Wireless Network Wizard is missing

I have three computers--the main one is XP Media Center, and the other two
were XP Home Edition. I had them all wirelessly networked, humming along
just fine when one of the Home Editions crashed and I had to reload XP.

When I go to the Control Panel to find the Wireless Network Wizard which
used to be there, it's not. How do I get that back and get hooked up again?
I've loaded the driver for the Netgear WG111, but it doesn't recognize it.
What am I missing?

Thanks for any help!

Hello Gramasue,

Do you have Service Pack 2 (SP2)? The Wireless Network Setup Wizard is part
of SP2. You can configure the network manually without the wizard.

--
Eric Cross
Microsoft MVP (Windows Networking)
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com


"Gramasue" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:BFD3596B-3FEB-4170-9A2B-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I have three computers--the main one is XP Media Center, and the other two
> were XP Home Edition. I had them all wirelessly networked, humming along
> just fine when one of the Home Editions crashed and I had to reload XP.
>
> When I go to the Control Panel to find the Wireless Network Wizard which
> used to be there, it's not. How do I get that back and get hooked up
> again?
> I've loaded the driver for the Netgear WG111, but it doesn't recognize it.
> What am I missing?
>
> Thanks for any help!

Ok. I can't get on the internet to get SP2 until I connect to my wireless
network, so how do I do it manually? Thanks for your help, Eric!

"Eric Cross [MVP]" wrote:

> Hello Gramasue,
>
> Do you have Service Pack 2 (SP2)? The Wireless Network Setup Wizard is part
> of SP2. You can configure the network manually without the wizard.
>
> --
> Eric Cross
> Microsoft MVP (Windows Networking)
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
>
>
> "Gramasue" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:BFD3596B-3FEB-4170-9A2B-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >I have three computers--the main one is XP Media Center, and the other two
> > were XP Home Edition. I had them all wirelessly networked, humming along
> > just fine when one of the Home Editions crashed and I had to reload XP.
> >
> > When I go to the Control Panel to find the Wireless Network Wizard which
> > used to be there, it's not. How do I get that back and get hooked up
> > again?
> > I've loaded the driver for the Netgear WG111, but it doesn't recognize it.
> > What am I missing?
> >
> > Thanks for any help!
>
>
>

Hi Grasmasue,

This should help you. Please see the following Microsoft Knowledge Base
article.

How to set up your computer for wireless networking in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;314897

--
Eric Cross
Microsoft MVP (Windows Networking)
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com


"Gramasue" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:F21E4700-5E1F-4A27-92E4-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Ok. I can't get on the internet to get SP2 until I connect to my wireless
> network, so how do I do it manually? Thanks for your help, Eric!
>
> "Eric Cross [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> Hello Gramasue,
>>
>> Do you have Service Pack 2 (SP2)? The Wireless Network Setup Wizard is
>> part
>> of SP2. You can configure the network manually without the wizard.
>>
>> --
>> Eric Cross
>> Microsoft MVP (Windows Networking)
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
>>
>>
>> "Gramasue" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:BFD3596B-3FEB-4170-9A2B-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> >I have three computers--the main one is XP Media Center, and the other
>> >two
>> > were XP Home Edition. I had them all wirelessly networked, humming
>> > along
>> > just fine when one of the Home Editions crashed and I had to reload XP.
>> >
>> > When I go to the Control Panel to find the Wireless Network Wizard
>> > which
>> > used to be there, it's not. How do I get that back and get hooked up
>> > again?
>> > I've loaded the driver for the Netgear WG111, but it doesn't recognize
>> > it.
>> > What am I missing?
>> >
>> > Thanks for any help!
>>
>>
>>

I've run through this, but the problem is, it does NOT recognize the wireless
adapter and there IS no Wireless Wizard to use. How do I get SP2 without
being connected to the internet?

"Eric Cross [MVP]" wrote:

> Hi Grasmasue,
>
> This should help you. Please see the following Microsoft Knowledge Base
> article.
>
> How to set up your computer for wireless networking in Windows XP
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;314897
>
> --
> Eric Cross
> Microsoft MVP (Windows Networking)
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
>
>
> "Gramasue" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:F21E4700-5E1F-4A27-92E4-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Ok. I can't get on the internet to get SP2 until I connect to my wireless
> > network, so how do I do it manually? Thanks for your help, Eric!
> >
> > "Eric Cross [MVP]" wrote:
> >
> >> Hello Gramasue,
> >>
> >> Do you have Service Pack 2 (SP2)? The Wireless Network Setup Wizard is
> >> part
> >> of SP2. You can configure the network manually without the wizard.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Eric Cross
> >> Microsoft MVP (Windows Networking)
> >> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
> >>
> >>
> >> "Gramasue" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >> news:BFD3596B-3FEB-4170-9A2B-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> >I have three computers--the main one is XP Media Center, and the other
> >> >two
> >> > were XP Home Edition. I had them all wirelessly networked, humming
> >> > along
> >> > just fine when one of the Home Editions crashed and I had to reload XP.
> >> >
> >> > When I go to the Control Panel to find the Wireless Network Wizard
> >> > which
> >> > used to be there, it's not. How do I get that back and get hooked up
> >> > again?
> >> > I've loaded the driver for the Netgear WG111, but it doesn't recognize
> >> > it.
> >> > What am I missing?
> >> >
> >> > Thanks for any help!
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>

Download SP2 to your Media Center PC, and then transfer the file to the
laptop, either by thumb drive or CD.

Here's the link to the network install package:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en


MD



"Gramasue" wrote:

> I've run through this, but the problem is, it does NOT recognize the wireless
> adapter and there IS no Wireless Wizard to use. How do I get SP2 without
> being connected to the internet?
>
> "Eric Cross [MVP]" wrote:
>
> > Hi Grasmasue,
> >
> > This should help you. Please see the following Microsoft Knowledge Base
> > article.
> >
> > How to set up your computer for wireless networking in Windows XP
> > http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;314897
> >
> > --
> > Eric Cross
> > Microsoft MVP (Windows Networking)
> > http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
> >
> >
> > "Gramasue" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:F21E4700-5E1F-4A27-92E4-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > Ok. I can't get on the internet to get SP2 until I connect to my wireless
> > > network, so how do I do it manually? Thanks for your help, Eric!
> > >
> > > "Eric Cross [MVP]" wrote:
> > >
> > >> Hello Gramasue,
> > >>
> > >> Do you have Service Pack 2 (SP2)? The Wireless Network Setup Wizard is
> > >> part
> > >> of SP2. You can configure the network manually without the wizard.
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >> Eric Cross
> > >> Microsoft MVP (Windows Networking)
> > >> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> "Gramasue" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > >> news:BFD3596B-3FEB-4170-9A2B-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > >> >I have three computers--the main one is XP Media Center, and the other
> > >> >two
> > >> > were XP Home Edition. I had them all wirelessly networked, humming
> > >> > along
> > >> > just fine when one of the Home Editions crashed and I had to reload XP.
> > >> >
> > >> > When I go to the Control Panel to find the Wireless Network Wizard
> > >> > which
> > >> > used to be there, it's not. How do I get that back and get hooked up
> > >> > again?
> > >> > I've loaded the driver for the Netgear WG111, but it doesn't recognize
> > >> > it.
> > >> > What am I missing?
> > >> >
> > >> > Thanks for any help!
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> >
> >
> >