Windows 2000 has problems with Wireless D-Link DWL-120+ USB NIC connection

Hello,

Does anyone know why my father's Dell machine (don't have the exact
model offhand) with Windows 2000 SP4 (all updates) and the latest NIC
driver (from Web site) has a problem with the NIC connection everytime
the computer is powered on (not power management) and Windows 2000 is
loaded? We tried moving the NIC to other USB ports (front and back), but
we can't seem to configure the network connection and the driver. NIC
seems to like the same port to work. Rebooting the computer mostly works
(90% works).

In order to fix the problem, he has to unplug the USB NIC and replugs
in. Then, Windows will find it and network connection is established
without any incidents. This is very annoying. Windows' Device Manager
doesn't show anything odd when it is working. It does show a yellow "!"
for this NIC when it is not found.

Any ideas why this is happening and how to fix it? Thank you in advance.
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