Comments on: How to troubleshoot your Windows XP wireless network connection problems

By: Lee Howard

Lee Howard — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 23:05:50 +0000

Hello.

I’ve encountered a very strange problem with my wireless connection as well as direct with a CAT5 ethernet cable.

1. One of my PCs has a dual boot with XP and Linux installed on it. I’ve connected to the router via an ethernet cable. I have been using this PC for a couple of years at least, but suddenly, about a month ago, I lost the internet connection on XP, but my Linux internet is still working as expected. I’ve tried turning the router power off, deleting the MB ethernet driver, and even installing a wireless USB and nothing has worked at all. I’m very much confused as to why the XP connection doesn’t work but Linux is still connecting OK.

2. I’ve installed dual boot XP and Linux on two of my kids’ PCs. Both XP and Linux connect to the internet with wireless USB. Now both of my kids’ PC are unable to connect to the internet on XP, but Linux can still connect to the internet just fine.

The only reason that I could find is that I installed both XP and Linux on the same physical drive (one hard drive) but with different partitions. But that should not be an issue for losing the connection.

How can I fix these problems?

Thanks for your time,
Lee

By: Oscar

Oscar — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 18:03:53 +0000

I just re-installed Windows XP in my computer, but I cant connect to the internet, the only icon that shows in Network Connections is one that says “1394 Connection”, but if I plug in the cable, it doesnt show anything, neither the wiireless. How can I fix that>?

By: lacike

lacike — Mon, 10 May 2010 19:08:15 +0000

Mam problem, Xp mi najde wifi ale nejde pripojit a vobec nechce kod, hoc siet je zaheslovana, potom spojenie prerusi. Neviem co mam robit. uz som ju aj odstranil zo zoznamu a stale po novom najdeni mi vyhodi tu istu chybu. HELP!

By: Waldo

Waldo — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 22:39:16 +0000

The only way I’ve found that works to fix Windows wireless problems is to switch to linux or Mac. Both of these have completely resolved my intermittent wireless problems with Windows. This approach solved a number of computer problems I’ve had with Windows and hasn’t really introduced any new ones.

People often defend Windows without having spent any _significant_ time with another platform. Once you do though, you realize there are better ways of doing things.

By: BJ

BJ — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 04:35:29 +0000

I keep getting an error “Windows was unable to find a certificate to log you on to the network” whenever I try to connect to my home wireless! How do I fix this?

By: Santanu

Santanu — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:56:13 +0000

i have R52 IBM thinkpad, after restoring to factory settings i am not able to connect the wireless network. help me.

By: merch

merch — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:52:32 +0000

i uninstalled my wireless connection is there anyway to reinstall it?

By: Mariusz

Mariusz — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 14:00:00 +0000

Click on Network Connections, right click on Properties. At the bottom of the Local Area Connection Properties window you will see two boxes. Mark the upper one, click OK, enjoy!

By: annonymous

annonymous — Fri, 29 May 2009 21:39:47 +0000

My computer which is a windows XP doesn’t show the little wireless connection icon when I go to Network Connections. please help me

By: jan

jan — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 12:56:21 +0000

tried the advice re: wireless connection. have to keep going from enabling windows to configure wireless connection to disabling windows to configure wireless connection so that belkin wireless card overides it. tiring or what.this works for a while then i have to swith them around again as connection goes off after a while.
my router (zyxel) works fine with pc connected to it.