>>Not sure what you mean, Michel, but if you mean the two little monitors in the systray then this might work...
>>In another similar icon there, rt-click and click on "Open network connections".
>>Then find the VPN area and rt-click on the connection in question. From there you can do things like connect/disconnect, look at properties, etc.
>>The properties has the capability to show the systray icon, and maybe re-clicking that will show it again.
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>The setup is done to show the icon in system tray. That works. But, there is a bug in XP that, sometimes, will make that icon disappear and we can't click on it to disconnect. Even from Network Connections, it shows connect as if it would be disconnected but it is still connect so we can't disconnect.

There is a setting in XP that prevents items in the system tray from removing themselves when they become inactive. Maybe if you turn that on (thus preventing the removal of the inactive icons in the system tray) - the bug will go away???