Hi there
The Local Area Connection 2 is a basic feature on your computer and it is used to connect another computer to your computer. hmmmm lets say 2morrow you went out and purchased a new computer now you have two computers ..... lets say you now want to connect the two computers together you use a network cable to do so. Why would i connect two computers i hear you say ? So you can share files and play games over a network!!!
Now the work around
Click start
click control panel
click system
click hardware
click device manager
Now you will see a list of all active devices
click on the + next to Network Adapters
Right click on PCI FAST Ethernet Adapters
Click Properties
at the bottom of the box that opened you will find Device usage
Click on the down arrow and select
Do not use this device (disable)
Then click OK
ok
and the restart your computer
Hope this helps
Darren
South Africa