Re: Wireless connection drops and won't reconnect after SP3

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Hi Shenan,

Thanks for your response. I've got the latest driver from the laptop
manufacturer's website. I'm having trouble finding a newer one (it's about
4-5 years old) as
I think the manufacturer of the wireless card doesn't exist any more or was
taken over and no further support was provided.
I'm not sure what to do other than change the mini PCI card or roll back to
SP2.
I noticed frequent IPSEC service events and wondered about the SP3 updates
for both that and "Black hole" router detection.

"Shenan Stanley" <newshelper@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Marty wrote:
Hi all,

Hope this is the right place for help on this.
Since installing SP3 on XP my wireless connection randomly drops. I
can't pinpoint exactly what causes it to happen/triggers it
but the only fix I know of is simply to reboot.
When it happens I can still see the router but when clicking on
connect it just stays on connecting for ages and never connects.
None of the other devices have any problems with the router and
there is another laptop in the house, same make and model but on
XP SP2 and that doesn't lose connection.
The wireless adaptor is a Prism 802.11g Mini PCI. I've installed
the latest drivers I can find and no difference.
I've tried restarting a number of services (Wireless Zero etc.) and
still cannot restore the connection.
I've also tried a suggested fix of resetting the Winsock and that
didn't work.
I checked in Event Viewer and found the following:

Event ID 4202:
The system detected that network adapter PRISM...Wireless Adapter -
Packet Scheduler Miniport was disconnected from the network, and
the adapter's network configuration has been released. If the
network adapter was not disconnected, this may indicate that it has
malfunctioned. Please contact your vendor for updated drivers.

Download and install the latest hardware driver for your wireless device
straight from the manufacturer's support page.

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Shenan Stanley
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