On May 5, 5:57 pm, "EZ Allen" <eall...@satx.rr.com> wrote:
> Go figure...
>
> I'm using a Belkin wireless card on my laptop (WinXP) at home. I go out of
> town (fly) and then my wireless doesn't work at all. I've tried shutting
> down the firewall, virus scan, etc., but my wireless utility still doesn't
> connect.
>
> Here's the real kicker:
>
> I took my laptop along with the wireless card to Best Buy to let the Geek
> Squad check it out...they can't solve the problem! They card worked on their
> spares laptops at that!
>
> Can someone please tell me what the hell is going on? They only thing that
> happened was that my laptop had to pass through the security x-ray at the
> airport...HELP!

If the card works at the Geek Squad's laptop, then the problem may be
with your laptop's connection manager software

Some connection manager utilities require that winXP's WZC be turned
off

You may want to install the driver only and use a third party utility
such as Wifi Hopper