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I understand that after removing Conduit from your computer you may have accidently removed a registry key you needed and are not experiencing issues with your network connection/sharing. I would recommend that you use the Windows System Restore to restore your computer back to before you went into the registry and retry removing Conduit again. Do a thorough search of the internet to ensure you know exactly which keys you need to deleted or alter before you reattempt to modify your registry. As well I would ensure that you backup your registry prior to making the change so if you make another mistake it is easily restored.
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