I always see the same wireless network no matter where I am located

Whenever I do a "Refresh networks list" I see a computer-to-computer
network named SMARTSIGHT. This happens no matter where I am located and
evens happens when I have my wireless network adapter turned off.

Does anyone have any explanation for this or know how to correct it?

Many thanks for any help.

Actually, I have installed every update through today including SP1, SP2
and SP3.

On Wed, 08 Oct 2008 20:24:16 -0700, Jeff Liebermann <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>On Wed, 08 Oct 2008 22:41:44 -0400, (E-Mail Removed) wrote:
>
>>Whenever I do a "Refresh networks list" I see a computer-to-computer
>>network named SMARTSIGHT. This happens no matter where I am located and
>>evens happens when I have my wireless network adapter turned off.
>
>It's your own computer. If you're using Windoze 2K or XP, there's a
>bug in wireless zero config that causes a peer-to-peer connection to
>inherit the SSID of whatever peer-to-peer network it heard last.
><http://blogs.chron.com/techblog/archives/2006/09/free_public_wif.html>
><http://www.nmrc.org/pub/advise/20060114.txt>
>MS fixed the bug about 2 years ago, which means you're probably
>running an unpatched and ancient version of XP. Update.

Thanks for your reply. As I mentioned, I have installed all updates. I
set XP not to allow connections to ad hoc networks and I guess that solves
the problem. However, SMARTSIGHT is still always listed. I searched the
registry for SMARTSIGHT but found nothing.

Where is this info stored? I would still like to know how to "Fix" it if
anyone has any idea.

I recently installed XP on a new laptop and installed all updates. When I
check for new updates, the Micrisift website says there are no new updates.

On Wed, 08 Oct 2008 20:24:16 -0700, Jeff Liebermann <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>On Wed, 08 Oct 2008 22:41:44 -0400, (E-Mail Removed) wrote:
>
>>Whenever I do a "Refresh networks list" I see a computer-to-computer
>>network named SMARTSIGHT. This happens no matter where I am located and
>>evens happens when I have my wireless network adapter turned off.
>
>It's your own computer. If you're using Windoze 2K or XP, there's a
>bug in wireless zero config that causes a peer-to-peer connection to
>inherit the SSID of whatever peer-to-peer network it heard last.
><http://blogs.chron.com/techblog/archives/2006/09/free_public_wif.html>
><http://www.nmrc.org/pub/advise/20060114.txt>
>MS fixed the bug about 2 years ago, which means you're probably
>running an unpatched and ancient version of XP. Update.

On Oct 9, 12:17*am, Jeff Liebermann <je...@cruzio.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 09 Oct 2008 00:01:09 -0400, NoS...@anywhere.com wrote:
> >Actually, I have installed every update through today including SP1, SP2
> >and SP3.
> >On Wed, 08 Oct 2008 20:24:16 -0700, Jeff Liebermann <je...@cruzio.com>
> >wrote:
>
> >>On Wed, 08 Oct 2008 22:41:44 -0400, NoS...@anywhere.com wrote:
>
> >>>Whenever I do a "Refresh networks list" I see a computer-to-computer
> >>>network named SMARTSIGHT. *This happens no matter where I am locatedand
> >>>evens happens when I have my wireless network adapter turned off. *
> >>It's your own computer. *If you're using Windoze 2K or XP, there's a
> >>bug in wireless zero config that causes a peer-to-peer connection to
> >>inherit the SSID of whatever peer-to-peer network it heard last.
> >><http://blogs.chron.com/techblog/archives/2006/09/free_public_wif.html>
> >><http://www.nmrc.org/pub/advise/20060114.txt>
> >>MS fixed the bug about 2 years ago, which means you're probably
> >>running an unpatched and ancient version of XP. *Update.
>
> Thanks for admitting that you use XP SP3. * Is there anything else you
> left out that might be useful in solving your problem?
>
> Try to disable ad-hoc networking and it should go away:
> <http://www.wlanbook.com/disable-ad-hoc-wireless-networking-in-windows...>
> You may need to reboot to flush the saved networks list. *There are
> several other suggestions in the URL's I provided. *Note that using a
> wireless client manager other than Windoze Wireless Zero config
> eliminates the problem.
>
> I haven't seen the mysterious ad-hoc networks for about 2 years. *For
> fun, try installing and running Belarc Advisor:
> <http://www.belarc.com>
> It's free. *It provides a list of updates installed and needed for
> various Windoze versions. *Despite having installed XP SP3, something
> may have been missed or failed to install. *Belarc should show that.
>
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Thanks. I disabled AD_HOC networks and SMARTSIGHT still shows though
I can no longer attempt to connect to it. Belarc Advisor shows
everything up to date.

Jeff Liebermann <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> Dunno. I'll check. Can I assume that you're using the stock Windoze
> Wireless Zero config (WZC) and not the wireless manager that came with
> your unspecified wireless card?

On my laptop, which has always had a vendor-utility, and never used WZC,
the registry entries for WZC are populated as noted by LRME above.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WZCSVC
Static keys identify several SSIDs that I have seen.
Clever, that right-click-modify trick. I have though about writing a
little routine to display the ASCII conversion of those hex bytes. Never
thought of right-click-modify. Export as text does the same translation.

--
Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley Lake, CA, USA GPS: 38.8,-122.5

Jeff Liebermann <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> On Wed, 08 Oct 2008 22:41:44 -0400, (E-Mail Removed) wrote:
>
> >Whenever I do a "Refresh networks list" I see a computer-to-computer
> >network named SMARTSIGHT. This happens no matter where I am located and
> >evens happens when I have my wireless network adapter turned off.
>
> It's your own computer. If you're using Windoze 2K or XP, there's a
> bug in wireless zero config that causes a peer-to-peer connection to
> inherit the SSID of whatever peer-to-peer network it heard last.
> <http://blogs.chron.com/techblog/archives/2006/09/free_public_wif.html>
> <http://www.nmrc.org/pub/advise/20060114.txt>
> MS fixed the bug about 2 years ago, which means you're probably
> running an unpatched and ancient version of XP. Update.

Actually, MS re-introduced the feature in XP SP3. Old and no longer
present SSIDs began poping up after I had updated. The solution was to
delete the SSID in the list under Change advanced Settings. Also, if you
have the option: Access point (infrastructure) networks only active, to
get to the ad hoc list, you have to set the connection type to ad hoc
first. Then you can delete the offending SSID on the list there. Then
set it back to Access point etc.