computer bluescreens when connected to unsecure wireless connectio

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I am running XP professional on a Winbook N4. My wireless card is a D-link
AirPlus DWL-650+. Every time I try to connect to an unsecure wireless
connection, my computer bluescreens. I have no problem connecting to secure
connections. This makes it nearly impossible to use my wireless on any public
connection! If you can help, please let me know. Thanks.

 

[Joshua Smith [MSFT]]

Hi Ashlyn,

Have you tried to see if there is a driver update for your wireless card? If
you have the most recent driver from D-Link for your card then it may be
some other device driver causing the problem. To determine what driver is
causing the problem I need you to enable driver verifier.
Steps:
1) Windows Key + R
2) Type in 'verifier' and hit enter
3) Make sure 'Create Standard Setting' is selected and hit next
4) Click on 'Select all drivers installed on this computer' and hit Finish
5) Reboot

There is a possibility that your computer will crash on reboot. If this
occurs hit F8 when rebooting just before the windows logo screen and select
the safe mode boot option. Follow the same steps above but on step 4 choose
'Select driver names from a list'; hit next; check the box next to any
driver where the provider is not Microsoft; hit Finish; reboot.

This will slow the performance of you computer a little while enabled but
will hopefully catch the driver causing corruption. Next time you crash
the blue screen will hopefully say something like
"DRIVER_VERIFIER_DETECTED_VIOLATION". If this occurs please send the
corresponding minidump (by default it is at c:\windows\Minidump ) my way.
If you have any questions or I didn't explain something well enough don't
hesitate to e-mail me back. Good Luck,


Joshua Smith
OpenGL Test Lab
Microsoft