Windows 2000 Server networking works, Loc...

In Windows 2000 Server, though networking and all services appear to be functional (and you can interact with the network configuration via netsh and other command line utilities), there is no ''Local Area Connection'' icon in the Network and Dial-up Connections window. It's disconcerting. I've made a pretty thorough attempt at fixing the issue including reinstalling drivers and even manually reconfiguring the adapter in the registry, but the nuisance (not a huge problem since the network is working) persists. It occurs to me that the driver itself (Broadcom NetXtreme gigabit) may be the problem (though several versions have been tried). It has been this way since I took over maintenance of the server a few months ago.