\\ConnectUtilities\\ACWLIcon.exe This T61p hardware was checked by Lenovo service center on July 2008; no problem was found and the Win XPP was reinstalled from recovery CD afterward. Does anyone encounter similar problem? Thanks, Eric

And still no improvements in version 6.11!
Can we expect a fix for this?

What's the quickest way to open Access Connections?

What's the quickest way to open Access Connections, apart from its Taskbar level meter?
I prefer to use the Power Manager battery meter instead, as it looks pretty ugly when both are used, and they take up too much space.
Fn+F5 no longer gives any access to Access Connections either. And it is not integrated into the standard Windows network system tray icon's right-click menu, like Power Manager is with the standard power system tray icon.
You cannot even type Access Connections in the Start Menu search box, as the shortcut is called something else, which I can never remember.
Ideally, I would at least like to be able to access it though the Fn+F5 box again (I'm pretty sure it was possible in versions).
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Access Connections and Tools won't install properly

I have followed advice uninstalled the wireless driver, access connections, hotkey, power manager. . Reinstalled all ( latest versions) except access connection. Wireless connections work correctly and all hot keys function appropriately ( including Fn +F5 ). Then I let TVSU download Access connections. An icon is placed in the task tray. Clicking on it nothing happens. Also none of the hot keys work including the blue ThinkVantage key. Once I uninstall Access connection I am back in business with the wireless connection and the hot keys working. ( for all these installs I turned off the Microsoft virus scanner and the firewall).
Have similar problem with ThinkVantage tools in that I get the Icon in the task tray and then the program freezes. No problem in reinstalling PC doctor5
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Hi dulverton,
I find lenovo drivers and software rather eccentric; since they need to be installed in a particular order to work properly.
First uninstall your wireless driver and access connections, thereafter reboot your system. Then install wireless driver first, again reboot, subsequently install access connections, reboot again.
Further this is the order in which the following drivers must be installed for each of them to function desirably:-
1) Lenovo PM driver
2) Lenovo System Interface Driver
3) Hotkey driver
4) Wireless driver software [reboot]
5) Access Connections [reboot]
Hope it helps.
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Need help with thinkvantage access connection

Here a log file with new access connection:
Connection status:  Disconnected
Cause:  Driver disconnected while associating.
Error code:  229378
Recommended actions:
Verify that the encryption settings (WEP/TKIP/AES) specified in this profile match those expected by the wireless network.
Verify that the wireless adapter in your computer has not been restricted from accessing the radio channels being used by the wireless network.
If the problem persists, contact your network administrator and provide the troubleshooting information below.
Adapter Details
Adapter name  11a/b/g Wireless LAN Mini PCI Express Adapter
Adapter type  Wireless LAN
Adapter speed  54.0 Mbps
Driver/Firmware version  7.6.0.96/ N/A
Adapter status  Enabled
Connection Status  Disconnected
Disable unused cards?  Yes
TCP/IP Settings
DHCP enabled?  Yes
Append parent suffixes of the primary DNS suffix?  Yes
Register connection's DNS suffix in registration?  Yes
Register connection's DNS suffix in DNS registration?  Yes
Enable LMHOSTS Lookup?  No
NetBIOS setting  "Default"
Wireless Settings
Network name (SSID)  linksys
Connection type  Access point
Wireless mode  Auto
Security encryption  None
System Information
System model  7732CTO
BIOS version  7LETB7WW (2.17 )
Operating system version  Windows Vista, Service pack 2
Access connections version  5.31
Access Point scan list
Network name (SSID)              Wireless mode MAC address                   Signal strength Channel
linksys                          802.11g        00:1C:10:54:65:B6              24%            11
Global Settings
Network
Allow all users of this system to switch to any existing location profile  -> No
Allow the wireless LAN radio to be turned off when inactive  -> No
Allow selection of location profiles with Fn+F5 On Screen Display menu  -> Yes
Enable autodeletion of unused profiles  -> Yes
Notifications
Show ThinkVantage Access Connections status icon in task tray  -> No
Show wireless status icon in task tray  -> No
Display the progress indicator window when a profile is being applied  -> Yes
Preferences
Enable sound effects  -> Yes
Do not show balloon tips from the Access Connections system tray icon  -> Yes
Show WiMAX page as default on Main GUI  -> No
Automatic location profile switching list
Include Ethernet connections in automatic switching and prompt me to save Ethernet ports  -> Yes
When no other connections are available, connect through Wireless WAN or WiMAX  -> No
Wireless priority list
Selection    Priority     Location profile name                                            Connection order                 Connection details
No                  1     linksys                                                          Wireless LAN                     SSID: linksys
Log File
Debug Log is enabled
It didn't happen when I use old version. Can anybody help me?

