Having touble setting up wi fi on my xp laptop.

A while back I had wi fi working on my laptop. The problem I have now is
that I had to reload and start over because of numerous infections (
trojans, & viruses & malware etc.). I have a Netgear router with setup
information that was previously installed. I went into Control Panel /
Network connections And tried to activate wireless network connect 3 and it
said acquiring network address Intel(R) Pro/wireless 3945ABG Network
Connection. I chose /clicked on the network I had previously installed and
clicked on Connect. The wireless network connection box came up and asked me
for the network key. It already had a blanked out key in the 2 boxes so I
clicked on connect and it scanned and said acquiring network address. The
problem is that it never acquires the address and puts a red X on the icon
by the clock. I would very much appreciate your help and suggestions on
getting this to work on my XP laptop. It worked just fine before I reloaded
the system. Thanks for your help.


__________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 3981 (20090401) __________

The message was checked by ESET Smart Security.

http://www.eset.com

One would suggest that you start by asking Windows XP questions in a Windows
XP newsgroup, possibly one like the microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web
newsgroup that would specialize in such problems.

"Dave" <> wrote in message
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> A while back I had wi fi working on my laptop. The problem I have now is
<snip>

I had problems recently with wireless until I realesed I was using the wrong
drivers for the WLAN chipset.
It's a Toshiba laptop and I got the drivers from Intel, Toshiba support
hadn't got the right ones!

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Kenny Cargill

"Dave" <> wrote in message
news:xBRAl.11227$%...
>A while back I had wi fi working on my laptop. The problem I have now is
>that I had to reload and start over because of numerous infections (
>trojans, & viruses & malware etc.). I have a Netgear router with setup
>information that was previously installed. I went into Control Panel /
>Network connections And tried to activate wireless network connect 3 and it
>said acquiring network address Intel(R) Pro/wireless 3945ABG Network
>Connection. I chose /clicked on the network I had previously installed and
>clicked on Connect. The wireless network connection box came up and asked
>me for the network key. It already had a blanked out key in the 2 boxes
>so I clicked on connect and it scanned and said acquiring network address.
>The problem is that it never acquires the address and puts a red X on the
>icon by the clock. I would very much appreciate your help and suggestions
>on getting this to work on my XP laptop. It worked just fine before I
>reloaded the system. Thanks for your help.
>
>
> __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus
> signature database 3981 (20090401) __________
>
> The message was checked by ESET Smart Security.
>
> http://www.eset.com
>
>
>

Magic Jelly Bean.
http://www.magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder/

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Kenny Cargill

"Dave" <> wrote in message
news:xBRAl.11227$%...
>A while back I had wi fi working on my laptop. The problem I have now is
>that I had to reload and start over because of numerous infections (
>trojans, & viruses & malware etc.). I have a Netgear router with setup
>information that was previously installed. I went into Control Panel /
>Network connections And tried to activate wireless network connect 3 and it
>said acquiring network address Intel(R) Pro/wireless 3945ABG Network
>Connection. I chose /clicked on the network I had previously installed and
>clicked on Connect. The wireless network connection box came up and asked
>me for the network key. It already had a blanked out key in the 2 boxes
>so I clicked on connect and it scanned and said acquiring network address.
>The problem is that it never acquires the address and puts a red X on the
>icon by the clock. I would very much appreciate your help and suggestions
>on getting this to work on my XP laptop. It worked just fine before I
>reloaded the system. Thanks for your help.
>
>
> __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus
> signature database 3981 (20090401) __________
>
> The message was checked by ESET Smart Security.
>
> http://www.eset.com
>
>
>

Sorry, that should have went somewhere else.

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Kenny Cargill

"Kenny" <> wrote in message
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> Magic Jelly Bean.
> http://www.magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder/
>
> --
> Kenny Cargill
>
> "Dave" <> wrote in message
> news:xBRAl.11227$%...
>>A while back I had wi fi working on my laptop. The problem I have now is
>>that I had to reload and start over because of numerous infections (
>>trojans, & viruses & malware etc.). I have a Netgear router with setup
>>information that was previously installed. I went into Control Panel /
>>Network connections And tried to activate wireless network connect 3 and
>>it said acquiring network address Intel(R) Pro/wireless 3945ABG Network
>>Connection. I chose /clicked on the network I had previously installed and
>>clicked on Connect. The wireless network connection box came up and asked
>>me for the network key. It already had a blanked out key in the 2 boxes
>>so I clicked on connect and it scanned and said acquiring network address.
>>The problem is that it never acquires the address and puts a red X on the
>>icon by the clock. I would very much appreciate your help and suggestions
>>on getting this to work on my XP laptop. It worked just fine before I
>>reloaded the system. Thanks for your help.
>>
>>
>> __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus
>> signature database 3981 (20090401) __________
>>
>> The message was checked by ESET Smart Security.
>>
>> http://www.eset.com
>>
>>
>>
>
>

"Kenny" <> wrote in message
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> It's a Toshiba laptop and I got the drivers from Intel, Toshiba support
> hadn't got the right ones!


Eh? They should have......

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