>I'm not sure if this would fix my problem because it states the following in
>the notes:
>
>"You can reconnect to the wireless network that uses a hidden SSID if you
>remove and then re-create the SSID profile for that network in the Preferred
>networks list"
>
>This is not a true statement in my case. I cannot reconnect after removing
>& recreating the SSID profile. Do you think I should still contact Microsoft
>to get the hotfix?
>
>Thanks - Kim
>"Barb Bowman" wrote:
>
>> see if
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/907405 helps.
>>
>> you should be aware that WEP is really poor security. you should be
>> using WPA at a mininum and WPA2 if possible.
>>
>> On Tue, 3 Jul 2007 08:16:01 -0700, kmanorek
>> <kmanorek[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>
>> >What I mean is that it doesn't connect to it automatically like it should. I
>> >added it to the preferred network list, but it never connects to it which to
>> >me means it doesn't "see" or "find" it. Other systems can be sitting right
>> >next to this one & connect just fine. System is running Windows XP sp2. I
>> >believe it uses WEP.
>> >It used to work just fine, then out of the blue it stopped. The system can
>> >connect to other access points fine, it's just our private internal wireless
>> >it no longer connects to... unless I use the Dell utility. Then it connects
>> >without hesitation.
>> >"Barb Bowman" wrote:
>> >
>> >> what do you mean by "see" the wireless network that isn't
>> >> broadcasting? do you mean that you can't connect to it or that it
>> >> does not show in the list? what version of windows are you using?
>> >> XP? Vista? what type of security does this network use?
>> >>
>> >> By the way, hiding the SSID doesn't really give much protection. You
>> >> might want to unhide it and make sure you can connect to it before
>> >> trying to resolve the first issue.
>> >>
>> >> On Tue, 3 Jul 2007 07:06:03 -0700, kmanorek
>> >> <kmanorek[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >I need helping figuring out why the Windows connection manager does not see
>> >> >our wireless network, but the Dell utility does. It is a non-broadcasting
>> >> >wireless router which has been configured in the preferred network list as
>> >> >the first entry. I don't believe it is a problem with the card because when
>> >> >I switch over to the Dell utility, it finds it and connects immediately. I
>> >> >have already tried the following... deleted & reinstalled the card &
>> >> >drivers, updated the system bios, deleted & recreated docked & undocked
>> >> >hardware profiles, deleted & readded the ssid. Nothing seems to help. When
>> >> >I let Windows manage the wireless, it doesn't see it, but when I let the Dell
>> >> >utility manage wireless, it sees it right away. Could there be a security
>> >> >update that caused this problem? Could something in the registry be corrupt?
>> >> > Any help would be greatly appreciated. For now, I'm using the Dell utility
>> >> >to manage wireless.
>> >> --
>> >>
>> >> Barb Bowman
>> >> MS Windows-MVP
>> >>
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/meetexperts/bowman.mspx>> >>
http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/>> >>
>> --
>>
>> Barb Bowman
>> MS Windows-MVP
>>
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/meetexperts/bowman.mspx>>
http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/>>