Wireless Networking in SP2.

[loopyfruit]

Hello,

This is my first time posting to a newsgroup ... so please don't kill me if
this msg is in the wrong group but I can't find a group for WinXP
Networking. If it is, please could someone tell me where this should go.
Thanx

Has anyone been able to get any type of wireless networking products
running in WinXP SP2?

On my laptop, I plug in the PCMCIA card, no problem. Install the drivers,
no problem. When Windows tries to initialize the device, my laptop freezes.
No error screen/window. When I reboot, Windows boots normally as though
nothing happened. If I try and boot with the card plugged in, Windows
freezes at the bootloader so I can't even get in when the card is plugged
in.

Any suggestions?

Thanx
-loopyfruit

 

[Mark Renoden [MSFT]]

Hi

This sounds like a PCMCIA card, slot or driver issue rather than something
specific to Windows XP SP2. Have you access to another brand/chipset PCMCIA
card for the purposes of testing?

Kind regards
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[BG250]

I had a Dlink card that would cause a reboot if I tried to open the little
application that allows you to set the card and show wireless networks that
it finds. I tried it in another computer. I sent it back to my vendor who
said it was bad and got me a new one. No more problems.
bg

 

[rillo]

I have encountered exactly the same problem. It does not matter wha
brand of wireless NIC Card i use in the PCMCIA slot. The computer hang
or freezes when trying to initialize the card. This is on a Compa
Presario 1500, Netgear WG511T Card and XP with SP2. Has enyone
remedie for this ??

Regards / Dave


-
rill