Netgear USB Adapter not recognized

I am trying to install a NETGEAR MA111 802.11b Wireless USB Adapter on my
Win XP laptop. Tried to install the utility but once done, the programm
launch icon is one of those 'not known' icon images. Downloaded the version
2 from the netgear site and installed fine, but the utility will not
launch, although it shows up in the programme list when doing alt-ctrl-del.
When I try to plug in the USB adapter I get a message saying USB device not
recognized. Any help gratefully received!

Norbert

"Norbert Lieckfeldt" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>I am trying to install a NETGEAR MA111 802.11b Wireless USB Adapter on my
> Win XP laptop. Tried to install the utility but once done, the programm
> launch icon is one of those 'not known' icon images. Downloaded the
> version
> 2 from the netgear site and installed fine, but the utility will not
> launch, although it shows up in the programme list when doing
> alt-ctrl-del.
> When I try to plug in the USB adapter I get a message saying USB device
> not
> recognized. Any help gratefully received!
>
> Norbert
Is this a telewest dongle and router?
I have one and you have to install the software before connectinge the Ma111
dongle.
Also if its telewest Netgear version it has been crippled and can only work
on one machine.
MikeS

Norbert Lieckfeldt <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> I am trying to install a NETGEAR MA111 802.11b Wireless USB Adapter on my
> Win XP laptop. Tried to install the utility but once done, the programm

With WinXP-SP2, I've had pretty good success not loading the vendor
packages at all. Try uninstalling the vendor utility, and then plugging in
the adapter. With an old SMC2435W card, this caused WinXP to look to the
web for new drivers, and it worked.

With my DWL-122 USB WiFi dongle, I don't think it even looked to the web,
it just worked.

Prior to SP2, neither of these devices were recognized correctly without
loading the vendor package first. Even plugging in the device before
loading the vendor package was a bad thing with some WiFi devices.


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