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Are you able to go online on any wireless computer on your network..?
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Access Connections issues w L512

I have a Lenovo L512 - 444CTO, running Windows 7, i5 processor, 4gb ram, 500gb hd
it has the adapter 11b/g/n wireless LAN mini-PCI express Adapter II
both at my home and at my office, both of which have wireless internet, it will log on initially and get good signal and work, but within ~10 minutes of being on the internet, it for no reason stops working. The Access Connections menu says that it is still connected with strong signal. But the small "network" icon in the bottom right shows the yellow-triangle exclamation point, and says "no internet access," despite the fact that all other computers at both the home and office continue to work without interruption.
it is not a problem with the networks, as multiple other computers on the same network in both places work without interruption.
this laptop was purchased because i have online live synchronous classes this spring for my Graduate program, and I need to be able to get online and stay online to participate in them.
Any ideas as to why this might be happening or possible solutions would be greatly appreciated.
there is no firewall on either of the wireless providers that I use, and i have checked that the wireless radio is turned on. the troubleshooting for the network icon tells me it finds nothing it can do.
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Hello mate,
It's possible that you need to deselect the option "Allow the wireless LAN radio to be turned off when inactive" found under Global settings.
Launch Access Connections>Tools>Global Settings. Deselect it and see if that fixes your problem.
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Access connections does not see wireless networks but can connect if you know the SSID

Running a Thinkpad x200 using windows 7 and Access Connections 5.42.
A few weeks ago i was traveling and was connecting to a hotel wireless network.
Could receive email but wasn't able to send email due to hotel port restrictions so long-story short version-- IT staff at hotel told me to connect via LAN. Which i did by simply plugging in LAN line to the thinkpad and to the hotel -- port -- no other changes. have done this a million times at home and elsewhere.
All is well....
until....
I get home and i notice that when i use access connections, it doesn't see any wireless connections (no icons in the radar screen). It automatically connects to my home network and i can use the home profile to connect. Same for any connection that i know the SSID for -- i can't see it but i can connect to it.
But it doesn't show any icons during "find" or find again. It only shows the home icon i am connected to. If i disconnect and try to find wireless networks. It doesn't show any.
So i know
1) radio is working
2) can connect via lan
3) can connect to a known wireless if i know the SSID and either manually configure it or if i have the profile saved
4) i have run antivirus, malwarebytes - etc -- all clean
5) have rebooted, turned radio on off
6) system restore doesn't help
7) all wireless networks are now invisible to radar screen. Have tried this at starbucks, around town - etc -- available wireless network icons are invisible
I'm not sure that hooking up LAN in the hotel did anything but it seems too coincidental. Also seem to recall a thread where this has been known to happen.
Help!!!

First off, it sees the networks. That's good. You reset network settings which usually corrects a number of problems. Let's focus on your home network and getting connected to that.
1. Reboot your router (just power it off for 10 secs). Try to connect. If it works, you are done. If not, step 2
2. Reset your network settings again. However, this time log onto your network by tapping Settings > WiFi > Other and re-entering your network name, security settings, and password.
Check your connection by tapping the blue > next to the network name with the checkmark. If your IP starts with 169.x, then you are connected but your router is not issuing you an IP address. This leads to a couple of additional problem areas - WEP encryption and outdated router firmware.
If you continue to have problems, tell us which router/model, security settings used, etc.

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