My Windows 2000 TCP/IP settings cannot be reached from Network and
dial-up connections tab, because the icon for the Local Area
Connection has disappeared.

The Internet connection is working fine though, no problem at all, but
if I want to access the TCP/IP properties, how can I do that without
going through the icon in the "Network and dial-up connections" tab?

This problem is described in Microsoft Knowledge Base article Q269019.

You can read about the problem, and how to fix it, here:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;269019

If you are unable to follow the instructions, or if this does not
solve the problem, please let me know.

To answer this question, I searched for 

"network connections" LAN icon

at http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx

I do hope that this solves your problem.

sa-ga

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Request for Answer Clarification by omnitemm-ga on 11 Nov 2002 23:01 PST

This didn't work I'm afraid. I updated the registry as per the
instructions.

In the article, it is said that only the "Make New Connection" icon
can be seen in the network tab.

For me, not even "Make New Connection" can be seen in the tab even
though you can Right Click to invoke "New Connection..."

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Clarification of Answer by sa-ga on 12 Nov 2002 21:53 PST

In the registry, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Network\
contains details of your network and dial-up connections.

If you browse through these keys, you should be able to find the one
that describes your Local Area Connection (it will contain a value
"Name" with content "Local Area Connection").

Add a DWORD value called ShowIcon with a content 0x00000001 in the
same "Connection" key as the "Name" value.

Next time you start your network connection, an icon should appear on
your taskbar, in the lower right hand corner of your screen. You can
right click this icon and select "Status" in order to manage the
connection.

Let me know if this helps.

sa-ga