| Do you always notice your wireless adapter is | | | | and go all the way down to the bottom and |
| always dropping and reconnecting to your wireless | | | | uncheck the wireless zereo configuration utility and |
| network. If you don't know what I mean just | | | | then restart your computer. Next after your |
| watch the balloon in the bottom right hand corner | | | | wireless laptop is powered up then we will restart |
| of you windows Xp task bar. Your wireless | | | | the wireless zero configuration utility, go to the |
| adapter should stay connected and that's it if you | | | | run menu again and typ services.msc, press W to |
| are constantly connecting and reconnecting then | | | | go all the way to the bottom and then right clidk |
| you have problems. | | | | the wireless zero config services and press start. |
| 1. Update your wireless adapters Driver - To | | | | 4. Delete all of you wireless network profiles - |
| obtain the most updater driver for your wireless | | | | Reconfigure all your wireless network profiles by |
| adapter proceed to the manufactures website | | | | typing in your SSID, WPA, WPA2 and passphrase. |
| and go the support section. They should ask you | | | | Try using WPA2 but not use AES encryption, use |
| for your model of wireless adapter, leading you to | | | | mixed or TKIP this might help. |
| the most up to date driver for your wireless | | | | 5. Update all of your wireless access points |
| adapter. Updating your wireless adapter is very | | | | Firmware - When WPA2 first came out all |
| important because if you are trying to connect to | | | | wireless hardware companies rushed out updated |
| a network that is using WPA2 most of the initial | | | | drivers and firmware, well most of those drivers |
| drivers already have patches out. After you | | | | and firmware's had minor glitches which have |
| re-install your wireless adapters driver then you | | | | been fixed now. |
| will need to restart you computer. | | | | 6. Change your wireless adapters stickiness - In |
| 2. Next if this still doesn't work you should take | | | | you wireless adapters advanced properties check |
| the battery out of your laptop and hold the | | | | to see that your your wireless adapters stickiness |
| power button down for about a minute. Not sure | | | | is set to medium - Stickiness means how |
| of the exact details of why this works but it does | | | | aggressively your wireless router will jump from |
| have something to do with getting rid of all the | | | | access point to access point in order to find the |
| static charges that might interfere with your | | | | best signal. If it is set to high you might end up |
| wireless adapter. | | | | losing more that gaining. |
| 3. Stopping and restarting windows xp wireless | | | | The first things I would do before doing anything |
| zero configuration utility - Proceed to the run | | | | else is updating your wireless adapter's firmware |
| menus and type msconfig, then go to services | | | | and then deleting your wireless network profiles. |