wireless network question

Can't find a network ng for vista.
If this is not the proper ng, point me to the proper one.
OK, I admit it, I'm not a computer guy. I recently bought a new (Vista
Home Premium) PC to replace my XP PC. On the XP PC I had a wireless
network I could access with my PDA and laptop from almost anywhere in my
house. With the Vista PC I fail constantly. I have read a handful of
web articles on how to accomplish this but I apparently am missing a step.
The Netgear router is working on the Vista PC. Firewall on the laptop
is (when I'm trying to get a connection) disabled. The Network status
on the laptop and PDA show a good signal. How do I troubleshoot this?
FWIW, 'Connect to a Network' on the Vista PC and laptop show 2 networks
- one secured and one unsecured. I don't know why. All I want is the
secured.
Can I uninstall these wireless networks and create a new one?
The Vista PC also has a wired?/cabled? network to access the cable modem
and NAS. Does this make a difference?

microsoft.public.windows.vista.networking_sharing

if you remove the wireless adapter from device manager and allow it to be
re-detected, does it then give you the choice of wireless networks?

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"J Lunis" <> wrote in message
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> Can't find a network ng for vista.
> If this is not the proper ng, point me to the proper one.
> OK, I admit it, I'm not a computer guy. I recently bought a new (Vista
> Home Premium) PC to replace my XP PC. On the XP PC I had a wireless
> network I could access with my PDA and laptop from almost anywhere in my
> house. With the Vista PC I fail constantly. I have read a handful of web
> articles on how to accomplish this but I apparently am missing a step.
> The Netgear router is working on the Vista PC. Firewall on the laptop is
> (when I'm trying to get a connection) disabled. The Network status on the
> laptop and PDA show a good signal. How do I troubleshoot this?
> FWIW, 'Connect to a Network' on the Vista PC and laptop show 2 networks -
> one secured and one unsecured. I don't know why. All I want is the
> secured.
> Can I uninstall these wireless networks and create a new one?
> The Vista PC also has a wired?/cabled? network to access the cable modem
> and NAS. Does this make a difference?

On Thu, 05 Jun 2008 19:53:07 -0400, J Lunis <>
wrote:

>Can't find a network ng for vista.
>If this is not the proper ng, point me to the proper one.

microsoft.public.windows.vista.networking_sharing


>OK, I admit it, I'm not a computer guy. I recently bought a new (Vista
>Home Premium) PC to replace my XP PC. On the XP PC I had a wireless
>network I could access with my PDA and laptop from almost anywhere in my
>house. With the Vista PC I fail constantly. I have read a handful of
>web articles on how to accomplish this but I apparently am missing a step.
>The Netgear router is working on the Vista PC. Firewall on the laptop
>is (when I'm trying to get a connection) disabled. The Network status
>on the laptop and PDA show a good signal. How do I troubleshoot this?
>FWIW, 'Connect to a Network' on the Vista PC and laptop show 2 networks
>- one secured and one unsecured. I don't know why. All I want is the
>secured.
>Can I uninstall these wireless networks and create a new one?
>The Vista PC also has a wired?/cabled? network to access the cable modem
>and NAS. Does this make a difference?

"J Lunis" <> wrote in message
news:H%_1k.321$...
> Can't find a network ng for vista.
> If this is not the proper ng, point me to the proper one.
> OK, I admit it, I'm not a computer guy. I recently bought a new (Vista
> Home Premium) PC to replace my XP PC. On the XP PC I had a wireless
> network I could access with my PDA and laptop from almost anywhere in my
> house. With the Vista PC I fail constantly. I have read a handful of web
> articles on how to accomplish this but I apparently am missing a step.
> The Netgear router is working on the Vista PC. Firewall on the laptop is
> (when I'm trying to get a connection) disabled. The Network status on the
> laptop and PDA show a good signal. How do I troubleshoot this?
> FWIW, 'Connect to a Network' on the Vista PC and laptop show 2 networks -
> one secured and one unsecured. I don't know why. All I want is the
> secured.
> Can I uninstall these wireless networks and create a new one?
> The Vista PC also has a wired?/cabled? network to access the cable modem
> and NAS. Does this make a difference?

nntp://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.vista.networking_sharing

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Not Me wrote:
> microsoft.public.windows.vista.networking_sharing
>
> if you remove the wireless adapter from device manager and allow it to be
> re-detected, does it then give you the choice of wireless networks?
>
Thanks for the reply. I have no such group listed in my ng reader
(Thunderbird) and refreshing the ng list did not help. Still no such group.

"J Lunis" <> wrote in message
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> Not Me wrote:
>> microsoft.public.windows.vista.networking_sharing
>>
>> if you remove the wireless adapter from device manager and allow it to be
>> re-detected, does it then give you the choice of wireless networks?
>>
> Thanks for the reply. I have no such group listed in my ng reader
> (Thunderbird) and refreshing the ng list did not help. Still no such
> group.

The problem is the news server you are using. Clicking this link should
take you to it on the Microsoft servers:

nntp://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.vista.networking_sharing

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