Re: Basic Reformatting Questions

There is a wireless card applet that displays in the system tray,
however, when I double-click on it, it briefly displays, states there
are no drivers and disappears. I have downloaded and reinstalled
several times, and rebooted.

I checked the 1394 Connection Properties and I have both obtain an IP
address automatically and Obtain DNS Server address automatically are
checked.

I downloaded what I thought were drivers for the card, perhaps they
were not, it was from the D-Link website. The wireless card is a D-
Link Air DWL-650 802.11b wireless LAN adapter.

There is no Windows based applet that displays in the status bar.

Does anyone have any suggestions on what I might be able to do to get
this computer to connect?

Thanks again!!!!!


On Nov 24, 1:55 pm, "R. McCarty" <PcEngWork-NoSp...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Click Start, Run (Type) Services.Msc [Enter]
Scroll to the entry Zero Wireless Configuration. Make sure the service is
set to Automatic Start type and that the current service status is
Start(ed).
Also some Driver packages for Wireless cards add their own applet for
controlling wireless connections instead of the Native XP Wireless applet.
(That appears in the System Tray by the time display)

<Kat.Ha...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message

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I used the Dell restore disk to reformat and reinstall Windows XP on
my friend's old Dell notebook (about 5-yrs old). I also installed the
drivers that came
on the Dell cd and installed Service Pack 2 from a CD and everything
seems to work ok, except the D-Link WiFi card that connects through
the PCMIA slot. I downloaded the drivers for it and rebooted
several times, though it seems that Windows does not recognize it. She
has an existing wifi network in her house that I am trying to connect
to.

1. Other Windows computers I have seen seem to have a small icon in
the right side of the lower task bar that shows the status of the
internet connection. When you double click on it it opens the
available connections, etc. This one does not. How can I make it
display?

2. Does anyone have any advice for what I might be able to do to make
this recognize the card and connect to the web?

Thanks to everyone for your help and suggestions!!!!!!!!!!!

On Nov 21, 6:06 am, "David B." <brooks...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Maybe YOU don't understand the concept of these groups, everyone else
understood perfectly well what the OP was saying and what they wanted to
do,
if you don't understand English, maybe a remedial course at a community
college would be a good thing for you.

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"Poprivet" <popri...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message

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Based on the phrasing and words you've used, you should not be messing
with anyone's computer but your own. You don't understand the conecpts
needed yet and need more experience.

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