WTF does this WinDoze 7 icon mean?

[SacredCow]

booted up my laptop this afternoon, and my normal networking icon was replaced with this (circled in red). I have internet access- everything seems to be fine. What gives?

[UndertheOcean]

1. Perhaps the Ethernet card is disabled ? and you are connected through wireless n/t

[SacredCow]

2. yes- connected wirelessly....

I haven't purposely disabled the ethernet card...

[hobbit709]

3. Means your wired connection isn't plugged in.

[SacredCow]

4. I don't think I've ever plugged this laptop in...

and I've never seen that icon before. It's usually the wireless icon.

[hobbit709]

5. Most likely a Windoze update changed a setting.

On of the problems with M$ updates is that they constantly change settings either back to default or to a new default without letting you know or asking.

[SacredCow]

6. Yeah that sounds about right....

and pushing me closer and closer to the Apple store....

[Sebastian Doyle]

7. I hate that shit.

Especially since many of those "default settings" are absolutely useless to any home user, and there's no logical reason to enable them - unless Micro$oft is deliberately trying to leave vulnerabilities open in the operating system. But that would mean they might use such vulnerabilities themselves. And surely they would never do that. :sarcasm:

Yeah, you can shove remote registry right up your ass, Steve Ballmer.

[HopeHoops]

8. It means your placemat with a fork is not available for dinner.