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WeFi has made things difficult for me!

May 29, 2010 12:57AM PDT

I downloaded WeFi from one of the CNET free downloads and when I found out that all it did was tell me that my own wireless network was available, I removed it.
I used to be able to log on automatically to my own secure wireless network.
Now I have to do it manaually! What has WeFi done to my system? What do I have to do to log on automatically like I used to do before I installed WeFi?

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Just a guess.
May 31, 2010 12:02AM PDT

While I think this question would find more answer in the Windows OS forum here, if this was mine I'd look in my Windows networking and WIFI control panels to remove my currect connections. Then I'd repeat the setup I did before that worked.

This is not an offer to duplicate web pages about wifi setup on Windows. But you could supply a link about such and ask about "Step 4" and I'll answer that in a shortest possible way but what I find is that deleting and recreating the connection often fixes such things.
Bob

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WiFi messed me up!
May 31, 2010 12:27AM PDT

Bob,

Thanks for the reply.

"...deleting and recreating the connection often fixes such things...".

I can delete my connection at home and reconnect, but the same thing happens when I work at my friend's place. I used to be able to connect automatically on his secure network as soon as I switched my computer on at his place. Now there also, I have to connect manually!

What is "Step 4"?

Ravi

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Sorry I can't tell step 4.
May 31, 2010 1:16AM PDT

I hinted that the OS and more may matter. And to make matters worse, the exact steps are rarely the same from machine to machine but that doesn't stop me from exploring the machine's control panels to delete then create new wifi entries. Or to look around for a "connect automatically check box."

If there is something learned from this industry is that moving all the controls around do little for us as no one can know where all the settings are if they keep moving them.

That is why I suggested a post in the right OS Cnet forum. You have to help others help you with the details asked for everytime you post or you risk getting answers that are more of guidance than a do this. Do this answers are rare but here I think the usual guidance along with the fact you use this machine you would know where the control panels are.
Bob