re: Desktop can't connect via to network Monday, June 7, 2010 at 7:15 am Windows Vista Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Kevinh (634 messages posted) Are you using Vista compatable drivers for the adaptor and are you installing them as the administrator. On Sunday, June 6, 2010 at 4:25 pm, kait wrote: >My son's computer will not connect to our wireless network. A direct cable connection >works just fine, but not the wireless. It used to work, but then suddenly quit. > It is a Gateway that is not yet 1 year old. I took it in for repairs because previously >even the cable connection wouldn't work. They said they got both the cable and the >wireless working. > >We have a Netgear router. The computer used a Netgear wireless USB adapter. I thought >the problem might be with that adapter since the light didn't stay on, but kept blinking, >so I unstalled that adapter and tried to install a linksys adapter we used to use >when we had a linksys router. I can't get that to install correctly. It installs, >but then I get a message saying that it was not installed correctly. > >I would love to get this fixed for my son since he's coming home in a couple days >after having been at boot camp for the last 5 months! Written in response to: Desktop can't connect via to network (kait: Sunday, June 6, 2010 at 4:25 pm) Responses to this message: re: Desktop can't connect via to network (kait: Monday, June 7, 2010 at 8:41 am) All messages in this thread [show all] Desktop can't connect via to network (kait: Sun, Jun 6, 2010, 4:25 pm) re: Desktop can't connect via to network (Kevinh: Mon, Jun 7, 2010, 7:15 am) re: Desktop can't connect via to network (kait: Mon, Jun 7, 2010, 8:41 am) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows Vista Discussion Forum