Re: Can't Acess Wireless Networking on Laptop

bigp7099 wrote:
> I had to change out hard drives on my laptop and when i did i used the
> disks that came with it to re-install all the software, drivers and
> operating system (i am running windows xp pro). everything works fine
> but networking, specifically wireless networking. my internal wireless
> (some kind of intel) will connect to my router at home, but not to any
> others! i don't get the wireless networking icon in the tray. "my
> network places" is empty "network connections" only shows the "internet
> connection" icon. I cannot use any of the wizards to setup any kind of
> connections, they all report i don't have the proper hardware. i cannot
> see the wireless on my device manager (i'm not sure where to look
> though). there is no icon for a lan connection either.
>
> I tried to download the intel support and drivers for my wireless and
> it started and ran but it doesn't seem to recognize that the hardware is
> running in my computer.
>
> one time i tried to setup a dial-up connection on the laptop and it
> brought up the system tray icon, but it would no longer connect to my
> home router and when i opened it to look for wireless networks none
> would ever show up. the wireless and lan icons showed back up in my
> "network connections" but still none of the wizards would work or the
> intel driver. i had to restore to before i setup the dial-up connection
> to get the wireless to work blind again.
>

You will need to tell us what your laptop is and if it has the stock
internal wireless card.

With this information someone might be able to help.