Re: wireless service causes problems

You're welcome, Gordon. Glad to help. :-) I just spent a good part of a day trying to convince my company's IT department of this very thing. They insist that XP needs a 3rd party client to initialize the wireless connection, before a user logs on.

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"gordon" <gordononline@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:42f461b2$0$17734$afc38c87@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Thanks Doug
>
> I was hoping that this was the case. I have been having problems with error
> messages such as
>
> "Windows cannot find '/idlist,:520:1592,'. Make sure you typed the name
> correctly, and then try again. to search for a file, click the start button
> and then click search".
>
> and Alan Edwards suggested that this finding and disabling the service that
> caused the problem. I didnt want to bother him so much with my issues - he
> was very helpful already. With Zcfgsvc disabled the message doesnt occur.
>
> I like your website. My XP help facilitity is the site that Alan is part
> of, Kelly's Corner and yours. Keep up the good work - you provide a
> valuable service to users.
>
> Doug
> "Doug Knox MS-MVP" <dknox@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:eUA8JIcmFHA.3376@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Windows XP support Wireless Zero Configuration. You don't need the Intel
> configuration/control software. To let Windows manage the wireless
> settings, right click My Network Places and select Properties. Right click
> your wireless connection and select Properties. On the Wireless Networks
> tab, check the box Use Windows to configure my wireless network settings.
> Use the settings here to configure your wireless connection.
>
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> Display\Security
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> "gordon" <gordononline@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:42f33cd6$0$21235$afc38c87@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Hi,
>>
>> I posted here about a week ago about some problems i was having with a
>> start
>> up error.
>>
>> I followed some advice - and managed to find that the issue was caused by
>> zcfgsvc.exe - an intel wiresless configuration utility.
>>
>> Now I am trying to work out if there is likely to be any long term damage,
>> loss of productivity or anything that could occur by having this service
>> not
>> started.
>>
>> If anyone has experience with this, I would appreciate your feedback and
>> assistance.
>>
>> Doug
>>
>>
>
>
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