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Question

Windows XP laptop connection

Sep 28, 2012 6:14AM PDT

Hello, I'm having an issue with a laptop. Our internet connection was changed to WEP and since then a family laptop can't connect to the internet. It is a HP Pavillion dv 1000 with windows XP home edition. I was able to pull this up

Windows IP Configuration


Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : PC713697014916

Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :

Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown

IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No


Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:


Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-C0-9F-A1-59-2A


Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection 2:


Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom 802.11b/g WLAN

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-90-4B-A6-5F-79

Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.3.3

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

Please any help being able to get this running again would be great.

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Answer
Looks like it has a wrong password.
Sep 28, 2012 6:39AM PDT

Why not go back to WPA?

Otherwise, delete the connection and let Windows (or the program that manages your wireless connection) re-detect it.

Kees

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how
Sep 28, 2012 7:20AM PDT

not sure how, any explanations

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Remember that for XP and most machines
Sep 28, 2012 7:22AM PDT

There is NO STANDARD for managing the wireless network connections. This means you or those that administrate your PC has to share this information.
Bob