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Hi,

I'm experiencing some problems while attempting to connect to a wireless network on a couple of computers that have both been wiped and reinstalled with wndows vista. When trying to connect I get this messafe

http://smg.photobucket.com/user/godnoble/media/microsoft/wireless2.jpg.html

and clicking to enter the information leads to this

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v446/godnoble/microsoft/wireless3.jpg

I have no idea what this is. We have two networks here and both do the same thing.
I have tried removing the network and setting it up manually, using every setting (WEP, WPA etc) but nothing works. I have read that this is related to windows vista and 7 but have not found a solution. The computer that was reinstalled with XP worked perfectly.

If anyone has any ideas I would greatly appreciate it!! Thank you.

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IS this a wifi network? If so, what auth mechanism do you have configured? WPA2 enterprise?

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I think you need to get the WiFi drivers for the computer from the system vendor(s) for Vista. BTW, why Vista? That was an abomination. Try Windows-7 instead.

Member Avatar for irncru

Cimmerian- Yes it is, it's WEP.

Rubberman- Ok thanks, I'm not quite sure how to do that. Vista is just what is on the computers. I know it sucks, but if you'd like to buy Windows 7 for us I will happily use it ;)

Forgot to add, if I remove the network and set it up manually, I get 'connected with limited connectivity'. I've never known what that means...

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It usually means you are connected to the wifi AP, but either got no IP address from DHCP or can't get out the gateway to the public net.

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