Wireless Card Issue

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MarkC

Hi,

I just got a used dell laptop, it's ok, but the Dell 1370 WLAN Mini PCI Card
Utility won't open. It did at first, and I think the culprit was updating
from XP Home SP2 to XP Home SP3.

The connection still works fine, but when I try to open the utility, I get
"Internal configuration is inconsistent. Please start the machine to
resolve problem". Well restarting the machine didn't fix it. I went to the
Dell site, and did find something on this but wasn't much help. I also did
a full Web search and came up empty.

I know this is not the place to post this, but what the heck, I just may get
lucky.

Thanks,

Mark
 
MarkC said:
I just got a used dell laptop, it's ok, but the Dell 1370 WLAN Mini
PCI Card Utility won't open. It did at first, and I think the
culprit was updating from XP Home SP2 to XP Home SP3.

The connection still works fine, but when I try to open the
utility, I get "Internal configuration is inconsistent. Please
start the machine to resolve problem". Well restarting the machine
didn't fix it. I went to the Dell site, and did find something on
this but wasn't much help. I also did a full Web search and came
up empty.
I know this is not the place to post this, but what the heck, I
just may get lucky.
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Uninstall the software and driver for the hardware.
Visit Dell's website and download the latest software and driver for this
device.
Reboot.
Install the latest driver and software for this device.

When you got this laptop - you did format it and start from scratch, right?
 
Uninstall the software and driver for the hardware.
Visit Dell's website and download the latest software and driver for this
device.
Reboot.
Install the latest driver and software for this device.

When you got this laptop - you did format it and start from scratch, right?
Click to expand...

It should also be noted that some wireless manufacturer's bundled
management accoutn will not work if XP's Wireless Zero Configuration
system is "enabled."
 
Hi,

I just got a used dell laptop, it's ok, but the Dell 1370 WLAN Mini PCI Card
Utility won't open. It did at first, and I think the culprit was updating
from XP Home SP2 to XP Home SP3.

The connection still works fine, but when I try to open the utility, I get
"Internal configuration is inconsistent. Please start the machine to
resolve problem". Well restarting the machine didn't fix it. I went to the
Dell site, and did find something on this but wasn't much help. I also did
a full Web search and came up empty.
Click to expand...


If I acquired a used computer, no matter who previously owned it, the
first thing I would do with it would be to reinstall the operating
system cleanly. You have no idea how the computer has been maintained,
what has been installed incorrectly, what is missing, what viruses and
spyware there may be, etc. I wouldn't want to live with somebody
else's mistakes and problems, possibility of kiddy porn, etc., and I
wouldn't recommend that anyone else do so either.
 
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