Windows XP Wireless "Problem loading profile"

[sgeoffrey]

Windows XP Notebook just purchased at Christmas from Dell, with a
Linksys WRV200 wireless router.


Wired access via this router works great from a separate computer
(desktop).


However, wireless access has some strange issues. Can create the
wireless profile and enter the WPA password and connect to the router
wirelessly just fine and surf away. But, after the notebook is
shutdown and fired back up, attempts to connect to that same wireless
connection (same one used 10 minutes earlier) causes the Intel
software to announce
it has problems loading the profile. Eventually removing the profile
in question, rebooting and
recreating the wireless profile allows the connection until the next
time the notebook is shutdown.


I am not sure whether there are artifacts of a corrupt profile that
keep coming back to haunt us every time we recreate the profile
eventhough we believe we have removed it each time?

Interestingly, bringing this same notebook to work and creating a
profile and connecting to the wireless network at work does not
exhibit any problems at all, including after a reboot.


Scott

 

[sgeoffrey]

Windows XP Notebook just purchased at Christmas from Dell, with a
Linksys WRV200 wireless router.

Wired access via this router works great from a separate computer
(desktop).

However, wireless access has some strange issues.  Can create the
wireless profile and enter the WPA password and connect to the router
wirelessly just fine and surf away.  But, after the notebook is
shutdown and fired back up, attempts to connect to that same wireless
connection (same one used 10 minutes earlier) causes the Intel
software to announce
it has problems loading the profile.  Eventually removing the profile
in question, rebooting and
recreating the wireless profile allows the connection until the next
time the notebook is shutdown.

I am not sure whether there are artifacts of a corrupt profile that
keep coming back to haunt us every time we recreate the profile
eventhough we believe we have removed it each time?

Interestingly, bringing this same notebook to work and creating a
profile and connecting to the wireless network at work does not
exhibit any problems at all, including after a reboot.

Scott

Ultimately a diagnostic test of the Dell laptop did not discover any
issues and a replacement of the Intel wireless software and a repair
of Windows also did not help.

Dell then sent a new motherboard and wireless card, which their tech
replaced on-site, and that drastic step addressed the problem. Just
in case anyone else comes across the same bizarre problem.