Is there a way to tell Windows it should only connect to preferred networks,
like you can in XP?

Although I have an excelent connection to my own (secured) wireless access
point, Windows keeps swapping to other non secured networks.

I notice this because I have Windows Live OneCare as security software and
it's telling me every 15 seconds that it has changed my protection level. It
changes to restricted when connecting to an unsecured network and back to
automatic when reconecting to my own network. This is very annoying.

in the network and sharing center, manage wireless networks, what is
listed? have you left the default SSID name in place and not changed
it? you should specify a unique name and remove all the unwanted
network names (right click, remove)

On Wed, 9 May 2007 10:25:01 -0700, Maarten
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Is there a way to tell Windows it should only connect to preferred networks,
>like you can in XP?
>
>Although I have an excelent connection to my own (secured) wireless access
>point, Windows keeps swapping to other non secured networks.
>
>I notice this because I have Windows Live OneCare as security software and
>it's telling me every 15 seconds that it has changed my protection level. It
>changes to restricted when connecting to an unsecured network and back to
>automatic when reconecting to my own network. This is very annoying.
--

Barb Bowman
MS Windows-MVP
Expert Zone & Vista Community Columnist
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/bowman.mspx
http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/

Hello Barb, thank you for your reply.

There is only one network (mine) and it has its original name. The name is
the same as the SSID. I have also tried to add the unwanted network and
checked tits 'Connect to a more preferred network if available' box, but that
didn't help. So I removed it again.

Cordially,
Maarten.

"Barb Bowman" wrote:

> in the network and sharing center, manage wireless networks, what is
> listed? have you left the default SSID name in place and not changed
> it? you should specify a unique name and remove all the unwanted
> network names (right click, remove)
>
> On Wed, 9 May 2007 10:25:01 -0700, Maarten
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> >Is there a way to tell Windows it should only connect to preferred networks,
> >like you can in XP?
> >
> >Although I have an excelent connection to my own (secured) wireless access
> >point, Windows keeps swapping to other non secured networks.
> >
> >I notice this because I have Windows Live OneCare as security software and
> >it's telling me every 15 seconds that it has changed my protection level. It
> >changes to restricted when connecting to an unsecured network and back to
> >automatic when reconecting to my own network. This is very annoying.
> --
>
> Barb Bowman
> MS Windows-MVP
> Expert Zone & Vista Community Columnist
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/bowman.mspx
> http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/
>