if you apply proper use of lower and upper case in your repost. The current version only invites to give up reading or, even more, not even start reading.
Kees
I HAVE A DELL VOSTRO 1500 LAPTOP WITH WINDOWS XP. I RECENTLY HAD TO REINSTALL THE OS, I WAS HAVINT PROBLEMS WITH IT AND I COULD NOT ACCESS THE PC RESTORE FUNCTION, IT SEEMS AS IF IT DOESNT EXIST OR SOMEHOW IT WAS ERASED. NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES I TRIED Ctrl+F11 IT NEVER WORKED AND I NEVER SAW THE BLUE STRIP WITH THE WWW.DELL.COM. THE SYSTEM RESTORE FUNCTION DIDNT HELP EITHER. SO AS PER THE DELL INSTRUCTIONS I STARTED WITH THE MEDIA DIRECT CD AND PREPARED THE HARD DRIVE, THEN I ISTALLED THE OPERATING SYSTEM(XPSP2), THEN PLACED THE MEDIA DIRECT CD BACK TO COMPLETE THE INSTALL. AFTER I PLACED THE DRIVER AND UTILITIES CD I HAD RECEIVED FROM DELL. I BELIEVE I INSTALL THEM IN THE CORRECT ORDER AS PER THE INSTRUCTIONS I HAD. LATER I UPDATED THE DRIVERS THROUGH THE DELL WEB SITE AND INSTALLED ANY UPDATES FROM MICROSOFT.
OK, NOW TO THE PROBLEM IM HAVING.
WHEN I TURN ON THE LAPTOP I GET THIS ALERT THAT READS: ADAPTER PROBLEM NO DRIVER INSTALLED. WHEN I OPEN IT AND TROUBLESHOOT IT TELLS ME TO GO TO CONTROL PANEL, ADD/REMOVE AND REPAIR THE INTEL(R) PROSET/WIRELESS. I RUN THE REPAIE AND IT TELLS ME IT HAS BEEN RPAIRED AND IT IS WORKING PROPERLY. I HAVE NO PROBLEM CONNECTING TO THE INTERNET WITH THE WIRELESS EVEN WHEN I GET THE ALERT. BUT UPON RESTARTING THE COMPUTER I GET THE ALERT AGAIN. ADAPTER PROBLEM NO DRIVER INSTALLED. WHEN I GO TO THE HARDWARE DEVICE MANAGER AND CLICK ON NETWORK ADAPTER I SEE THREE THINGS THERE, I SEE A DELL WIRELESS LAN, BROADCOM, AND SOMETHING LISTED WITH A NUMBER I THINK ITS 1396 SOMETHING, SORRY I DONT HAVE THE LAPTOP WITH ME AS I WRITE THIS. IN THE INTEL PRO WIRELESS TROUBLESHOOT WINDOW IT STATES THA IN THE NETWORK ADAPTERS I SHOULD SEE AN INTEL PRO WIRELESS ADAPTER WHICH I DO NOT. I DO HAVE A PROGRAM IN THE ADD/DELETE FOR INTEL PROSET WIRELESS. IS THAT PROGRAM EVEN NEEDED IF THERE IS NO INTEL PRO WIRELESS ADAPTER, IF I REMOVE IT WILL IT CAUSE ANY PROBLEMS, I AM ABLE TO ACCESS THE INTERNET WITH THE WIRELESS WITHOUT A PROBLEM. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT IS CAUSING AND HOW I CAN FIX IT. SOME TOLD ME JUST TO TURN THE ALERT OFF. BUT IM BOTHERED BY THE ALERT I BELEIVE I INSTALLED EVERYTHING PROPERLY. I EVEN WENT TO THE INTELL SITE TO DOWWNLOAD AN UPDATE BUT WHEN I TRIED IT DOESNT RECOGNIZE THE ADAPTER. WHICH AGAIN LEADS ME TO BELIEVE I DO NOT AN INTEL PROSET WIRELESS ADAPTER. BUT THAN WHY DO I HAVE A PROGRAM FOR IT IN MY COMPUTER. HOPE THAT THIS WAS ENOUGH INFORMATION, IT MAY BE TOO MUCH, I APOLOGIZE IM REALLY NOT A COMPUTER PERSON BUT IM LEARNING MORE AS PROBLEMS ARISE AND I HAVE TO TROUBLE SHOOT THEM. THANKS.

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